Teacher-only planning companion for AI Bias Detection Lab. Use it to keep the lab evidence-based, ethically serious, and grounded in who different systems help or harm.
This lab is strongest when students test one variable at a time and treat the results as evidence to interpret, not just shock value to react to.
Explore perspectives, use evidence to form conclusions, and share ideas: Compare systems, map decisions, present new solutions.
The investigation structure requires students to gather evidence, identify patterns, and explain what the results suggest about the system they tested.
Te Mātaiaho Social Studies `TM-SS-3-D1`.
Systems shape how people and groups organise themselves: Rights, responsibilities, power, fairness.
The lab makes fairness visible by helping students notice which groups are misrepresented or exposed to greater harm.
Te Mātaiaho Social Studies `TM-SS-3-U1`.
Students interpret evidence, identify implicit perspectives, and build justified conclusions about what a text or system is doing.
Ask students to move from “this seems biased” to “the evidence suggests this bias because...”. Precision matters more than outrage.
Useful bridge into formal report writing or media comparison work.
Ministry of Education. (2007). The New Zealand Curriculum. Learning Media.
Ministry of Education. (2021). Te Mātaiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum. Ministry of Education.
Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand. (2021). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Teaching Council.
This curriculum companion is informed by mātauranga Māori — the holistic body of Māori knowledge, values, and practices. Kaiako are encouraged to draw connections between the content and tikanga, whanaungatanga, and students's turangawaewae (place and belonging). Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles of partnership, participation, and protection should shape how this material is introduced and discussed in the classroom.