AI for teachers: lesson plans, worksheets and feedback, with limits

Used well, AI is a tireless assistant for the preparation that eats evenings. It does not replace your knowledge of your class.

What helps most

• First drafts of lesson plans with timings, activities and questions.
• Practice questions at several levels, from easy to challenging, for the same topic.
• Explanations in different words for students who did not follow the first one.
• Rubrics and feedback comments that you adapt.
• Parent messages and notices, in English or Hindi/Punjabi, which you read before sending.
• Ideas for activities, games and real-life examples.

Prompts you can adapt

Lesson plan. "Make a 40-minute lesson plan for class 7 science on the difference between a physical and a chemical change. Include a 5-minute starter question, one demonstration using materials found in a school lab or kitchen, two worked examples, and a 3-question exit quiz. Use simple English. Add a note on any safety precaution."

Differentiated questions. "Write 9 questions on multiplying decimals for class 6: three easy (one step), three medium (two steps) and three challenging (word problem). Give the answers separately at the end."

Explain differently. "Explain photosynthesis to a class 5 student in six sentences, using the example of a kitchen. Then explain the same idea in four sentences for a class 9 student."

Feedback. "Here is a paragraph written by a class 8 student [paste without the name]. Write three kind comments: what is good, what to improve, one next step. Under 60 words."

What you must check

• Accuracy. Check facts, formulas and answers, in particular in science and mathematics. Answers to the questions it writes can be wrong: solve them yourself.
• Syllabus fit. The tool does not know your board's current syllabus or textbook. Compare with the book.
• Level and language. Read for difficulty and for words your students know.
• Bias and sensitivity. Names, examples and pictures should suit your students.
• Safety. For experiments, check against your school's rules, not the tool.

Student data

Do not paste students' names with marks, health, family or behaviour details into a public AI tool. Remove names. Follow your school's rules. See the checklist page and the page on India's data protection law.

Students using AI

Tell students your rules: when AI is allowed, how to say that they used it, and why it matters that they understand the work. Design tasks that need their own thinking: explain in class, use a local example, show steps. Do not rely on "AI detectors": they make mistakes and can accuse an honest student.

Time saved, quality kept

The saving is largest when you give a clear prompt and edit the result. Keep your good prompts in a document and reuse them.

This is an independent guide. It is not connected with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft or any other AI company; product names belong to their owners. Statements about companies are taken from their own help pages as read on 13 and 14 November 2026. The prompts are our own wording and were not run against every tool. Not legal, financial or professional advice.