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From a short lesson brief to a live class activity, a checked quiz and the next step.

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  1. Describe the lesson

    Write a short brief: the topic, the grade, and what should click for your students.

    LGSSciencePrimary schoolPrepared example · nothing is saved

    Why is it summer in Australia when it's winter here?

    Move through the year and watch how high the Sun climbs at noon.

    Ankarawinter half
    Noon Sun: 27° high
    Daylight: 9 h 11 min
    Sydneysummer half
    Noon Sun: 79° high
    Daylight: 14 h 15 min

    December: Ankara's noon Sun 27°, Sydney's 79°.

    Why?

    Earth's axis is tilted about 23.4°. In June the north leans toward the Sun: its noon Sun stands high and its days are long, while the south gets low sunlight and short days. It isn't distance: Earth is closest to the Sun in early January.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Explain the seasons with Earth's tilt and the angle of sunlight, not with distance from the Sun.

    Agenda

    1. Quick vote: why do we have seasons? Collect every idea.
    2. Shine a torch at a tilted ball: where does the light gather in June and in December?
    3. Compare the noon Sun and the daylight in Ankara and Sydney for two months.
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “The tilt behind the seasons” — for LGS science learners who still blame the distance to the Sun.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

    Opens the question box on the home page with this question. Nothing is sent.

  2. Aysel drafts the activity

    Aysel drafts 2–4 outcomes, a 3–6 step agenda, hidden instructions and guardrails. You edit everything, preview it as a student, then launch.

    TYTSciencePrepared example · nothing is saved

    On the Moon, a hammer and a feather land together. Why?

    Pick a place, drop both, and watch.

    Hammer
    —
    Feather
    —

    Why?

    Without air, everything falls with the same acceleration, however heavy it is. On Earth the air holds the feather back. In 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott tried it on the Moon: the hammer and the feather hit the ground together.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Explain why objects fall at the same rate without air resistance, and use h = ½gt².

    Agenda

    1. Drop a book and a sheet of paper side by side; then lay the paper on the book and drop them again.
    2. Watch NASA's Apollo 15 clip, predicting before it plays.
    3. Calculate the fall time from 1.6 m on Earth and on the Moon.
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “Falling without air” — for TYT physics learners stuck on free fall.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

    Opens the question box on the home page with this question. Nothing is sent.

  3. Students join with a code

    Students enter a 6-character code and their name; no account needed. Before they start, they see that you can read their chat in this session.

    IELTSLanguagesAdultsPrepared example · nothing is saved

    Seven words, seven meanings: which one do you stress?

    Tap a word to say it louder, and watch the meaning move.

    Tap any word above.

    A hummed pitch line, not a voice.

    Why?

    In English the stressed word carries the news. Same words, different meanings: that's why stress and intonation count in IELTS Speaking, where pronunciation is one of the four criteria.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Use sentence stress to change and signal meaning in spoken English.

    Agenda

    1. Read the sentence seven ways; the class guesses the meaning each time.
    2. In pairs, write a one-line situation for each stressed word.
    3. Each student says the sentence for one situation and explains the choice.
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “One sentence, five meanings” — for IELTS speaking candidates working on sentence stress.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

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  4. Watch live, stay safe

    The live view shows who is in, which step each student is on, AI estimates marked as estimates, and safety alerts. Pause, move or end whenever you need.

    PreschoolPrimary schoolSciencePrepared example · nothing is saved

    Why does the Moon follow our car?

    Drive down the road and watch what slides past the window.

    Tree, 20 m away
    0°
    Hills, 600 m away
    0°
    Moon, 384,400 km away
    less than 0.001°

    Why?

    The closer something is, the faster it slides past. The Moon is so far away that driving a whole kilometre hardly changes where you see it, so it seems to come along with you.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Explain, with an example of their own, why far-away things seem to move more slowly.

    Agenda

    1. Look out of the window, or at a picture of a road: what moves fast, what moves slowly?
    2. The finger test: close one eye, then the other, and watch the finger jump.
    3. Draw it: a car, a tree, a mountain and the Moon, with arrows for how fast each seems to move.
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “Near and far” — a first science lesson for primary learners, played with the slider.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

    Opens the question box on the home page with this question. Nothing is sent.

  5. A quiz with checked keys

    Aysel writes a short quiz. Answer keys stay on the server, and each question says whether its key was computer-verified, cross-checked, or still needs your check.

    LGSPrimary schoolAdultsPrepared example · nothing is saved

    Why does paper give up after about 7 folds?

    Fold it in half. Then again. Watch the stack grow.

    0 folds

    1 layer

    0.1 mm thick

    Face of the A4 sheet: 297 × 210 mm

    Why?

    Each fold doubles the thickness and halves the face. After 7 folds an A4 sheet is 128 layers thick and about the size of a stamp, so your hands can't bend it any more. On paper, 42 folds would reach past the Moon.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Use powers of 2 to predict the thickness after n folds, and explain why it grows so fast.

    Agenda

    1. Everyone folds a sheet as many times as they can and counts the layers.
    2. Fill in a table of folds, layers and thickness, and spot the pattern 2ⁿ.
    3. Predict in groups: how many folds to pass a person, a tower, the Moon?
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “Powers of two, folded” — for LGS learners who get stuck on exponents.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

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  6. Next steps

    From the results, Aysel suggests what comes next: a reteach notebook, a worksheet, or a practice activity you open in the builder.

    MusicAdultsPrepared example · nothing is saved

    Move one note a half step lower and the chord turns sad. Why?

    Switch between major and minor, and listen.

    C → E: 4 half steps · E → G: 3 half steps

    C: 261.6 Hz · E: 329.6 Hz · G: 392 Hz · Sound plays only when you press the button.

    C major

    Why?

    Only the middle note moves, from E down to E♭: one half step. The lower gap shrinks from 4 half steps to 3. Many listeners hear major as bright and minor as darker, a feeling shaped by the music we grow up with.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Build major and minor triads by counting half steps, and describe how they sound.

    Agenda

    1. Listen to both chords and describe each one in a single word.
    2. On a keyboard picture, count the half steps in each chord.
    3. Build two new major and minor pairs and play them to a partner.
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “Major or minor by ear” — a first music-theory lesson for piano or guitar students.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

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Private tutors

The private tutor's path

From a profile, a pledge and a verification to learners who arrive knowing where they are stuck.

Nothing is listed until you are verified. Verification checks identity, or identity and a teaching credential — not criminal records. Aysel does not employ tutors, takes no payment and promises no students.

  1. Open a tutor profile

    Your name, a headline, your subjects and languages — and, if you like, your price per lesson, its length and format, online or in person. Nobody sees it yet.

    Emine

    Maths tutor · LGS and TYT

    Subjects
    Mathematics, geometry
    Languages
    Turkish, English
    Lesson
    Online or in person
    Price
    The tutor's stated price
    A prepared example

  2. Teach in your Space

    Put your best explanations in a Space: resources, tasks and the outcomes a learner can reach with you. A question like this one makes a strong first lesson.

    LGSPrimary schoolAdultsPrepared example · nothing is saved

    Why does paper give up after about 7 folds?

    Fold it in half. Then again. Watch the stack grow.

    0 folds

    1 layer

    0.1 mm thick

    Face of the A4 sheet: 297 × 210 mm

    Why?

    Each fold doubles the thickness and halves the face. After 7 folds an A4 sheet is 128 layers thick and about the size of a stamp, so your hands can't bend it any more. On paper, 42 folds would reach past the Moon.

    Run it in class

    Students will be able to

    Use powers of 2 to predict the thickness after n folds, and explain why it grows so fast.

    Agenda

    1. Everyone folds a sheet as many times as they can and counts the layers.
    2. Fill in a table of folds, layers and thickness, and spot the pattern 2ⁿ.
    3. Predict in groups: how many folds to pass a person, a tower, the Moon?
    Build it as a class activity

    In Aysel Alanı you describe the lesson; Aysel drafts the outcomes and agenda, and you edit every line. Teacher accounts are verified first.

    Teach it privately

    Space lesson: “Powers of two, folded” — for LGS learners who get stuck on exponents.

    Once you are verified, list it as a lesson in your Space. When a learner's map shows they are stuck on this topic, Aysel can suggest your profile.

    Create a tutor profile

    Tutors appear only after verification — identity, or identity plus a teaching credential, and the badge says which. It is not a criminal-record check; Aysel does not employ tutors and takes no payment.

    Continue with Aysel

    Opens the question box on the home page with this question. Nothing is sent.

  3. Accept the conduct pledge

    Before you ask for verification, you agree to keep talking with learners under 18 inside the app, not to share personal contact details before a guardian is involved, and not to push payment outside it.

    Conduct pledge

    • With learners under 18, I talk inside the app.
    • I share no personal contact details before a guardian is involved.
    • I do not push anyone to pay outside the app.

    Accepted

    A prepared example

  4. Get verified

    An operator checks your legal name against an identity document, and, if you add one, a teaching credential. The document is viewed and then deleted; your badge names exactly what was checked. It is not a criminal-record check.

    Emine

    Identity and teaching diploma verified

    Checked: legal name against an identity document (deleted after review); teaching diploma.

    Not checked: criminal records. Aysel does not employ tutors.

    A prepared example

  5. Be found in the directory

    Only verified tutors are listed in Discover, Aysel's public directory. The listing shows your badge, your profile, your Space's outcomes and, if you gave one, your stated price. Revoking verification unlists you at once.

    Emine

    Maths tutor · LGS and TYT

    Powers of two, folded

    Identity and teaching diploma verifiedThe tutor's stated price

    Mert

    English tutor · IELTS speaking

    One sentence, five meanings

    Identity verified
    A prepared example

  6. Aysel suggests you by the map

    When a learner's map shows where they are stuck — a step they could not solve, a mistake that keeps returning, a topic not done yet — Aysel compares it with verified tutors' subjects and outcomes and suggests those who fit, each with a one-line reason. Suggestions appear when a suitable verified tutor is available.

    Burak's map

    • Exponentsstuck
    • Square rootsstuck
    • Ratioson track

    Aysel suggests

    Emine

    Powers of two, folded

    Her Space covers exponents, where your last two steps stopped.

    A prepared example

  7. The request shows where it sticks

    The learner may attach up to ten stuck topics — never their chats — and can take them back. You agree on the lesson in the app: phone numbers, e-mail addresses and links stay hidden until the learner allows them, and either side can report or block. Aysel takes no payment.

    Burak

    Lesson request

    Could we start with exponents before my mock exam?

    Where I'm stuck · shared by Burak, can be withdrawn

    ExponentsSquare rootsScientific notation

    EmineYes — we'll start by folding a sheet of paper.

    BurakThursday after school works for me.

    Phone number hidden until Burak allows it

    Arranged between tutor and learner · Aysel takes no payment

    ReportBlock
    A prepared example
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