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Creating Lesson Plans

The Recommendation Configurator helps you generate personalized lesson plans with multiple activities, automatically sequenced and timed with appropriate breaks between them.

Note: You can also get single activity recommendations if needed; enable "Allow Lesson Plans" to access the full planning features.

Creating a Lesson Plan​

Configuration Steps​

  1. Duration – Select how long your lesson has (in minutes)
  2. Age Group – Choose your target age group
  3. Activity Format – Select available format(s): Unplugged, Digital, Hybrid
  4. Resources – Check which materials/devices you have available
  5. Bloom Levels – Choose target cognitive levels (Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, Create)
  6. Topics – Select which computer science topics you want to cover
  7. Enable Lesson Plans – Toggle "Allow Lesson Plans" to create multi-activity sequences
  8. Set Maximum Activities – Choose how many activities to include (e.g., 2–5)
  9. Include Breaks – Toggle "Include Breaks" to add automatic rest periods between activities
  10. Generate – Click to create recommendations

Understanding Your Results​

The system generates ranked lesson plan recommendations with scores for each sequence. Each recommendation includes a scoring breakdown showing:

  • Age Appropriateness – How well activities fit your grade level
  • Bloom Alignment – Match to your cognitive goals
  • Topic Relevance – Coverage of your selected topics
  • Duration Fit – How well the total time matches your available period

Each category is scored on a 0-100 scale (100 = perfect match), and the total score is calculated as a weighted average based on importance.

Recommendations page

Complete lesson plan workflow from form to results

Once generated, your lesson plan shows:

  • Complete activity sequence with timing
  • Automatic breaks highlighted between activities
  • Total duration including all activities and breaks
  • Progressive build through Bloom's cognitive levels

Download for Offline Use​

Click Download as PDF to save your lesson plan for offline use in the classroom. The PDF includes all activities, timing, breaks and materials lists.