The Importance of Critical Thinking Skills

AI Literacy

Low Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

This unit explores why human critical thinking skills are essential in an age of increasing AI use. Students will learn what AI can and cannot do, and why humans are still needed for deep thinking and making meaningful decisions. This unit contains warm-up discussion questions as well as speaking and writing tasks.

Focus

human-centered AI
critical thinking
cognition

Vocabulary

supplement
cognitive functioning
from scratch
deep analysis
nuance
neuron
A spinning paper plane