AI Reading Comprehension Helper for Science

Science text features include graphs, data tables, diagrams, captions, sidebars, section headings, and bolded terms. Research shows that many students read past text features without processing them (focusing only on the body text) which means they miss the data and visual evidence that are often the most important content in a science article. You can add a text feature note that directs students to read and interpret specific features before reading the body text, in the order that best supports comprehension.

Science arguments follow a CER structure: a claim (what the author argues), evidence (the data or observations that support it), and reasoning (how the evidence connects to the claim through a scientific principle). You can add a template for students to fill in as they read, extracting the CER components from the text. This is the same structure students use when writing their own science arguments, so it bridges reading and writing.

Yes. For AP science courses, you can write words to know with AP-appropriate definitions and the precision required for free-response answers. You can add comprehension questions on the AP exam question types: data analysis, application of scientific principles, and evaluation of experimental design. You can align a CER organizer with the AP science practices used in all AP science exams.

Science texts often have higher vocabulary density than other academic texts. Ask in the topic and the tool manages this by distinguishing between terms that require full vocabulary instruction (key conceptual terms for the unit) and terms that can be defined briefly in-context (procedural and descriptive terms). The vocabulary preview can focus on conceptual terms, and in-context glosses can handle the rest.

Yes. For research articles, you can add an abstract unpacking guide (breaking the abstract into question, methods, results, and conclusion), an IMRAD structure overview (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion), and words to know for both general academic and field-specific terminology. These supports help students navigate the rhetorical structure of empirical research before engaging with the content.