Turn a topic into a ready-to-teach lesson plan in minutes
Give Scholarly a chapter, a set of standards, or just a topic and get objectives, timed activities, materials, and a way to check for understanding — built entirely from your own material.
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Photosynthesis: Turning Light Into Energy
- Explain how plants convert light, water, and CO₂ into glucose.
- Identify the roles of chlorophyll and the chloroplast.
- Compare the light-dependent and light-independent reactions.
- Warm-up5 min
- Direct instruction15 min
- Guided practice20 min
From source to lesson plan in three steps
No blank templates, no formatting. Add your material and the AI drafts the plan.
Add your sources
Upload a chapter, standards, or slides, pick a file from your library, paste a link, or just type a topic and grade level.
The agent plans the lesson
Scholarly reads your material and drafts learning objectives, a timed sequence of activities, materials, and a check for understanding.
Teach, download, or share
Get a clean lesson plan PDF you can teach from, download to print, share with a co-teacher, or turn into a quiz or worksheet.
A lesson plan you can walk into class with
Grounded in your own material, structured the way a teacher actually plans — objectives, timing, and assessment included.
Clear learning objectives
Every plan opens with focused, measurable objectives tied to what your source material actually covers.
Timed activity sequence
A warm-up, direct instruction, and practice — each with a suggested time chip so the lesson fits your period.
Built from your material
The plan comes from the chapter, standards, or notes you add — not the open internet — so it matches what you're teaching.
Polished, themed PDF
Every lesson plan is professionally typeset. Pick from four themes — Professional, Academic, Modern, or Playful — then download, print, or share it by link.
More teaching tools, one source
Turn the same material into a quiz, a worksheet, flashcards, or a study guide for your students without re-uploading.
Any subject or grade
Elementary read-alouds, high-school science, tutoring sessions, TA sections — anything you need to plan and teach.
The planning is done, so you can focus on teaching
Building a lesson from scratch — objectives, timing, activities, an assessment — takes an evening you don't always have. Starting from a solid draft turns that into a quick edit.
Scholarly's lesson plan is an AI agent: it reads your actual chapter or standards, drafts objectives and a paced sequence of activities, and adds a way to check for understanding — a real starting point, not a blank template.
Because it's grounded in your own material, the plan reflects what you're actually teaching. Adjust the timing, swap an activity, then generate a matching quiz or worksheet from the same source so your students practice exactly what you taught.
Common questions
What can I make a lesson plan from?
Uploaded PDFs, Word docs, and PowerPoints; files already in your library; Google Drive files; a website or PDF link; or just a typed topic and grade level. You can mix several sources in one plan.
Who is this for?
Teachers, tutors, and TAs planning a class or session. It works for any subject or grade — describe your class and the plan adapts to it.
Can I edit and print the lesson plan?
Yes. Every plan is a PDF you can download, print, or share with a link, and it lands in your library like any other file so you can adjust and regenerate it.
Is it free?
You can create lesson plans on the free plan using your shared lifetime AI creation credits, which don't reset. Paid plans raise those limits and support longer source documents.
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AI Outline Generator
Structure your sources into a clean hierarchy.
AI Agents
See how Scholarly's agents build your teaching materials.
AI Quiz Generator
Check understanding with a quick assessment.
Start free, upgrade when you need more
Create lesson plans and every other teaching tool from your own material. Free to start, no credit card required.
Free
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 3 free AI creations total
- 1 free file upload total (8MB)
- 5 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 15 voice minutes per day
- 32-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, make a podcast, create a video lecture or infographic, build slides, make a mind map or study guide, or process a recording.
Ultimate
$144 billed yearly
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited normal chat & autocomplete
- Unlimited premium model messages
- Unlimited AI creations
- Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)
- Unlimited study sessions
- Unlimited exams & quizzes
- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Pricing in USD. Local currency available in app.
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Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with clear limits: 3 AI Chat messages per day, 3 free AI creations total, 1 free file upload total, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. Upgrade to Ultimate for unlimited AI creations and unlimited uploads.
What uses my free AI creations?
Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, making a mind map or study guide, running Deep Research, or processing a recording each uses one of your 3 free AI creations. They are lifetime free credits and do not reset. AI Chat messages, quizzes, and exams still have separate daily limits; free file uploads are also lifetime credits.
Can I cancel anytime?
Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.
Do you offer discounts for educators?
Yes, we offer special pricing for educators and educational institutions. Contact us at hello@scholarly.so for details.
What happens when I hit a free plan limit?
You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Free AI creations and the free upload are lifetime credits and do not reset. Upgrading unlocks unlimited AI creations and unlimited uploads.
For Educators or Schools
Contact us for special pricing at hello@scholarly.so.