Interacting with the Weather Predictor 1. Click the green flag to start the project. 2. Click the “Weather Reporter” and wait for it to make a prediction about the weather. Notice how the backdrop changes to show the actual weather. 3. Check if the prediction was right or wrong — the score will update each round. 4. Keep clicking and see how often the predictions are correct! 5. Click the green flag to reset the project.
This Scratch project was created to teach about Artificial Intelligence. It shows how a computer makes a prediction before knowing the real answer, just like AI does when working with data. The activity highlights that predictions are based on patterns and rules — in Scratch these are if-then blocks, while in real AI they come from analyzing large sets of data. It also shows the limitations of predictions, since the computer is sometimes wrong, mirroring how real AI models can make mistakes. Finally, it compares logical rules made by people (“If it’s cold, it might snow”) with the program’s rules, making the connection that humans design the logic first and AI systems later learn and refine it automatically.
