AI Lesson Plan Generator

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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Lesson Plan · Biology

Photosynthesis: Turning Light Into Energy

Objectives
  • 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.
Activities
  • Warm-up5 min
  • Direct instruction15 min
  • Guided practice20 min
Assessment:Exit ticket — sketch and label the photosynthesis equation.
How it works

From source to lesson plan in three steps

No blank templates, no formatting. Add your material and the AI drafts the plan.

  1. 01

    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.

  2. 02

    The agent plans the lesson

    Scholarly reads your material and drafts learning objectives, a timed sequence of activities, materials, and a check for understanding.

  3. 03

    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.

What you get

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.

Why it helps

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.

FAQ

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 Credit, which does not reset. Paid plans raise those limits and support longer source documents.

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Pricing

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.

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AI chat

Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. The chat model menu is a curated selection and is smaller than the creation catalog — some models, including the Frontier tier, are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.

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3 total
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Unlimited
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Unlimited

AI Creation Credits

AI Creation Credits share one balance across every creation tool. Most models use 1 credit, a few use 2, and Frontier models use 3.

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1 total
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10/week
Laureate
80/week

Podcast length

Free episodes are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 60 minutes.

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2 minutes
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Up to 60 minutes
Laureate
Up to 60 minutes

Video lecture length

Free lectures with a length control are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target up to 45 minutes. Short uses its own short video format.

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2 minutes
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Up to 45 minutes
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Up to 45 minutes

File uploads

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1 total (8MB)
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Unlimited (300MB)
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Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

Free
32 pages
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1000 pages
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3000 pages

Sources per creation

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Up to 1
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Up to 10
Laureate
Up to 20

Practice questions

Free
5 total
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Unlimited
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Unlimited

Practice exams

Free
1 total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Voice mode

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15 min total
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2 hr/day
Laureate
12 hr/day

Autocomplete

Free
500 words total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Export to Anki

Free
—
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Included
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Included

Support

Free
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Your questions, answered

Is Scholarly free to use?

Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI Creation Credit total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI Creation Credits per week and unlimited uploads.

What uses my free AI Creation Credits?

AI Creation Credits are shared across flashcards, podcasts, videos, slides, AI Documents, Deep Research, and the Transcribe tool. The selected model determines the credit cost. Recording live audio and saving its transcript uses your file upload allowance instead; it does not use AI Creation Credits.

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Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?

Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.

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-plan allowances are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI Creation Credits per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.