We Learn, Side-by-Side: Students and AI as Co-Investigators

This session will discuss two classroom experiments which illustrate the power of human-AI collaboration at the middle-school level. While one set of students treated an AI as a dialogue partner to develop pre-exercise nutrition strategies based on their own data, the other engaged an AI “crew member” to validate their space-colony designs. The conversations are then reinforced by reliable citation systems to create a rigid system of scientific accuracy with creative problem-solving and showing how students and AI can function as genuine partners.

Facilitated By

Aditya Nugraha Wardhana

IB Associate and Science Coordinator, Nassa School

Aditya is an IB Associate and Science Coordinator at Nassa School with a decade of experience in inquiry-based and active-learning curricula. A passionate science educator inspired by John Dewey’s instrumentalism, he helps students understand the impact of science on their daily lives while fostering ownership of learning. His interest in hard science fiction and alternate history enriches his classroom practice and sparks student curiosity.