AI and CER science writing: claim-evidence-reasoning prompts that work

Claim-Evidence-Reasoning teaches kids to think like scientists. AI can generate CER prompts tied to your unit so students get daily reps without you writing each one.

How to use it

• Ask AI for 5 CER prompts on your current unit
• Ask AI for the sentence stems each kid needs
• Ask AI for the rubric that fits CER
• Ask AI for the differentiated version for ELL or IEP

Try it

Pick this week's lesson. Ask AI for the CER prompt and use it as the exit ticket.

Practice this safely

Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.

1. 1Ask AI to explain cer in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
2. 2Give it one detail from "AI and CER science writing: claim-evidence-reasoning prompts that work" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
3. 3Check science writing against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.