TeachSpark turns any lesson, video, topic, or syllabus into ready-to-teach activities. Here's the full range of what you can create — in about 5 minutes each.
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From open-ended activities to structured group projects to full interactive games — here's what you can bring to your classroom.
Describe any activity you can imagine — a game, survey, choose-your-own-adventure, scavenger hunt, class contract, or brainstorm board. The flexible, describe-your-goal builder.
Build multi-day or multi-part group projects with structured roles, tasks, and collaborative deliverables — powered by Valerie, just describe your project.
Create interactive, game-format activities that wrap educational content in engaging mechanics — challenges, quests, and adventures students love.
Start from a pre-built template — pedagogical frameworks (Frayer, 5E, CER, DBQ), Common Core, CTE, and more. Every template pre-fills your builder.
Question-free, participation-first activities — first days, icebreakers, introductions, gallery walks, explorations, and reflection journals. No grades, just engagement.
Not sure where to start? Just chat with Valerie — describe what you need in plain conversation, and she'll ask the right questions and build it with you, no forms required.
Question-free, participation-first activities — perfect for first days, introductions, icebreakers, and experiences where the goal is engagement, not assessment.
A welcoming, interactive introduction activity. Students explore classroom expectations, share about themselves, and set personal goals for the year.
A fun, low-stakes activity to help students get to know each other and feel comfortable in the classroom.
Introduce a new subject, unit, or concept with rich content, visuals, and exploration — no pressure, just curiosity.
Students move through a series of content screens exploring different ideas, examples, or perspectives on a topic.
An open-ended activity where students explore a concept, topic, or question through structured discovery — no right or wrong answers.
Students respond to guided prompts to reflect on their learning, growth, or experience. No scoring — just personal expression.
Launch a project or assignment with context, inspiration, examples, and a structured planning page for students to think through their approach.
Subject-specific and pedagogical activity formats — each one built around your topic, grade level, and subject in about 5 minutes.
A guided learning experience with instruction screens, practice questions, and an exit ticket. The most versatile activity type — works for any topic in any subject.
A focused knowledge check with multiple choice and short answer questions. Great for formative assessment, review, or quick comprehension checks.
A text-based activity that guides students through careful analysis of a passage, document, or excerpt with scaffolded questions at each stage.
Students categorize and organize pieces of evidence to support or refute a claim. Builds critical thinking and argumentation skills.
Students develop an original story by building characters, setting, and plot through guided creative prompts and structured narrative exercises.
Students sequence events, decisions, or steps in chronological order. Perfect for history, science processes, and cause-and-effect analysis.
An interactive scenario where students make decisions and see consequences. Builds real-world judgment and critical thinking.
Students build arguments for a position, anticipate counterarguments, and practice evidence-based reasoning. Great for discussion-based classes.
Students learn, practice, and apply key terms through definition matching, context clues, and application exercises.
Guided practice problems with step-by-step scaffolding, real-world applications, and immediate feedback to build math fluency and confidence.
Students analyze a real-world scenario, identify key issues, and propose solutions. Ideal for business, science, law, and social studies.
A structured writing activity that guides students through planning, drafting, and supporting an extended response or essay.
Students examine and interpret original historical documents, images, or artifacts to draw evidence-based conclusions about the past.
Students work through a multi-step problem, evaluate options, and justify their solution. Great for math, science, and analytical thinking.
Students navigate a branching real-world scenario, making decisions at key points and seeing the outcomes of their choices.
Students prepare for a discussion-based seminar by analyzing a text or topic, developing open-ended questions, and building evidence-based talking points.
A structured activity that guides students through analyzing a topic from multiple angles before writing. Perfect for AP and IB courses.
Students develop an original idea, product, or solution through guided creative prompts and structured reflection.
Paste a YouTube link and TeachSpark builds a complete interactive lesson around it — including note-taking prompts, comprehension checks, and an exit ticket.
Students practice finding, evaluating, and synthesizing information from multiple sources to build strong research and critical thinking habits.
A compliance-focused activity built around workplace safety procedures, regulations, or emergency protocols. Includes knowledge checks and scenario-based questions.
A step-by-step writing guide that breaks a complex writing task into manageable stages, with prompts and models at each step.
Build interactive 3D scenes students can rotate, zoom, and explore — real molecular structures (PDB/PubChem), NASA spacecraft, anatomy models, and custom 3D diagrams with Pause/Play and Reset View controls.
An interactive step-through visualizer of an algorithm or process — students play, pause, and step forward through each stage with annotated explanations at every step.
A visual sequencing activity — students arrange vocabulary terms or events into a frame-by-frame storyboard with drag-and-drop and a knowledge check.
A solo-play game built from your vocabulary terms — students play through an interactive game that tests their knowledge. Choose ready-to-play or student-designed modes.
A role-play scenario built from your vocabulary/concepts — students inhabit a character and use the terms correctly in context. Choose solo (vs. TeachSpark characters) or multi-student live, and scripted (guided choices) or open-ended (free in-character responses).
Generate a study flashcard deck from a term list or an uploaded document. Students flip cards, self-rate recall per card, and missed terms resurface more often — spaced repetition built in. Per-card mastery reports back to the teacher.
Generate an activity that teaches an original acronym or mnemonic tied to your lesson content — a memorable recall device with practice and application built in.
Generate an activity built around an original song or rhyme that encodes your lesson content — a catchy memory aid with sing-along lyrics, practice, and a knowledge check.
A survey-style activity — students respond to prompts without scoring, ending on a warm completion screen. Great for check-ins, reflections, and collecting student input.
A lightweight, engagement-first activity with no scoring pressure — built for fun, participation, and low-stakes interaction around any topic.
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