Design of Junior High School Artificial Intelligence Curriculum Project Based on STEAM

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, integrating it into the field of education has become an important trend in global educational reform. STEAM education, as an integrated educational model of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics, provides a new perspective for the design and implementation of artificial intelligence courses. This paper, based on artificial intelligence courses and integrating the STEAM educational concept, combines China's excellent traditional culture with artificial intelligence technology to design the interdisciplinary project "Shadow Puppetry Video Generation System Based on Alphapose Multi-person Pose Recognition and Tracking". The project utilizes deep learning technology to track the posture of performers in videos through the Alphapose model and SORT algorithm, extracting their skeletal keypoints into digital signals, and using computer graphics technology to automatically generate shadow puppetry videos from performer videos. Through the teaching practice of the project, it has increased students' interest in learning artificial intelligence, enhanced students' interdisciplinary practical abilities, innovation abilities, cooperation abilities, and problem-solving abilities, and is conducive to cultivating students' core literacy in artificial intelligence.