Bias and Fairness

Unit 4 turns students into fairness detectives. Across five 30–45 minute lessons, learners discover how one-sided data creates bias, judge whether AI outcomes are fair, weigh different perspectives, and propose fixes that make AI results fairer for everyone.

The 5 lessons

1. 1

   What Is Bias?

   30–45 min

   Students learn bias happens when a set of examples is one-sided or leaves some groups out.

   Vocabulary: bias · fairness

2. 2

   Fair or Unfair?

   30–45 min

   Learners judge whether a simple AI outcome is fair or unfair and explain who it helps or hurts.

   Vocabulary: fairness · unfair · impact

3. 3

   See Different Perspectives

   30–45 min

   Kids explore how one AI decision can affect different people in different ways.

   Vocabulary: perspective · impact

4. 4

   Fix the Unfair Result

   30–45 min

   Students propose a fix for an unfair AI result — adding missing examples or changing a rule.

   Vocabulary: fix · bias · improve

5. 5

   Fairness Detective Challenge

   30–45 min

   Learners spot bias in a final scenario and design a fairer approach to fix it.

   Vocabulary: bias · fairness · perspective