DofE AI Bronze Award
A 12-week, 3-month Skills section route covering AI foundations, classifiers, prompt engineering and generative media projects.
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Bronze Skills Section
DofE AI Bronze Award
Bronze Outcomes
Students finish Bronze with a practical portfolio of beginner-friendly AI projects and a stronger understanding of how AI models are trained and judged.
AI and ML Concepts
Students learn how AI differs from machine learning and why data, patterns and feedback loops matter.
AI literacyML basics
Classification Projects
Students build and evaluate chatbot, gesture and image-classification style projects.
ChatbotClassifier
Generative Media
Students explore prompts, image generation, presentations, audio and video for a final showcase.
PromptingShowcase
Week-by-Week Bronze Curriculum
A structured 12-week journey from AI fundamentals to generative content creation, with practical project milestones throughout.
1
Intro to AI and ML
Demystifying AI vs. machine learning, patterns, data and training loops.
2
Confusion Matrix
Evaluating model performance with true positives, false positives and practical accuracy metrics.
3
Chatbot Project
Building an interactive conversational chatbot interface and testing its constraints.
Project milestone
4
Probability and SoftMax
Understanding basic probability spaces and how classifiers output confidence values.
5
SoftMax Practical
Hands-on exercises calculating classification distribution vectors.
6
Sign Language Classifier
Collecting image data and building a gesture or sign-language interpretation model.
Project milestone
7
Edge Detection
Computer vision fundamentals: how algorithms identify shapes, outlines and image borders.
8
Teachable Machine Vision
Training a live computer-vision classifier for dogs, cats, fruits or a similar dataset.
Project milestone
9
Prompt Engineering
Using roles, constraints and prompt structures to guide large language model outputs.
10
Content Generation: Images
Exploring diffusion models and prompt parameters for precise graphic and asset generation.
11
PPT and Audio Generation
Using generative tools to automate slides, multi-modal assets and voice-over drafts.
12
Video Generation Showcase
Synthesising video content from text and references, then presenting a Bronze showcase.
Questions Parents Ask
Clear answers for families deciding whether this route fits their child's current coding level, goals and schedule.
Is Bronze suitable for AI beginners?
Yes. Bronze starts with conceptual AI and machine learning foundations before moving into accessible projects and generative tools.
What projects can Bronze students use as evidence?
Typical evidence includes a chatbot, a sign-language or gesture classifier, a Teachable Machine image model and a creative generative media showcase.
Can Bronze students progress to Silver?
Yes. Silver is the natural next step for students who want the mathematical and model-building foundations behind machine learning.
Ready to Start Bronze?
Check the live timetable or book a trial lesson to see whether the Bronze cohort is the right fit.