Google 推出 AI Quests 第三课 Polar Peaks，带学生扫描绘制人脑神经元
Our newest AI Quest: Mapping the human brain
- 1Google 推出 AI Quests 系列第三课 Polar Peaks，学生扮演研究人员扫描并绘制人脑神经元。
- 2该系列由 Google Research 与斯坦福学习加速器创建，累计完成超 40 万次，支持 10 种语言。
- 3学生完成数据清洗、模型测试等任务，亲手体会 AI 需要细致的人工监督与批判性思维。
- 4新课程灵感来自 Google 十余年连接组学研究，包括近期完成的果蝇全脑图谱。
Google 用真实科研成果做游戏化课程，把 AI 素养教学从概念讲解推向中小学课堂里的动手实践。
- 影响：AI 素养正成为 K12 正式课程内容，配套教师培训同步上线，学校落地主要取决于教师培训与课时安排；教育内容和培训服务商可对照这套任务式设计检视自家课程的重合度。
- 参考：可考虑让负责员工 AI 培训的团队试玩这节课，评估数据清洗、模型测试这类任务式设计能否搬进内部培训；教育相关业务值得盘点自家内容与这类大厂课程的差异。
- 依据：完成超 40 万次、覆盖 10 种语言及获奖信息均为官方口径，暂无独立教学效果验证；果蝇全脑图谱为其研究成果陈述。
Oct 26, 2026
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Our third lesson in our AI Quests series, “Polar Peaks,” teaches students key AI literacy skills while delving into neuroscience.
Ronit Levavi Morad
Senior Director, Google Research
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Today, we’re launching “Polar Peaks”, our third quest in the AI Quests series, created by Google Research and the Stanford Accelerator for Learning to teach students how AI works and how to use it responsibly. AI Quests invites students ages 11 to 14 to step into the shoes of Google researchers to tackle some of humanity’s biggest challenges.
More than 400,000 quests have been completed to date, localized to 10 languages. Alongside the new quest, we’re also releasing training modules for teachers.
Polar Peaks: A journey to map the human brain
In the first two quests, students tackle flood forecasting and eye disease detection, inspired by Google Research’s Flood Forecasting initiative and AI model for diabetic retinopathy screening. Our newest quest, “Polar Peaks,” has students travel to the frontiers of neuroscience and see how AI can speed up scientific research.
With the guidance of in-game mentors, students scan and map the neurons in the brain to better understand the game character’s memory loss. They complete tasks like data cleaning and model testing, learning firsthand that AI requires careful human oversight and critical thinking.
The quest is inspired by over a decade of our research in connectomics: the science of mapping neural networks in the brain. Upon completion of the quest, students hear from two researchers behind our real-world breakthroughs, including the recent mapping of the complete fruit fly brain, the largest brain map by number of neurons to date.
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Training modules: Tools for teaching AI literacy
Teachers play a critical role in bringing the quests to life and fitting them into their existing classroom curriculum. We’re rolling out new dedicated teacher training modules to help educators reinforce key AI literacy concepts and use AI Quests for learning and discussion. These are launching within the Google AI Educator Series. The modules for Quest #1 and #2 are accessible here. The training module for Quest #3 will follow next month.
Earlier this year, AI Quests won a 2026 Webby Award for AI Education, Learning & Training, and Best Global K–12 Learning Solution at the ETIH Innovation Awards. We’ll continue working with educators and partners to bring more quests to more classrooms this school year.
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