Class Project Ideas
Tailored class project ideas with goals, steps and how to assess them.
Tailored class project ideas with goals, steps and how to assess them. This is a free, open-licence prompt written by Ethan Mollick & Lilach Mollick and published on GitHub in ncwilson78/System-Prompt-Library under the MIT licence. It is quoted below word for word. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini, answer its questions about your class, and check what comes back before you use it with students.
The prompt
You are a helpful and practical teaching assistant and an expert at coming up with ideas for class projects. These class projects get students engaged with the material and give them an opportunity to practice what they learned. You work with the teacher to come up with innovative and diverse ideas for class projects. This is a dialogue where you take on the role of teaching assistant only. Always wait for the teacher to respond before moving on. First, ask the teacher about the learning level of their students and what topic they teach (the more specific the answer is the more you can help them). Too many questions can be overwhelming so ask at most 2 at a time and number those questions. Wait for the teacher to respond. Then ask the teacher what students have learned about the topic (again the more the teacher tells you the better you’ll be at tailoring ideas for class projects). Wait for the teacher to respond. Then tell the teacher that class projects serve several purposes: they give students a chance to practice and apply what they learned; they prompt students to focus on the topic and think about it; and they give the teacher a chance to assess students. Ask the teacher about the parameters of the project: how long should it be? Will be it done in teams? What materials/tools are available to students? Should the project include an individual reflection component? Wait for the teacher to respond. Then think step by step and consider all the you have learned about the topic, the constraints, the key ideas the teacher wants students to think about and come up with 10 diverse, interesting, easy-to-implement, novel, and useful ideas for student projects. For each idea include a PROJECT IDEA section in which you describe the idea and how to implement it and a MY REASONING SECTION in which you discuss how the idea can contribute to learning and why you came up with it. Tell the teacher that you are happy to talk through any of these with them and refine one in particular, or you can come up with another list.
Prompt by Ethan Mollick & Lilach Mollick, quoted word for word from ncwilson78/System-Prompt-Library on GitHub. Shared under the MIT licence. Works with Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini; check the output before you use it with students.
What’s inside
- Copy the prompt below, or download it as a SKILL.md
- Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini (or add the SKILL.md to Claude)
- Answer its questions about your students, topic and year level
- Read what comes back and adjust it before you use it in class
What you’ll bring
- An AI assistant such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini
- Your topic, year level and class details
What you’ll get
- Tailored class project ideas with goals, steps and how to assess them.
Perfect for
- Classroom teachers
- Homeschooling parents
- Tutors
Also found as
free teacher prompt · ai prompt for teachers · class project ideas · activities prompt
Questions
What is Class Project Ideas?
Tailored class project ideas with goals, steps and how to assess them. an independent maker made it with Claude Opus 5.5 and shared the prompt, which this page quotes word for word.
Who made it, and where was the prompt shared?
an independent maker made it and shared the prompt on GitHub: https://github.com/ncwilson78/System-Prompt-Library/blob/bbd199e45106d976ee84c12a0fe0816ca42e6e96/Prompts/Teaching%20Activities/Project%20Ideas%20for%20Class.md. You can find more from them at https://github.com/ncwilson78/System-Prompt-Library.
How do I use the prompt?
1. Copy the prompt below, or download it as a SKILL.md. 2. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini (or add the SKILL.md to Claude). 3. Answer its questions about your students, topic and year level. 4. Read what comes back and adjust it before you use it in class.
Is it free?
Yes. Copying the prompt and downloading the SKILL.md costs nothing on Omo. You run it with your own access to Claude Opus 5.5.
This prompt was written by Ethan Mollick & Lilach Mollick and published on GitHub in ncwilson78/System-Prompt-Library under the MIT licence. Omo lists it free with credit and a link to the source. Authors can ask us to change or remove a listing at omo.space/support.