Minerva

Minerva

IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) & Diploma Programme (DP) Expert

Hello, I'm Minerva, your expert guide for educators, specializing in curriculum planning, unit and lesson design, and report card comment generation, all tailored to align with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) curriculum.

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Minerva is an international teaching expert, with a special focus on the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) curricula.

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IB Middle Years Programme (MYP)

Search the MYP KB.

IB Diploma Programme (DP)

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Name Minerva
Specialization IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) & Diploma Programme (DP) Expert
Type Built-in agent
Status Generally Available
Available tools 17
Prompt templates 8

Prompt Templates

Ready to enhance your IB teaching practice? Choose a starting point below, or ask me anything about curriculum planning, assessment design, or student support.

Report Card Comments

Set Up Report Card Folder

Create folder instructions for report card comment writing

Hi Minerva, I'm setting up this folder for report card comments in [GRADE/SUBJECT]. This term we covered [units/topics]. Major assignments: [2-3 projects]. We prioritize [skills]. My approach: [tone/length/priorities]. Can you draft folder instructions based on this so I can paste them into the instruction field?
Write Report Card Comments

Get guided support for drafting student comments

I'm here to write comments for [class]. Can you review what we've got in the folder and guide me through drafting student comments?
Create Comment Archetypes

Generate templates for different learner profiles

Let's create comment archetypes for different learner profiles in my [grade/subject] class, using the context in this folder.

Curriculum Planning

Plan a Transdisciplinary Unit

Create an engaging unit that connects multiple subject areas

Help me plan a transdisciplinary unit for MYP. I want to connect [subject areas] around the theme of [theme/concept]. My students are in [grade level] and I have [time period] to complete this unit.

Assessment

Create MYP Assessment

Design criterion-based assessments with detailed rubrics

I need to create an MYP assessment for [subject] focusing on [specific topic]. Help me design assessment tasks that address [specific criteria] and create detailed rubrics for my [grade level] students.

DP Support

DP Extended Essay Support

Generate research questions and guidance for EE supervision

I'm supervising DP Extended Essays in [subject area]. Help me generate potential research questions and create a supervision timeline for students interested in [topic/theme].

Pedagogy

Design Inquiry Activities

Create hands-on learning experiences that promote questioning

I want to create inquiry-based learning activities for [subject] on the topic of [specific topic]. My students are [grade level] and I want them to develop [specific ATL skills]. Help me design engaging activities.

ATL Skills

Integrate ATL Skills

Embed Approaches to Learning throughout your curriculum

I'm teaching [subject] to [grade level] students and want to explicitly integrate ATL skills. Help me design activities that develop [specific ATL skills] while learning about [topic].

Default Tools

Minerva has access to 16 specialized tools to assist with your tasks.

Search Documents

Search saved documents by title or contents.

This tool searches your saved documents' content using a combination of keywords and content to find the most relevant results.

Ask Perplexity

Make a call to Perplexity Sonar to get a well-researched answer.

This tool uses Perplexity AI Sonar to perform comprehensive web searches with synthesized, researched answers. Unlike simple search engines, Perplexity provides cited sources and contextual understanding. Best for research questions, current events, fact-checking, and queries requiring authoritative sources. Responses include citations and contextual analysis.

Save Document

Save a document to the user library.

This tool saves a new document to your library, including a generated title and markdown content, for easy retrieval later.

Get Document

Retrieve a specific document by ID.

This tool fetches a single document from your library using its ID, returning the title, description, content, and metadata for direct access to specific documents.

Edit Document

Edit an existing document with targeted operations.

This tool edits an existing document in your library. Supports full content replacement, targeted section replacement (by heading), appending content, and find/replace operations. Changes are saved immediately and the document is updated in real-time.

Manage Folder

Create or update folders for organizing documents and conversations.

This tool allows the AI to create new folders or update existing folder properties including name, description, and instructions. Folder instructions guide AI behavior for all conversations within that folder. Instructions are screened for safety.

Get Conversation

Retrieve or analyze a previous conversation.

This tool retrieves conversations by ID and provides flexible access to conversation data. You can get the full conversation history, generate a summary, or ask specific questions about the conversation content.

Search Conversations

Search across conversations by title or message content.

This tool searches your conversation history using full-text search. You can search by conversation title/description, message content, or both. Returns matching conversations with metadata and message snippets. Use get_conversation with a conversation nanoid to retrieve more information.

Phone a Friend

Call another TT agent to perform a task.

This tool allows your TeamTeacher agent to make a request to another TeamTeacher agent.

Search the Web

Search the web for current information, news, and financial data.

This tool searches the web using Tavily, an AI-optimized search engine. It supports multiple search topics (general, news, finance), adjustable search depth, time-based filtering, and can extract full page content. You can filter by specific domains and request AI-generated answers synthesized from results.

Edit Notes

Edit the conversation notes.

Tool to take and edit notes throughout the conversation. This helps the TeamTeacher stay on task and keep track of work done and other notes about the conversation. It acts as a shared scratchpad for you and the TT.

IB Middle Years Programme (MYP)

Search the MYP KB.

A curated collection covering all 8 MYP subject groups across years 1–5, derived from official IB documents. Every subject includes guide content and the full assessment criteria with achievement level descriptors (bands 0–8 for years 1, 3, and 5). When you ask the AI to help design a summative task or give feedback on student work, it's drawing on the same criteria you'd look up in the subject guide yourself. Beyond the subject guides, the knowledge base includes teacher support material with sample tasks and assessed student work for Language Acquisition and Arts, programme-level guidance on Approaches to Learning and interdisciplinary planning, and the complete Community Project and Personal Project criteria and supervision guidance.

IB Diploma Programme (DP)

Search the DP KB.

All 6 DP subject groups — with guide content, assessment criteria, and the three core components: Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay, and CAS. Whether you're planning a History unit, checking the internal assessment criteria for Biology, or looking up the Extended Essay marking descriptors, the AI has the source material to work from. Coverage spans every DP subject from Language A through the Arts, including all SL and HL options. The knowledge base also includes the command terms glossary used across all DP subjects and assessments — so when you need to know exactly what "evaluate" means in a DP context, it's there.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Search the UDL KB.

The UDL Guidelines (version 2.2 and the 3.0 draft), the CAST Schoolwide Implementation Criteria, and a wide range of classroom tools for putting UDL into practice. Whether you're designing a lesson with multiple means of engagement, preparing for a UDL-focused observation, or leading schoolwide implementation, the AI can reference the specific guidelines, checkpoints, and planning tools that apply. The classroom tools collection covers observation and coaching (what to look for, how to track growth), lesson and assessment design, student self-reflection, and goal-setting. For school leaders, the knowledge base includes schoolwide readiness indicators, self-assessment tools, implementation planning resources, and guidance on antiracist UDL leadership. Enable this knowledge base alongside any curriculum KB, and the AI can apply UDL principles directly to your standards-aligned planning — building in multiple means of engagement, representation, and action from the start rather than retrofitting accessibility after the fact.

Knowledge Base Details

Get detailed information about a knowledge base.

Returns a detailed README for a specific knowledge base tool, including its contents, search capabilities, filtering options, and tips for effective searches. Use this to understand what a knowledge base contains and how to search it effectively before making queries.

Generate Image

Generate images using AI based on text prompts.

This tool uses image generation models from Google or OpenAI to create images from text descriptions. Supports long descriptions. Supports three sizes: 1024x1024 (square), 1024x1536 (portrait), and 1536x1024 (landscape). Generates one to four images per request.