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The Examined Classroom

Classroom-ready thought experiments, educator resources, and research-backed AI ethics guidance for teachers and school leaders navigating AI in education.

The Examined Classroom

Classroom-ready thought experiments, educator resources, and research-backed AI ethics guidance.

Every classroom decision now starts with a question.

AI can write the essay. Should it?

The oldest questions in philosophy just walked into your classroom wearing new clothes. The trolley problem drives a car now. Mary's Room has a chatbot. And your students are already living inside the experiment.

A gallery of thought experiments: The Trolley Problem, Mary's Room, the Paperclip Maximizer, Plato's Cave, the Ship of Theseus, and more.

54 scenarios. Every grade. No answer keys.

From a kindergartner's talking toy to Plato's Cave with a VR headset — each one classroom-ready, with teacher kits, read-aloud audio, and standards alignment.

54 interactive thought experiments. 51 printable teacher kits. 12 discussion protocols. 42 curated books and resources. A path for every grade band, K–12.

For students: stories and dilemmas built to argue with, not memorize. For teachers: classroom-ready discussions with a toolkit to run them well. For administrators: ethical frameworks and scenarios before AI policy becomes guesswork. For parents and families: kitchen-table questions for AI, homework, fairness, and judgment.

Tools: the Thought Experiment Picker, the AI Use Rubric, the AI Policy Builder, and the Family Conversation Generator.

Philosophy you can use by Monday.

No logins. No cost. No answer keys. Classroom-ready thought experiments, educator resources, and research-grounded AI ethics — the site begins below.