AI Equity Workshop, STEM Line
AI Equity Workshop
Are you ready to explore the world of Artificial Intelligence, and make it fair for everyone?
The AI Equity Workshop is a 5-day hands-on camp for children under 12, designed to introduce the exciting world of AI through creative activities, team challenges, and real experiments. Participants will discover how AI works, why fairness and inclusion matter in technology, and how even the youngest minds can shape the future.
No experience needed, just curiosity!
The workshop is part of the Aurinkolab STEM Line series, created to inspire the next generation of innovators, creators, and changemakers.
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- Saukonpaadenranta
- Helsinki, Sodra Finlands Lan
- Finland 00220
- Building: 4g
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- Co-sponsored by AurinkoLab Ry, ChangeX
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- Starts 10 June 2026 09:00 PM UTC
- Ends 13 June 2026 09:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Maria of AurinkoLab Ry
AI for kids: train your own simple AI
Have you ever wondered how AI learns? In this hands-on activity, children become AI trainers for a day!
Using Google's Teachable Machine — a free, visual, and beginner-friendly tool — kids teach a computer to recognise images, sounds, or poses simply by showing examples. No coding needed, just curiosity and creativity.
What children will do: Collect examples by taking photos or recording sounds, train their own AI model in the browser, test it and see how it reacts, then improve it by adding more examples — just like real AI engineers do.
What children will discover: The more examples you give, the smarter your AI becomes. AI learns from people — which means people can also make it fairer and better.
Why it matters: This activity brings AI from something mysterious and distant to something children can touch, shape, and understand. It sparks the key insight at the heart of AI Equity — AI is not magic, it is a mirror of the people who build it.
Age: 7–12 Duration: 45–60 minutes
Tools: Teachable Machine by Google (teachablemachine.withgoogle.com)
Equipment: Laptop or tablet with a camera, browser
Biography:
Maria Rohnonen is a researcher, data analyst at the City of Espoo, and founder of Aurinkolab Engineering School, a volunteering initiative inspiring children and teenagers aged 7–21 through AI, robotics, sustainable energy, and creative technologies. Recognised as IEEE STEM Champion 2025, Maria brings together academic research, industry experience, and a deep passion for making technology accessible to the next generation.
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Address:Vähäntorpankuja 4a, , Espoo, Finland, 02180
Agenda
AGENDA
Day 1 — Welcome to AI Morning warm-up and icebreakers, introduction to AI through fun demos and hands-on exploration, creative task "draw your robot", team project kickoff.
Day 2 — AI & Fairness Morning warm-up, storytelling and discussion on equity, AI bias activities, group challenge "fix the unfair AI", creating inclusive characters, team project work.
Day 3 — AI & Creativity Morning warm-up, exploring AI art and music, hands-on creation of AI-generated art or stories, animation basics, building your AI story as a team.
Day 4 — AI & the Future Morning warm-up, discussion on future jobs and AI, guest talk from a tech professional, design challenge "invent a helpful AI", final project preparations and rehearsal.
Day 5 — Showcase & Celebration Final project touches and rehearsal, team presentations and showcase, voting and feedback, certificates and awards ceremony, goodbye party.
Each day runs 10:00–17:00, including lunch break and coffee breaks.
📧 maria@aurinkolab.fi 📞 +358 45 312 3388