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Student Projects

What an ambitious kid can build in 8 weeks

Not screenshots of tool tutorials — finished work with a beginning, middle, and Demo Day. Student work is shown only with parent permission, and never with full names or personal details.

AI StorybookAge 10 · Junior Creator
Sample project concept

Ocean Guardians — An AI-Illustrated Storybook

A 24-page illustrated storybook about marine conservation, written and art-directed by the student with AI as a creative collaborator — every fact checked against real sources.

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“What impressed me was the revision process — she rejected the AI's first drafts and pushed for better ones. That's real creative direction.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI App PrototypeAge 13 · AI Builder
Sample project concept

StudyBuddy — A Homework Planner Prototype

A working app prototype that helps students plan revision schedules. Built with AI-assisted coding, tested with real classmates, presented with a live demo.

AI-assisted codingNo-code toolsFigma
“He scoped it like an engineer: cut features, shipped the core, demoed it live. Exactly the instinct we try to teach.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI Research ReportAge 14 · AI Builder
Sample project concept

How Do Recommendation Algorithms Shape What We Watch?

A mini research project analyzing how recommendation systems influence viewing habits, with an original survey of 40 students and an English research presentation.

AI research workflowData visualizationSlides
“A genuinely good research question, honest about its limitations. Better methodology than some undergrad work I've reviewed.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI WebsiteAge 11 · Junior Creator
Sample project concept

Lunar Base One — An Interactive Science Website

An interactive website teaching younger kids about living on the Moon, with AI-generated illustrations, quizzes, and a narrated tour — all in English.

AI writingAI image generationWebsite builder
“Clear structure, great visual consistency, and he explained every AI tool choice he made. Confident work.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI Video ConceptAge 12 · AI Builder
Sample project concept

One Day in 2040 — An AI Short Film Concept

A fully storyboarded short film about a morning in 2040, with AI-generated concept frames, a shot list, and an English director's pitch — presented like a real studio greenlight meeting.

AI storyboardingAI image generationVideo editing
“She didn't just generate pretty frames — she could defend every creative choice. That pitch would hold up in a real writers' room.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI StorybookAge 9 · Junior Creator
Sample project concept

Grandma's Kitchen — A Bilingual Family Recipe Storybook

A student interviewed her grandmother, then turned eight family recipes into an illustrated English-Chinese storybook — preserving family history with AI as the illustrator.

ChatGPTAI image generationLayout tools
“The most moving Demo Day presentation of the cohort. Technology in service of something real — that's the whole point.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI Design ProjectAge 11 · Junior Creator
Sample project concept

Nova Juice — A Complete Brand Built with AI

A full brand identity for an imaginary juice company: logo explorations, packaging, a one-page website, and an English brand pitch — with every AI iteration documented.

AI image generationDesign toolsBrand thinking
“He showed 40 rejected logo drafts before the final one. Understanding iteration at age 11 puts him ahead of many adults.”
— Guest mentor feedback
AI Automation ProjectAge 15 · AI Builder
Sample project concept

EcoSort — A Smart Recycling Assistant

A working web app that identifies recycling categories from photos, built with AI-assisted coding and tested on 200 real household items — accuracy stats included in the demo.

AI-assisted codingImage classificationWeb app
“He reported his model's failure cases unprompted. That's scientific integrity you can't teach from slides.”
— Guest mentor feedback

The projects above illustrate the scope and standard of work in each track. As cohorts complete, this page will feature real student projects — published only with explicit parent permission, using first names or chosen aliases only.

Project Types

Eight directions students can take

Final projects are chosen by the student with mentor guidance — ownership is the point.

  • AI Storybook
  • AI Research Report
  • AI Presentation
  • AI Website
  • AI App Prototype
  • AI Video Concept
  • AI Design Project
  • AI Automation Project

Fall 2026 cohort — applications open

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