For middle school science teachers
Phenomenal reading.
Accessible science.
Better CERs.
Students read real science at their level, practice CER step by step, and get AI coaching that builds real writers — not copiers.
Today's Phenomenon
“Scientists Finally Prove Monster Waves Are Real — And They're Bigger Than Anyone Thought”
On New Year's Day 1995, instruments on the Draupner oil platform in the North Sea recorded a wave 25.6 meters tall — more than twice the height of the waves around it. For decades, sailors had reported enormous “rogue waves” that appeared without warning...
Student Progress
Sound familiar?
CER is required. Support is not.
My students cite evidence fine, but reasoning? They just restate the evidence in different words.
The reasoning gap
Hardest CER component for every teacher, every year
My district says use CER everywhere. I got zero training and 150 students. I grade the claims and give credit for the rest.
The grading wall
That's 450 pieces of feedback per assignment
I'm buying PDF graphic organizers off TPT because there's literally nothing else. My students fill them in and learn nothing.
The static worksheet trap
70% of CER resources on TPT are printable PDFs
How it works
Four stages. One phenomenon. Real independence.
Scaffolds fade as students grow — validated by 30 years of CER research.
Read & identify
Students read a phenomenon passage and identify claim, evidence, and reasoning in a sample CER statement.
Apply & evaluate
Students use specific data from the passage to answer questions about the evidence and reasoning.
Critique & improve
Students judge whether a CER holds up against the evidence — and rewrite the weakest part.
Write & revise
Write their own CER with AI coaching that fades over time — building writers, not copiers.
Why reading + writing together
Teach science. Build literacy. No extra prep.
+1.08
grade levels
in science when reading and science instruction are integrated
Science IDEAS longitudinal study
3x
faster
improvement in science writing clarity with read-then-write instruction
Seeds of Science / Roots of Reading
0.61
effect size
— students score higher on both science and reading assessments simultaneously
Seeds of Science RCT results
Built different
Not a curriculum. Not a generic writing tool.
Phenomena that hook students
Every lesson opens with a sensationalist headline about a real science mystery. Students investigate whether it's true using real data — not worksheets about photosynthesis.
AI coaching, not AI grading
Feedback goes to students before submission — "Your next step is to explain WHY that evidence matters." Component-level coaching on claim, evidence, and reasoning separately.
Leveled passages that don't dumb down
Three reading levels per phenomenon. Lower levels add scaffolds and analogies — they never remove the science. Every student gets the full mechanism.
NGSS-aligned to your standards
Every phenomenon maps to specific NGSS performance expectations and evidence statements. 44+ states. Works alongside any curriculum — not instead of it.
Ready to see what your students will experience?
Preview a full phenomenon lesson — headline to AI-coached CER — in under 3 minutes.
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