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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Check understanding with a quick assessment.

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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  • 3 lifetime AI Chat messages

  • 1 free AI creation total

  • 2-minute podcasts and video lectures

  • 1 free file upload total (8MB)

  • 5 lifetime quiz questions

  • 1 completed practice exam total

  • 15 lifetime voice minutes

  • 32-page PDF to flashcards

  • 500 lifetime autocomplete words

Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.

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  • Everything in Free, plus:

  • 10 AI creations per week

  • Unlimited AI chat & autocomplete

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)

  • Unlimited study sessions

  • Unlimited exams & quizzes

  • 1000-page PDF to flashcards

  • Export to Anki

  • Priority support

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For work where being right matters more than the price.

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  • Everything in Premium, plus:

  • 80 weighted AI creation credits every week

  • 80 AI creations per week

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited uploads up to 1 GB, plus 3,000-page PDFs

  • 12 hours of voice mode per day

  • Priority support and early access to new Frontier models

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AI chat

Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. GPT 5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5 are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.

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3 total
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Unlimited

AI creations

AI creations share one credit balance across every creation tool. Standard models use 1 credit; Frontier models Sol and Opus use 3.

Free
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.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
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.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 45 minutes
Laureate
Up to 45 minutes

File uploads

Free
1 total (8MB)
Premium
Unlimited (300MB)
Laureate
Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

Free
32 pages
Premium
1000 pages
Laureate
3000 pages

Practice questions

Free
5 total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Practice exams

Free
1 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Voice mode

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

Autocomplete

Free
500 words total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Export to Anki

Free
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Premium
Included
Laureate
Included

Support

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Your questions, answered

Is Scholarly free to use?

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What uses my free AI creations?

Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, a spreadsheet, or a story book, making a mind map, study guide, or worksheet, having an AI Agent create a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline, running Deep Research, or processing a recording uses your free AI creation. It is a lifetime free credit and does not reset. AI Chat, autocomplete, quiz practice, voice, exams, and file uploads have separate lifetime allowances.

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.

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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.

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 creations 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.