A primary teacher plans more different lessons in a week than most people plan in a month. Lesson Dino takes the first draft off your hands. Type the subject, the year group and the topic, and it gives you everything for one lesson, all built on the same facts.
What you get for one lesson
- Nine lesson ideas, so you can choose the one that suits your class, such as a hands-on activity, a story or an investigation.
- A lesson plan with objectives, success criteria, key words, timings for each part and an exit ticket. Download it as Word or PDF.
- Videos: the best YouTube clips for the topic, the part of each one to play, and what to ask pupils afterwards.
- Slides with big pictures and short sentences for young readers, in 80 designs or your school's own PowerPoint template.
- A printable A4 worksheet with tasks at the right level and an answer sheet.
Make one part or all five. Because they share the same topic, year group and sources, the plan, the slides and the worksheet match.
Pitched at the age of your class
Lesson Dino changes how it writes for each age. Five-year-olds get short words, big pictures and picture symbols. Ten-year-olds get proper subject words, with a key words box to explain them. The worksheet tasks change too: younger classes get things like sentence builders, counting and tracing words, while older classes get tasks such as cause and effect chains, timelines and diamond nines.
It also understands how your country names year groups, and it uses your country's spelling, money and units. A Year 4 class in England sees "colour" and "£2.50". A Grade 3 class in the United States sees "color" and "$2.50".
Facts you can check
AI tools can sound sure and still be wrong. Lesson Dino looks your topic up first, in Wikipedia, learning sites for children and, where it can find them, your country's curriculum documents. It writes from what it finds and numbers its sources, so you can check a fact in seconds. If it can't find anything, it tells you.
An example: Year 4 science, the water cycle
You type "Science, Year 4, the water cycle". A few minutes later, you might have:
- ideas such as "water cycle in a bag" and "a raindrop's diary"
- a 40-minute plan: a starter question, teaching with slides, the bag activity and an exit ticket
- two short video clips, with the right minutes to play
- ten slides with pictures and speaker notes
- a worksheet: label the four stages, fill the gaps, and an answer sheet for you.
You can see the real thing in the demo video.
Change anything
Click any slide or task to change the words or pictures. Ask the AI to change one slide, the whole deck or one worksheet task: "make this easier", "add a picture", "use football examples". Earlier versions are kept, so you can always go back. Every lesson is saved as a project, so it's ready next year.
What to check before you teach
Lesson Dino is a planning partner, not a replacement for you. Read the plan, check the facts against the sources, and make sure the activities suit your class and your school's policies. Our guide on how to check AI teaching materials has a quick checklist.
Questions teachers ask
Which year groups does Lesson Dino cover?
Every year group, from early years to sixth form. Type it the way your school does, such as Year 3, Grade 2, Form 1, KS2 or ages 7 to 8.
Does it work for every primary subject?
Yes. You type the subject and topic, so it works for science, history, geography, English, maths, RE, art, music, PE and anything else you teach.
Do I need to enter anything about my pupils?
No. Lesson Dino only needs the subject, the year group and the topic. Please never type pupils' names or personal details.
Is it free?
Yes, while Lesson Dino is in beta. Join the beta with your email address and we will send you an invite.
