Mapping LLMs Unplugged to the Australian Curriculum
One of the questions we hear most from teachers is “where does this fit in the curriculum?” There’s no single answer — it depends on your year level, subject focus and local curriculum context. But to help get the conversation started, here’s an example mapping of the Training and Generation lessons to the Australian Curriculum for Year 5/6. You could map it differently for other year levels or subject areas.
Digital Technologies
- AC9TDI6P05 — implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input
- AC9TDI6K02 — examine how digital systems form networks to transmit data (this connects well if you explain where training material is stored and how it’s sourced from servers over the internet)
Mathematics — Number
- AC9M5N010 — create and use algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions and digital tools to experiment with factors, multiples and divisibility; identify, interpret and describe emerging patterns
Mathematics — Statistics
- AC9M5ST01 — acquire, validate and represent data for nominal and ordinal categorical and discrete numerical variables, to address a question of interest or purpose; discuss and report on data distributions in terms of highest frequency (mode) and shape
Mathematics — Probability
- AC9M5P01 — list the possible outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and compare to those which are not equally likely
- AC9M5P02 — conduct repeated chance experiments including those with and without equally likely outcomes, observe and record the results; use frequency to compare outcomes and estimate their likelihoods
Other connections
There are also potential connections to English outcomes for language, text structure and organisation — another thread worth exploring depending on how you frame the activities in your classroom.
For more on how AI connects to the Australian Curriculum, ACARA’s Curriculum Connections site includes AI as one of the searchable themes.
Share your own mapping
This is just one example, and we’d love to see others. If you’ve mapped LLMs Unplugged to a different year level, subject or curriculum framework, get in touch — we’re happy to share further examples here.
We’re also working with ACARA and other Australian educators to develop more comprehensive, searchable mappings between the different LLMs Unplugged lessons and the full Australian Curriculum. Watch this space.