ADVENTURES THE OF 117 7 ANIMAL SCIENTISTS & PROMPT ENGINEERS
A GIANT COMIC BOOK
In collaboration with 3rdgrade class
ADVENTURES THE OF 117 7 ANIMAL SCIENTISTS & PROMPT ENGINEERS
A GIANT COMIC BOOK
In collaboration with a 3rd grade class
INPARTNERSHIPWITH JoanGanzCooneyCenterfromSesameWorkshop
FUNDED
BY
Robin Hood Foundation
COPYRIGHT © 2024 THE GIANT ROOM
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
For four weeks, The GIANT Room joined students and teachers to learn about AI literacy, storytelling, and science As part of the school’s Inheritance and Traits unit, we focused on animal characters, the special powers and physical traits of these characters, played games that connected the characters together based on their traits, and then used these traits as the foundation of a comic strip story.
During the sessions with The GIANT Room team, students created their own collectible animal trading cards using generative AI, used text-based AI as a group storytelling tool, drew comics of their stories, and even worked together to come up with what the setting of their stories looked like using block-based prompt engineering.
We want to thank this public school and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center for their partnership and to the Robin Hood Foundation for funding the program and making this publication possible.
Your creative collaborators, The GIANT Room
HOW THIS BOOK IS MADE
Co-designed and co-written by 17 students, AI, and a multidisciplinary team of artists, educators, and writers at The GIANT Room, The Adventures of 17 Animal Scientists and Prompt Engineers showcases students’ science, storytelling, and AI literacy achievements and invites their friends and family to celebrate, reflect, and learn about their creations!
Students engineered the animal avatars you see throughout the book by building a 3D animal model and completing a GIANT Mission Sheet that asked them to dream up an animal -- real or imaginary -, give it a name, and share traits about it Designers from The GIANT Room then used photos of students’ 3D animal models and written descriptions to generate their avatars with AI tools. You’ll find the exact AI prompts we used in the section, “Meet the Animals ” The science teacher also joined in and created her own AI avatar.
In our last workshop together, students used block-based prompt engineering to generate what they envision the setting of their story to look like In groups, they added nouns, adjectives, qualifiers, quantifiers, connectors and more to build a text prompt, telling AI exactly what they wanted it to generate. These images were used as the background settings for students’ comics
Why AI? The GIANT Room’s mission is to elevate kids’ voices and provide them with opportunities to publish and share with friends and family. AI is a powerful tool they can use in their creative journey, and along the way they can gain AI and media literacy skills that are incredibly valuable for their future. The GIANT Room introduces students to these tools in a responsible way, always with a human in the loop.
ACERCA DE ESTE LIBRO
Durante cuatro semanas, The GIANT Room visitó una escuela para aprender junto con sus alumnos y maestros sobre la alfabetización de Inteligencia Artificial, la Narración de Historias y la Ciencia. Utilizando el currículum de clase enfocado en Herencia y Rasgos, nos enfocamos en crear personajes basados en animales; sus rasgos físicos y poderes especiales. Jugamos juegos que conectaban a los personajes según sus rasgos y luego utilizamos estos rasgos como base para crear una novela gráfica.
En las sesiones con el equipo de The GIANT Room, los estudiantes crearon sus propias tarjetas de colección utilizando Inteligencia Artificial (IA) generativa. Así mismo, usaron IA basada en texto para generar un historia grupal, diseñaron novelas gráficas y trabajaron juntos utilizando “prompt engineering” para generar una imagen del lugar de una de las escenas de su novela gráfica.
Queremos agradecer a la escuela y a Joan Ganz Cooney Center por su colaboración, y a Robin Hood Foundation por financiar el programa y hacer posible esta publicación.
Tus colaboradores creativos, The GIANT Room
CÓMO SE HIZO ESTE LIBRO
Este libro fue co-diseñado y co-escrito por 17 estudiantes, Inteligencia Artificial, y un equipo multidisciplinario de artistas, educadores, y escritores de The GIANT Room. Este libro “The Adventures of 17 Animal Scientists and Prompt Engineers” muestra el increíble trabajo científico, de narración de historias, y de alfabetización de IA que hicieron los estudiantes. ¡Al mismo tiempo, invitando a sus amigos y familiares a celebrar, reflexionar y aprender sobre su creación!
Los estudiantes diseñaron los avatares de animales que ves a lo largo del libro construyendo un modelo de animal en 3D y completando una “Mission Sheet” que les pedía imaginar un animal real o imaginario , darle un nombre y compartir rasgos sobre él El equipo de The GIANT Room luego utilizó fotos de los modelos de animales y las descripciones escritas en su “Mission Sheet” para generar su avatares usando una herramienta de Inteligencia Artificial. Encontrarás en la sección “Meet the Animals” la descripción exacta que dio cada estudiante de su animal. La maestra de ciencia también se unió al proyecto y creó su propio avatar utilizando IA.
Durante la última sesión, los estudiantes utilizaron “block-based prompt engineering” para generar una imagen que capture una escena de su novela gráfica. En sus equipos, ellos añadieron sustantivos, adjetivos, cualitativos, cuantitativos, conectores y más para crear su “prompt” escrito, para la herramienta de Inteligencia Artificial. Las imágenes generadas se usaron como fondo de su novela gráfica.
¿Por qué IA? La misión de The GIANT Room es elevar la voz de los niños y proporcionarles la oportunidad de publicar y compartir sus creaciones con amigos y familiares La IA es una herramienta poderosa que pueden usar en su viaje creativo, y a lo largo del proceso, pueden adquirir habilidades de alfabetización en IA y medios que son increíblemente valiosas para su futuro. The GIANT Room introduce a los estudiantes a usar herramientas de manera responsable, siempre con un humano presente.
MEET
THE MEET THE
A ANNIIMMAALLS
S
C O M I C S T R I P C H A R A C T E R S
C O M I C S T R I P C H A R A C T E R S
TEACHER
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A beautiful and majestic white horse with wings
WHITNEY
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
White and black spotted fluffy baby animal eating bamboo. waterfall background. kawaii style
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Bano the Baby Animal
AARON
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A big green and orange geometric turtle. sky cloud background. 3D illustration, kawaii style
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Geometric Turtle
ALEX
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A black megalodon shark with sharp teeth and a fin. underwater background
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: King of the Sharks
ANABEL
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A black and brown fox with fur, pointy furry ears and wearing star earrings and a hair clip with a star on it. 3D illustration, kawaii style. nature background
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Zoro the Fox
ANDRES
A brown and white pitbull with very big floppy ears, large nails and a bone AI AVATAR PROMPT:
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Zoey the Pitbull
ANDREU
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A black and white penguin antarctica and tsunami background. hyperrealism style, photograph
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES:
Frosty the Penguin
ASHLEY
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A purple furry penguin with pink bunny ears, holding an ice cream cone with sprinkles
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES:
Lilly the Bunny Penguin
BILLAL
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A crouching tiger with fur, claws, and sharp teeth. jungle background. 3D illustration, kawaii style
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: King the Tiger
BRADY
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A fast, black wolf that lives in a snowy cave
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: The Sapa Wolf
CHARLIE
A pastel orange elephant. 2D colored pencil sketch. kawaii style AI AVATAR PROMPT:
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES:
Digging Elephant
ELSA
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
Furry pink and purple cheetahlike animal with colorful polka dots with feathers sticking out of the head, wearing a blue bow. Forest background.
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES:
Sprinkly the Cheetah
GABRIELLE
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A friendly red otter, wearing colorful earrings and a hair bow. red furry, fluffy texture. 2D painting.
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Flower the Otter
JESSICA
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A furry pink kitten with big white and purple wings and a long tail
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Strawberry Rose the Flying Cat
LUIS
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
Long Chinese dragon with a lot of white and blue fur that can shoot snow nighttime sky background
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Moon Dragon
MASON
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A super fast blank panther. fur texture. african jungle background. 3D illustration, kawaii style
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Giggles the Black Panther
MAYA
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A flying golden phoenix with lots of red and orange feathers and Harry Potter on his back. White owl flying. sky background.
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: Flames the Phoenix
SEBASTIAN
AI AVATAR PROMPT:
A scary tiger with crab legs, head of a buffalo, and scorpion tail, fangs, claws and horns
ANIMAL NAME & SPECIES: The Slash Claw
Let’ s study our traits!
FEATHERSOr WINGS
WhattraitsdoIhave? WheredoIbelong?
ST PE S OR
CLAWS
NAILS
What other shared traits can youfind betweenthe animals?
THE
S E T T I N G B Y
ASHLEY AND JESSICA
INITIAL PROMPT ATTEMPT
Illustration of a forest in an sparkly cloudy ocean with a kawaii beautiful castle
with a mermaid
ENGINEERED PROMPT
Illustration of a forest in an sparkly cloudy ocean with a kawaii beautiful castle
S E T T I N G B Y
AARON, BRADY, LUIS, AND MASON
a really dark, snowy forest with a bunch of trees with a
light in the back
ENGINEERED PROMPT
a really dark, snowy forest with a bunch of trees at night
at night
S
CHARLIE, ELSA, AND WHITNEY
INITIAL PROMPT ATTEMPT
Outside a misty castle in the desert with a crack in the ground and a park with a skittles rainbow above the castle That is spraying a lot of orange Fanta water that is coming from the mist in the gray water foundation at the first floor of the castle With a candy store under the castle
ENGINEERED PROMPT
Outside a misty castle in the desert with a crack in the ground and a playground with a skittles rainbow above the castle. That is spraying a lot of orange Fanta water that is coming from the mist in the gray water foundation at the first floor of the castle. With a candy store under the castle
a creepy kingdom that is mysterious and dark, it's on land with a dense castle it looks like a real and popart castle...
ENGINEERED PROMPT
a creepy kingdom that is mysterious and dark, it's on land with a dense and castle it looks like a real and pop-art castle...
slightly colorful
S E T T I N G B Y
ANDREU, MAYA, ANABEL, AND GABRIELLE
INITIAL PROMPT ATTEMPT
A beautiful day for a picnic next to an apple tree eating some red delicious apples with a birdhouse for harry potter's pet enjoying the birds singing
ENGINEERED PROMPT
A beautiful day for a picnic next to an apple tree eating some red delicious apples with a birdhouse for harry potter's pet enjoying the birds singing with
ONLY harry potter no other kids
R E A D ALL THE S T O R I E S
Charlie Anabel
Gabrielle
Maya
Whitney
Luis
Ashley
Friends at Friends at the Park the Park
My bunny, Lilly, has long ears, lives in a forest, and has a purple nose.
Strawberry Rose and Lilly are friends and are at the park
Together, they enjoy the perfect day in the park, with a gentle breeze and the cheerful song of the bird above.
The end! Meow
The Night The Night of Death of Death
In a faraway land, there lived the Sapa Wolf, a strong and brave creature known for protecting his forest home. The Sapa Wolf fights another wolf.
After defeating them, Geometric Turtle heard of the Sapa Wolf’s struggle and went to help.
Giggles joined the fight, distracting the rival wolf with his speed and grace
And so, S Dragon co cha
A GIANT A GIANT Underground Underground
Candy Store Candy Store
BY CHARLIE, ELSA, AND WHITNEY BY CHARLIE, ELSA, AND WHITNEY
Once upon a minute in 1889 there was a digging elephant.
And a Chita was eating ice cream sitting at a bench.
And a panda named Bano was sitting under a tree watching them.
The elephant is dripping a lot of hot water.
Chita is looking at him.
Bano went to ask them if he could play
Just as they started playing, the ground cracked open and they all fell into a giant underground candy store, hidden beneath the castle!
SSUPER UPER ZZOEY! OEY!
My dog Zoey looked up and realized she had super powers!
I woke up, and I went to see King and his teeth fell out!
Until, a monster jumps out of the dark!
I will fight the slash claw, and I will win.
But Zoey wasn’t afraid; she knew she had to fight the slash claw and protect everyone. Let’s go outside!
Flames Flames
Once upon a time, in a bright, magical land, their lived the legendary Flames the Phoenix, who was known for bringing warmth and joy to everyone.
Frosty the Penguin wants to meet this “Flames.”
Zoro the Brave Dog wants to meet Flames, too.
Flower wants to visit Zoro and Flames and Frosty, too.
Flames said, “Yes, but can I bring Harry Potter?” Frosty said, “Yes, coming now. ” They all meet each other happily.
A GIANT thank you to the teachers, students and families, and the GIANT team members who made this publication possible.
Book Concept & Planning
Azadeh Jamalian, PhD
Janet Bloom
Maru Segovia
Rama Deshpande
Maya Hood-Wilson
Rebecca Schifilliti
Book Design & Development
Azadeh Jamalian, PhD
Rama Deshpande
Rebecca Schifilliti
GIANT Kid Collaborators
Charlie, Anabel, Gabrielle, Maya, Whitney, Luis, Ashley, Jessica, Aaron, Andreu, Billal, Mason, Andres, Elsa, Brady, Sebastian, and Alex
More GIANT thanks to the Robin Hood Foundation, Tech + Learning Fund for their generous support of this project.
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