A Tinybot that goes over material students have already covered, using short questions. It doesn’t hand out answers. Instead, it moves from simpler tasks to harder ones and treats mistakes as a chance to fill in what’s missing. Great for revising before a test or for homework.

A Tinybot that uses short tasks to find out what a student knows and where the gaps are. It doesn’t explain. It mixes up the types of questions, and at the end it gives a summary of the results with tips on what to focus on. Handy for a quick check before a test.

A Tinybot that asks questions instead of explaining, letting students work out the connections for themselves. It encourages them to explain the topic in their own words and link it to what they already know. Works well alongside a textbook or a subject text.

A Tinybot that plays a classmate who missed the lesson and doesn’t understand the material. The student has to explain it simply and in their own words, and in doing so discovers where they’ve only memorised things. It quickly reveals gaps in understanding.

The Tinybot speaks in the first person as a specific historical figure or expert. It isn’t role play for the sake of it: students learn to ask questions, work with different perspectives and understand the historical or professional context. It works in humanities and science subjects alike.

The Tinybot becomes an object, phenomenon or concept – a cell, light, a river, a data packet – and tells its story in the first person. It explains things through concrete situations and comparisons. Great for bringing abstract topics that are hard to picture to life.

The Tinybot sets up a hypothetical change and uses follow-up questions to help students think through the consequences. It links causes and effects in a chain, so students apply what they know to a completely new situation. A good warm-up before a discussion or project.

The Tinybot asks the student to take a position, then offers counterarguments and asks for evidence. It isn’t about winning the debate. The point is for students to learn to back up their claims. The conversation ends with a summary and reflection.

The Tinybot deliberately says things that are untrue or misleading. The students’ job is to spot the mistakes, explain why they’re wrong and back this up with evidence. It builds fact-checking skills using material students already know.

A Tinybot that helps broaden students’ thinking – it uses questions and prompts to lead them to more ideas, rather than pushing one idea on them. Great for kicking off a project, planning a school event or finding a research question.

A Tinybot that breaks a big task down into manageable steps. With short questions, it helps students clarify their goal, the order of steps, how long things will take and what resources they have. Useful before a presentation, a longer piece of writing or a group project.