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AI Hiring-System Tribunal

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Grades 6-890-120 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Students act as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, and a judge in a mock trial about a pretend AI hiring tool. They study the tool's data and results to argue whether it treats people fairly. It is a strong way to learn about bias and who is responsible for computer decisions.

Budget levels

Amazon prices checked Oct 9-10, 2026 and may change

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Quick Start

Digital downloads only.

$0 to buy. Printing noted separately.

Student time: one class period, one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one class period on a single day.

Scale back: Fit it into a shorter period, use fewer effects, or run a demo instead of a build.

Scale up: Add one extra effect, or spread the share-out across another day.

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  • Printed applicant card deckPrintinguse what you have
  • scoring chartsPrintinguse what you have

Full Experience

Required materials for the class.

$0 per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Student time: one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one school day.

Scale back: Fit the build into one period with fewer effects.

Scale up: Spread the work across days, or add more effects.

Total Transformation

The bigger kit, with every optional item included.

$0 per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Student time: one day (one session, one-day event).

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one session, a one-day event.

Scale back: Shorten the event, or run a demo for a smaller audience.

Scale up: Spread the build and the event across days, or invite a bigger audience.

Materials

Printed sample of pretend hiring choices (teacher-prepared; not included in the pack); Paper for the case file; Printed applicant card deck; scoring charts

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change.

As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

  • Paper

    Paper for the case file

    No link

Steps

  1. Get a deck of 40 pretend applicant cards with job-related facts (skills, experience, test scores) and some facts that should not matter (name, zip code, hobby). Predict which screening rules might treat groups unfairly.
  2. As a class, write the criteria and constraints for a fair screener: picks qualified applicants (accuracy), similar pass rates for equally qualified groups, rules a person can explain, and a time limit of 5 minutes per 40 cards.
  3. Teams design two or three competing screeners, such as a points checklist, a yes/no flowchart, or a 'copy past hires' rule.
  4. Run every screener on the same card deck. Record in a shared chart: correct picks, qualified applicants wrongly rejected, pass rate for each group, and time taken.
  5. Score each screener in a weighted decision matrix against every criterion and constraint.
  6. Hold the tribunal: the prosecution argues against one design and the defense for it, each using only matrix scores and test data. A surprise evidence card (a new batch of applicants) is introduced, and both sides rerun and rescore.
  7. The student judge reviews the data, picks the strongest features from each design, and the class combines them into one improved screener and tests it on the deck.

Standards mapped

  • NGSS · MS-ETS1-2

    Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

  • NGSS · MS-ETS1-3

    Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.