diff --git a/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart b/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart
index 8e6843b11..e49a9ac2a 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/activity_planner/activity_plan_model.dart
@@ -114,15 +114,6 @@ class ActivityPlanModel {
     };
   }
 
-  /// activity content displayed nicely in markdown
-  /// use target emoji for learning objective
-  /// use step emoji for instructions
-  String get markdown {
-    final String markdown =
-        '''🎯 $learningObjective \n🪜 $instructions \n\n📖 $vocabString''';
-    return markdown;
-  }
-
   String get vocabString {
     final List<String> vocabList = [];
     String vocabString = "";
diff --git a/lib/pangea/activity_sessions/activity_summary_widget.dart b/lib/pangea/activity_sessions/activity_summary_widget.dart
index 7b4fc9692..0e4f41cc2 100644
--- a/lib/pangea/activity_sessions/activity_summary_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/pangea/activity_sessions/activity_summary_widget.dart
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 
+import 'package:flutter_html/flutter_html.dart';
 import 'package:material_symbols_icons/symbols.dart';
 import 'package:matrix/matrix.dart';
+import 'package:matrix/src/utils/markdown.dart';
 
 import 'package:fluffychat/config/themes.dart';
 import 'package:fluffychat/l10n/l10n.dart';
@@ -156,9 +158,15 @@ class ActivitySummary extends StatelessWidget {
                     ActivitySessionDetailsRow(
                       icon: Symbols.steps,
                       iconSize: 16.0,
-                      child: Text(
-                        activity.instructions,
-                        style: const TextStyle(fontSize: 12.0),
+                      child: Html(
+                        data: markdown(activity.instructions),
+                        style: {
+                          "body": Style(
+                            margin: Margins.all(0),
+                            padding: HtmlPaddings.all(0),
+                            fontSize: FontSize(12.0),
+                          ),
+                        },
                       ),
                     ),
                     ActivitySessionDetailsRow(
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 252cf3fbc..84f6c7fea 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "1.3.3"
   fcm_shared_isolate:
-    dependency: "direct main"
+    dependency: "direct overridden"
     description:
       path: "pangea_packages/fcm_shared_isolate"
       relative: true
@@ -759,6 +759,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "0.1.1"
+  flutter_html:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: flutter_html
+      sha256: "38a2fd702ffdf3243fb7441ab58aa1bc7e6922d95a50db76534de8260638558d"
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "3.0.0"
   flutter_keyboard_visibility:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -1475,6 +1483,14 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
     version: "3.0.0"
+  list_counter:
+    dependency: transitive
+    description:
+      name: list_counter
+      sha256: c447ae3dfcd1c55f0152867090e67e219d42fe6d4f2807db4bbe8b8d69912237
+      url: "https://pub.dev"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "1.0.2"
   lists:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 8a0ae94f5..f1749eba8 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ dependencies:
   firebase_core: ^3.1.0
   firebase_messaging: ^15.1.5
   flutter_dotenv: ^5.1.0
+  flutter_html: ^3.0.0
   flutter_svg: ^2.0.10+1
   get_storage: ^2.1.1
   in_app_purchase: ^3.2.1