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New Mexico educators: Welcome to Amplify Science 6–8!

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Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition Pilot Packs

Beginning-of-year pilot

We know it can be overwhelming to start a new curriculum, but we’re here to help every step of the way! Within this site, you’ll find resources to help you get started before your implementation training, including a materials checklist, unit and domain summaries, support videos, and more. These tools will support your core literacy instruction with Amplify CKLA during your pilot period. We hope this site is helpful in getting you started.

Beginning-of-year pilot
Get started

To get started with your new pilot of Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition, you’ll first want to review the following:

You may also find the resources below helpful as you begin your pilot:

Access key materials designed to support your review of Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition.

Program Guide
Components checklist
Knowledge Sequence
Unit Summaries
Full Program Review site
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Amplify CKLA’s all-in-one digital platform offers essential tools that streamline instruction for teachers and engage students with meaningful content. Teachers can plan and deliver lessons efficiently, while students can access assignments, assessments, and fun practice games.

Presentation Screens
Deliver interactive lessons with ready-made, customizable slides for every lesson.

Auto-scored digital assessments
Assess vocabulary, comprehension, and knowledge development at the end of each K–2 Knowledge and 3–5 Integrated Unit.

Standards-based reports
Identify strengths and growth areas for individuals or your entire class. Interactive dashboards offer detailed results from assessments and activities.

Skill-building practice games
Engage students with interactive games that reinforce concepts and make learning fun. Powered by Boost Reading™, these games align with lessons and provide real-time feedback.

eReader
Students access texts, take notes, and use audio-enabled eReaders to enhance their reading experience.

Sound Library
Students watch articulation videos and listen to songs for each sound to support phonological awareness.

Two computer screens display educational assessment interfaces, with reports and questions on charting world geography and sentence usage.

Three book covers: "Stories" with animals, "Poetry" with butterflies, and "Knights" with a knight on horseback, linked by colorful lines and shapes.

Beginning-of-year Pilot Pack materials

Below are the components of your Amplify CKLA Pilot Pack, organized by grade level and teacher/student materials. Please click on your grade level to review the teacher and student materials listed and verify that all items have been received.

Amplify CKLA Kindergarten Skills 1 Teacher Guide cover with a large number 1, a cat, insects, a hat, a table, and speech sound symbols on a pink background.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 1 Teacher Guide

Book cover titled "Skills 2 Teacher Guide" with a large white number 2. Includes illustrations of a cat, insects, a hat, and phonetic symbols. Red background with "Amplify CKLA" label.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Skills 3" Teacher Guide by Amplify CKLA for Kindergarten featuring large number 3, phonetic symbols, a cat, insects, and a bowl on a pink background.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 3 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Skills 4" teacher guide with a large number 4, cat, insects, and speech sound symbols on a pink background. Top left shows "Amplify CKLA" and "Grade K.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 4 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Amplify CKLA Skills 5 Teacher Guide." Features a large number 5, a cat, a hat, a stand, insects, and speech balloons with phonetic symbols on a pink background.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 5 Teacher Guide

Illustration of three characters standing by a white fence. A man and two dressed animals observe chickens and chicks in the foreground, with a barn and tree in the background.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 4 Big Book

Illustrated book cover titled "Ox and Man" shows an ox and three children running through a colorful landscape with hills and trees under a blue sky with clouds.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 5 Big Book

Red educational card cover with "Small Letter Cards" for Grade K. Features illustrations of a cat, insects, table with an apple, and a hat. Speech bubbles showing phonetic sounds.

Teacher materials

Small Letter Card Set

Red cover with illustrations of a cat, insects, fruit bowl, and hat. Label reads "Skills Large Letter Cards" for Grade K. Various phonetic symbols and patterns are scattered around.

Teacher materials

Large Letter Card Set

Red educational poster with phonetic symbols. Includes illustrations of a cat, a table with an apple, and insects. Labeled "Amplify CKLA" and "Grade K" with "Skills Sound Posters" at the bottom.

Teacher materials

Sound Posters Sample

Cover of Amplify CKLA Grade K Skills Sound Cards with a bowl, cat, hat, and insects on a pink background. ISBN and barcode displayed.

Teacher materials

Sound Cards Sample

Cover of a book titled "Assessment Guide: Check-Point Assessments" with images of a cat, dragonfly, bugs, and a hat on a red background.

Teacher materials

Skills Assessment Guide (Black Line Master)

Teacher materials

Knowledge 1 Teacher Guide

Children and adults engaging in various outdoor activities, such as playing instruments and picnicking, in a park; cover of "See, Hear, Smell, Taste, Touch: The Five Senses" teacher guide.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 2 Teacher Guide

Children's book cover depicting a boy playing a violin outdoors with animals and trees, titled "Underdogs and Heroes: Stories.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 3 Teacher Guide

Book cover depicting a child sitting in a garden with trees and plants, picking flowers. The title reads "See How They Grow: Plants.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 4 Teacher Guide

A whimsical book cover featuring a countryside cottage with a red door and vibrant garden. Illustrations of Mother Goose, a tortoise, a hare, and clouds are scattered around. Title: "Nursery Rhymes and Fables.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 1 Image Cards

A diverse group of people enjoying a park, with children playing, a person playing guitar, others cooking on a barbecue, and a person petting a dog. A small ice cream stand is nearby.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 2 Image Cards

Illustration of a child playing a violin in a forest clearing, surrounded by animals including chickens, a sheep, and a bear. A large pink boot-shaped house is in the background.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 3 Image Cards

Children's book cover: a child in a hat tends a garden with trees, flowers, and a squirrel. Text reads "See How They Grow: Plants" for Grade K.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 4 Image Cards

A screenshot of a cell phone.

Student materials

Skills 1–5 Activity Book Sample

Red educational cover with illustrations of a cat, insects, a hat, and phonetic symbols. Text reads: "Amplify CKLA Skills Chaining Folder Sample For Review Purposes Only.

Student materials

Chaining Folder

Red book cover titled "Skills Picture Reader." Features illustrations of a cat, table, insects, dragonfly, and a hat with speech bubbles containing vowels. Designed for kindergarten.

Student materials

Picture Reader Sample

Cover of Amplify CKLA Activity Book for Kindergarten, featuring a red design, a globe, sunflowers, and a list of topics including the five senses and geography.

Student materials

Knowledge 1–4 Activity Book Sample

Cover of "Skills 1" teacher guide from Amplify CKLA. Features a large number one, knight, frog, coins, and phonetic symbols on a yellow background.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 1 Teacher Guide

Yellow book cover titled "Skills 2: Teacher Guide" from Amplify CKLA. Features a large number "2," a frog, a knight, coins, phonetic symbols, and a moon.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 3 Teacher Guide

Illustration of two children posing with a bagpiper dressed in traditional Scottish attire; text below reads "Snap Shots.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 1 Big Book

Illustration of a family hugging under a tree, with a house in the background. The word "Gran" is at the top of the image.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 2 Big Book

Illustrated book cover titled "Fables" shows a fox sitting on a stump, reading aloud to a rabbit and a bird, surrounded by mushrooms and grass under tall trees.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 3 Big Book

Screenshot of a language learning webpage focusing on English consonants, including sounds such as /g/, /ch/, /j/, /v/, /s/, and /f/, displayed with example words and visual cues.

Teacher materials

Code Poster Set

Cover of "Skills Spelling Cards" by Amplify CKLA, featuring a knight, frog, moon, and sound symbols on a yellow background.

Teacher materials

Spelling Card Set

Orange card with "Amplify CKLA Grade 1" and "Skills Large Letter Cards." Features a moon, knight, frog, coins, and phonetic symbols.

Teacher materials

Large Letter Card Set

Yellow book cover titled "Assessment Guide: Check-Point Assessments" with images of a knight, coins, a frog, and a planet. Text includes "Amplify CKLA" and "Skills.

Teacher materials

Skills Assessment Guide (Black Line Master)

Book cover with a spider web in the foreground. A red house, animals, and trees are in the background. Title reads "The Moral of the Story: Fables and Tales.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 1 Teacher Guide

Book cover titled "From Nose to Toes: How Your Body Works" featuring X-ray images of body parts.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 2 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Common Threads: Different Lands, Similar Stories" by Amplify CKLA. Features illustrations of children sitting on a red mushroom and standing near a large flower.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 3 Teacher Guide

Book cover titled "Reach for the Stars: Astronomy" featuring an astronaut, a spaceship, Earth, and Saturn in space. Part of the Amplify CKLA series, Grade 4, Unit 1, Teacher Guide.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 4 Teacher Guide

Illustration of a rural scene with a red house, cow, cat, woman, muddy path, and a spider on a web. The text reads: "The Moral of the Story: Fables and Tales, Grade 1.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 1 Image Cards

Educational book cover titled "From Nose to Toes: How Your Body Works" featuring X-ray images and illustrations of human anatomy.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 2 Image Cards

Children exploring a whimsical forest scene with oversized mushrooms and a snail shell. Text on the cover reads "Common Threads: Different Lands, Similar Stories, Grade 1, Image Cards.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 3 Image Cards

Illustrated cover of a Grade 1 astronomy book titled "Reach for the Stars," featuring a space scene with an astronaut, Earth, Saturn, and shooting stars.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 4 Image Cards

Cover of "Activity Book: Volume 1" featuring coins, a knight, and a grasshopper on a yellow background with phonetic symbols and a globe.

Student materials

Skills 1–3 Activity Book

Illustration of two children posing with a bagpiper. The background is filled with doodles, and "Snap Shots" is written at the bottom of the image.

Student materials

Skills Unit 1 Reader

Illustration of a family hugging under a tree, with a house in the background. The word "Gran" is at the top of the image.

Student materials

Skills Unit 2 Reader

Illustrated book cover titled "Fables" shows a fox sitting on a stump, reading aloud to a rabbit and a bird, surrounded by mushrooms and grass under tall trees.

Student materials

Skills Unit 3 Reader

Yellow cover of an activity book titled "Amplify CKLA Grade 1" featuring images of a map, a child with a hat, a shuttle, and a forest path. "Knowledge" sections listed on the cover.

Student materials

Knowledge 1-4 Activity Book Sample

Cover of "Skills 1" teacher guide from Amplify CKLA, featuring a large number 1, a crow, acorn, pencil, and glove clipart on a green background.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 1 Teacher Guide

Green book cover titled "Skills 2" with illustrations of a bird, acorn, pencil, mittens, and speech symbols. Includes "Amplify CKLA" and "Grade 2 - Teacher Guide" text.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide

Green book cover titled "Skills 3" for Grade 2, featuring a large number 3, a crow, an acorn, a pencil, and a mitten.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 3 Teacher Guide

Vowels chart displaying various vowel sounds with example words in boxes on a green and white background.

Teacher materials

Code Posters

Textbook cover titled "Skills Spelling Cards" with a green background, pencil, crow, acorn, mitten, and phonetic symbols. Banner reads "Amplify CKLA, Grade 2.

Teacher materials

Spelling Card Set

Green book cover titled "Assessment Guide: Check-Point Assessments" with images of a crow, acorn, and pencil. Grade 2 is noted in the corner.

Teacher materials

Skills Assessment Guide (Black Line Master)

Book cover titled "Fortunes and Feats: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales" shows a giant boot, train, waterfall, fisherman with a fish, and a person on a giant's hand.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 1 Teacher Guide

Textbook cover reads "Amplify CKLA, Knowledge 2: The Birthplace of Democracy: Ancient Greece, Teacher Guide." Illustration depicts an ancient Greek scene with a building and people in togas.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 2 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Legends and Heroes: Greek Myths" Teacher Guide, depicting classical Greek statues, ancient ruins, and mythological figures against a marble backdrop.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 3 Teacher Guide

A book cover titled "Our Planet: Cycles in Nature," featuring a pond scene with a frog, lily pads, fish, and plants, labeled "Knowledge 4" and "Teacher Guide," by Amplify CKLA.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 4 Teacher Guide

Illustration of ancient Greece with people under tents, classical buildings, columns, and a mountainous backdrop. Text on image reads: "The Birthplace of Democracy: Ancient Greece, Grade 2.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 2 Image Cards

Cover of a book titled "Legends and Heroes: Greek Myths" featuring an ancient Greek statue, ruins, amphora, and flying birds against a sunset landscape. Grade 2 indicated.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 3 Image Cards

Book cover for "Our Planet: Cycles in Nature" by Amplify CKLA, Grade 2. Features a pond with a frog, lily pads, and flowers. ISBN and barcode visible at the bottom.

Teacher materials

Knowledge 4 Image Cards

Cover of a book titled "Amplify CKLA, Units 2-3, Activity Book." The green background features a crow, acorn, pencil, gloves, and phonetic symbols.

Student materials

Skills 1–3 Activity Book Sample

Illustration of an anthropomorphic cat dressed as a cowboy, holding a bag of gold coins, standing beside a treasure chest. Text reads "The Cat Bandit.

Student materials

Skills Unit 1 Reader

Illustration of a bearded man sitting on a bed, reading to a boy and girl. The book cover reads "Bedtime Tales" with a colorful, patterned background.

Student materials

Skills Unit 2 Reader

Illustration of children engaging in outdoor sports activities, with text "Kids Excel" above them against a backdrop of trees and a bridge.

Student materials

Skills Unit 3 Reader

Green cover of an activity book titled "Amplify CKLA," featuring a hot air balloon and a medieval castle illustration. Text includes various learning topics.

Student materials

Knowledge 1-4 Activity Book Sample

Cover of a book titled "Classics Tales: Student Edition" from Amplify, featuring a cross-section of a tree with underground rooms and a scene above of a person walking.

Teacher materials

Unit 1 Teacher Guide

The image shows the cover of a book titled "Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Animal Classification." It features illustrations of various animals and a pond surrounded by lush greenery.

Teacher materials

Unit 2 Teacher Guide

Book cover of "Amplify CKLA Teacher Guide: Rhythm and Rhyme: Poetry Unit 3" featuring butterflies, lily pads, and flowers in a pond scene.

Teacher materials

Unit 3 Teacher Guide

Illustration of Ancient Rome with people in togas, Colosseum, aqueduct, hills, and buildings. Text reads "Amplify CKLA, Unit 4, Rise and Fall: Ancient Rome, Teacher Guide.

Teacher materials

Unit 4 Teacher Guide

Cover of Amplify CKLA Grade 3 unit titled "Timeless Tales: Classic Stories" showing a cross-section of underground animal homes and a rider on a horse above ground.

Teacher materials

Unit 1 Image Cards

Cover of a poetry image cards book titled "Rhythm and Rhyme: Poetry," featuring butterflies and lily pads on a pond with a landscape background.

Teacher materials

Unit 3 Image Cards

Cover image of a textbook titled "Rise and Fall: Ancient Rome" featuring the Colosseum and ancient Roman architecture with people in historical attire and distant hills.

Teacher materials

Unit 4 Image Cards

Blue cover with geometric patterns, labeled "Amplify CKLA" at the top and "Spelling Cards" at the bottom, featuring a "Grade 3" badge.

Teacher materials

Spelling Card Set

Cover of an Amplify CKLA Grade 3 Activity Book showing two units: "Classic Stories" with an underground scene, and "Animal Classification" with a pond scene.

Student materials

Unit 1–2 Activity Book

Book cover of "Rhythm and Rhyme: Poetry," Unit 3, Grade 3, featuring a scenic illustration with a turtle, butterflies, lily pads, and flowers by a pond.

Student materials

Unit 3 Poet’s Journal

Cover of "Amplify CKLA" Grade 3 Activity Book Unit 4, featuring an illustration of Ancient Rome, including the Colosseum and Roman structures against a painted sky background.

Student materials

Unit 4 Activity Book

Book cover titled "Classic Stories" from Amplify CKLA. Illustrations show a cross-section of animals in underground homes and a landscape above with a tree, cyclist, and bridge.

Student materials

Unit 1 Reader

Children's book cover titled "Unit 2: Rattenborough's Guide to Animals" featuring jungle scenery with various animals, including a monkey, jaguar, parrots, and a crocodile.

Student materials

Unit 2 Reader

Illustrated book cover titled "Stories of Ancient Rome" by Amplify CKLA, featuring Roman architecture and people in ancient attire with hills and aqueducts in the background.

Student materials

Unit 4 Reader

Blue book cover titled "Amplify CKLA Skills 1" featuring a large number 1, a deer, a slice of cake, a comb, and trophy icons.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 1 Teacher Guide (supplemental)

Blue "Skills 2" book cover with number 2, a deer, a comb, cakes, trophies, and phonetic symbols. Labeled "Amplify CKLA Teacher Guide.

Teacher materials

Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide (supplemental)

Blue "Skills Assessment Guide: Unit Assessments" book cover with geometric patterns, labeled "Amplify CKLA" Edition 3 in the top left corner.

Teacher materials

Skills Assessment Guide Black Line Master (supplemental)

Student materials

Skills Activity Book: Unit 1–2 Black Line Master (supplemental)

Textbook cover titled "Personal Narratives" with spiral binding, featuring images of an accordion, bike, windmill, chocolate milkshake, and crayons. Angle of view shows part of a rotary phone.

Teacher materials

Unit 1 Teacher Guide

Book cover featuring two knights on horses with flags, in a medieval setting. Title: "Medieval Knights and Castle Life: Europe’s Middle Ages.” Grade 4, Unit 2.

Teacher materials

Unit 2 Teacher Guide

Amplify CKLA Grade 4 book cover titled "Meaning and Metaphor: Poetry" features an illustration of a bookshelf with colorful books, a tree, and mythical creatures.

Teacher materials

Unit 3 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Amplify CKLA: Eureka! Student Inventor, Teacher Guide" featuring illustrated presenters at podiums, with a colorful wheel displaying various icons.

Teacher materials

Unit 4 Teacher Guide

Cover of an activity book titled "Amplify CKLA," with images depicting "Personal Narratives" and "Europe's Middle Ages" against a meadow background. Grade 4 indicated at the top.

Student materials

Unit 1–2 Activity Book

Book cover for "Meaning and Metaphor: Poetry" showing a tree, a book, and a horse silhouette, with colorful elements like leaves and stars on a bookshelf. Grade 4, Unit 3, Amplify CKLA.

Student materials

Unit 3 Poet’s Journal

Cover of "Inventor's Notebook," Amplify CKLA, Grade 4, Unit 4. Features a green, spiral-bound notebook with a doodle on a colorful geometric background.

Student materials

Unit 4 Inventor’s Notebook

Textbook cover titled "Personal Narratives" with spiral binding, featuring images of an accordion, bike, windmill, chocolate milkshake, and crayons. Angle of view shows part of a rotary phone.

Student materials

Unit 1 Reader

Book cover featuring two knights on horses with flags, in a medieval setting. Title: "Medieval Knights and Castle Life: Europe’s Middle Ages.” Grade 4, Unit 2.

Student materials

Unit 2 Reader

A book cover titled "Grade 4 Unit 4: Eureka! Files, Reader" with pencils and colorful tabs.

Student materials

Unit 4 Reader

Cover of an educational book titled "In My Own Words: Personal Narratives" from Amplify CKLA. It features images of bicycles, a building in Washington D.C., and an old bus in Montgomery, AL.

Teacher materials

Unit 1 Teacher Guide

Book cover featuring illustrations of ancient structures, landscapes, and plants with the title "Early Americas: Maya, Aztec, and Inca" on top.

Teacher materials

Unit 2 Teacher Guide

Cover of "Amplify CKLA" Grade 5, Unit 3: Visions in Verse; Poetry. Features a colorful landscape with trees, birds, a pond, and flowers. Labeled as a Teacher Guide.

Teacher materials

Unit 3 Teacher Guide

Illustration of Don Quixote on a horse, pointing at windmills in a field. Cover text reads, "A Knight's Tale: Don Quixote, Teacher Guide, Unit 4, Amplify CKLA.

Teacher materials

Unit 4 Teacher Guide

Cover of the Amplify CKLA Grade 5 Activity Book featuring Unit 1, Personal Narratives, and Unit 2, Maya, Aztec, and Inca topics, against a blue background with marine imagery.

Student materials

Unit 1–2 Activity Book

Book cover titled "Visions in Verse: Poetry" with birds, a snake, and varied fruit near a pond.

Student materials

Poet’s Journal

Cover of "Don Quixote" activity book, featuring a circular illustration of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, with a blue background and marine-themed border.

Student materials

Unit 4 Activity Book

Cover of "Personal Narratives" reader for Grade 5, featuring images of a bicycle, postcards from Miami, Montgomery bus, U.S. Capitol, and a space shuttle. Colorful stationery surrounds the book.

Student materials

Unit 1 Reader

Textbook cover titled "Early Americas: Civilizations and Empires" with images of a pyramid, a landscape, and plants. Part of a Grade 5 curriculum by Amplify CKLA.

Student materials

Unit 2 Reader

Cover of "Adventures of Don Quixote" shows a man in armor on a horse facing a windmill. It's labeled as a Dover Children's Thrift Classic, with easy-to-read type and by Argentine Palacios.

Student materials

Unit 4 Reader

Access the Amplify CKLA all-in-one digital platform

Teachers and students piloting CKLA 3rd Edition will receive login information to access the digital platform.

If you have not received your login information please contact your administrative team. If you are in charge of licensing and enrollment for your school/district and have not received login information please reach out to your account representative or help@amplify.com.

Contact us

Contact your account executive to sign up for implementation training.

Welcome, Idaho K-8 Science Reviewers!

Thank you for taking the time to review Amplify Science. On this site, you’ll find all the resources you need to learn more about this engaging and robust NGSS program. Below, you will also have the opportunity experience our program firsthand with a demo account to access the digital platform.

Amplify Science for grades K–8 has been rated all-green by EdReports. Read the review on EdReports.

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Overview

With Amplify Science, students don’t just passively learn about science concepts. Instead, they take on the roles of scientists and engineers to actively investigate and make sense of real-world phenomena. They do this through a blend of cohesive and compelling storylines, hands-on investigations, collaborative discussions, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools.

Listen to these educators share how the program empowers students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers every day.

Grades K–5

Grades 6–8

Amplify Science Grades K-5 Tour for Idaho Educators

Amplify Science Grades 6-8 Tour for Idaho Evaluators

Proven to work

Click here to read about the efficacy and impact of Amplify Science.

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Program structure

Our cyclical lesson design ensures students receive multiple exposures to concepts through a variety of modalities. As they progress through the lessons within a unit, students build and deepen their understanding, increasing their ability to develop and refine complex explanations of the unit’s phenomenon. It’s this proven program structure and lesson design that enables Amplify Science to teach less, but achieve more.

Rather than asking teachers to wade through unnecessary content, we designed our program to address 100 percent of the NGSS and Idaho Standards in fewer days than other programs:

In just 120 lessons at grades 6–8
In just 66 lessons at grades K–2
In just 88 lessons at grades 3–5

A four-step process diagram with icons: spark a real-world problem, explore sources, explain and elaborate, and evaluate claims, all linking to engage with cohesive storylines.

Unit types

Each unit delivers three-dimensional learning experiences and engages students in gathering evidence from a rich collection of sources, while also emphasizing a particular science and engineering practice.

A laptop and two screens display educational content about ecosystems, featuring illustrated plants, animals, and experiments with colorful liquids.

Two young students sit at a classroom table, one holding up a clear cup of water while the other observes closely. Papers and pencils are spread out on the table.

Investigation units

Investigation units focus on the process of strategically developing investigations and gathering data to answer questions. Students are first asked to consider questions about what happens in the natural world and why, and are then involved in designing and conducting investigations that produce data to help answer those questions.

Two children play an educational board game at a table with worksheets, plastic cubes, and small containers of colored items.

Modeling units

Modeling units provide extra support to students engaging in the practice of modeling. Students use physical models, investigate with computer models, and create their own diagrams to help them visualize what might be happening on the nanoscale.

Two children sitting at a table with laptops are talking to each other in a classroom setting, with books and baskets in the background.

Engineering Design units

Engineering design units provide opportunities for students to solve complex problems by applying science principles to the design of functional solutions, and iteratively testing those solutions to determine how well they meet preset criteria.

Several open textbooks and notebooks are spread out on a table as a person writes in one of the notebooks with a pencil.

Argumentation units

Argumentation units are introduced at grade 3 and provide students with regular opportunities to explore and discuss available evidence, time and support to consider how evidence may be leveraged in support of claims, and independence that increases as they mount written arguments in support of their claims.

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Launch units

Launch units are the first units taught in each year of Amplify Science. The goal of the Launch unit is to introduce students to norms, routines, and practices that will be built on throughout the year, including argumentation, active reading, and using the program’s technology. For example, rather than taking the time to explain the process of active reading in every unit in a given year, it is explained thoroughly in the Launch unit, thereby preparing students to read actively in all subsequent units.

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Core units

Core units establish the context of the unit by introducing students to a real-world problem. As students move through lessons in a Core unit, they figure out the unit’s anchoring phenomenon, gain an understanding of the unit’s disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices, and make linkages across topics through the crosscutting concepts. Each Core unit culminates with a Science Seminar and final writing activity.

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Engineering Internship units

Engineering Internship units invite students to design solutions for real-world problems as interns for a fictional company called Futura. Students figure out how to help those in need, from tsunami victims in Sri Lanka to premature babies, through the application of engineering practices. In the process, they apply and deepen their learning from Core units.

Idaho Science Standards Alignment

Amplify Science was built from the ground up to fully embrace the instructional shifts outlined in A Framework for K-12 Science Education (2012), the same framework on which Idaho Science Content Standards were founded. Most grade levels’ respective set of Amplify Science units therefore fully address the necessary Idaho Science Content Standards (see correlation). Grade 1 teachers should plan to also use the companion mini-lesson provided below to achieve full standards coverage for their grade.

Grade 1 Companion

Standard: 1-LS-1.3 Use classification supported by evidence to differentiate between living and non-living things.

Recommended placement: Following Lesson 1.1 of the Animal and Plant Defenses unit.

Resources: Classroom Slides

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Science (K-2) Evaluation Form

Science (3-5) Evaluation Form

Science (Middle School Physical Science) Evaluation Form

Science (Middle School Life Science) Evaluation Form

Science Evaluation Form Middle School Earth and Space Science

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Needs of Plants and Animals

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Investigation

Student role: Scientists

Phenomenon: There are no monarch caterpillars in the Mariposa Grove community garden since vegetables were planted.

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Pushes and Pulls

Domains: Physical Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering design

Student role: Pinball engineers

Phenomenon: Pinball machines allow people to control the direction and strength of forces on a ball.

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Sunlight and Weather

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Modeling

Student role: Weather scientists

Phenomenon: Students at Carver Elementary School are too cold during morning recess, while students at Woodland Elementary School are too hot during afternoon recess.

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Animal and Plant Defenses

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Modeling

Student role: Marine scientists

Phenomenon: Spruce the Sea Turtle lives in an aquarium and will soon be released back into the ocean, where she will survive despite ocean predators.

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Light and Sound

Domains: Physical Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering design

Student role: Light and sound engineers

Phenomenon: A puppet show company uses light and sound to depict realistic scenes in puppet shows.

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Spinning Earth

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Investigation

Student role: Sky scientists

Phenomenon: The sky looks different to Sai and his grandma when they talk on the phone.

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Plant and Animal Relationships

Domains: Life Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Investigation

Student role: Plant scientists

Phenomenon: No new chalta trees are growing in the fictional Bengal Tiger Reserve in India.

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Properties of Materials

Domains: Physical Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering design

Student role: Glue engineers

Phenomenon: Different glue recipes result in glues that have different properties.

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Changing Landforms

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Modeling

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: The cliff that Oceanside Recreation Center is situated on appears to be receding over time.

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Balancing Forces

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Modeling

Student role: Engineers

Phenomenon: The town of Faraday is getting a new train that floats above its tracks.

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Inheritance and Traits

strong>Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Investigation

Student role: Wildlife biologists

Phenomenon: An adopted wolf in Graystone National Park (“Wolf 44”) has some traits that appear similar to one wolf pack in the park and other traits that appear to be similar to a different wolf pack.

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Environments and Survival

Domains: Life Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering design

Student role: Biomimicry engineers

Phenomenon: Over the last 10 years, a population of grove snails has changed: The number of grove snails with yellow shells has decreased, while the number of snails with banded shells has increased.

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Weather and Climate

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Argumentation

Student role: Meteorologists

Phenomenon: Three different islands, each a contender for becoming an Orangutan reserve, experience different weather patterns.

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Energy Conversions

Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering design

Student role: System engineers

Phenomenon: The fictional town of Ergstown experiences frequent blackouts.

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Vision and Light

Domain: Physical Science, Life Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Investigation

Student role: Conservation biologists

Phenomenon: The population of Tokay geckos in a rain forest in the Philippines has decreased since the installation of new highway lights.

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Waves, Energy, and Information

Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Modeling

Student role: Marine scientists

Phenomenon: Mother dolphins in the fictional Blue Bay National Park seem to be communicating with their calves when they are separated at a distance underwater.

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Patterns of Earth and Sky

Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Investigation

Student role: Astronomers

Phenomenon: An ancient artifact depicts what we see in the sky at different times — the sun during the daytime and different stars during the nighttime — but it is missing a piece.

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Earth’s Features

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Argumentation

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: A mysterious fossil is discovered in a canyon within the fictional Desert Rocks National Park.

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Modeling Matter

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Modeling

Student role: Food scientists

Phenomenon: Chromatography is a process for separating mixtures. Some solids dissolve in a salad dressing while others do not. Oil and vinegar appear to separate when mixed in a salad dressing.

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The Earth System

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering Design

Student role: Water resource engineers

Phenomenon: East Ferris, a city on one side of the fictional Ferris Island, is experiencing a water shortage, while West Ferris is not.

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Ecosystem Restoration

Domains:Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Argumentation

Student role: Ecologists

Phenomenon: The jaguars, sloths, and cecropia trees in a reforested section of a Costa Rican rain forest are not growing and thriving.

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Geology on Mars

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Launch

Student role: Planetary geologists

Phenomenon: Analyzing data about landforms on Mars can provide evidence that Mars may have once been habitable.

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Earth, Moon, and Sun

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Astronomers

Phenomenon: An astrophotographer can only take pictures of specific features on the Moon at certain times.

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Thermal Energy

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Thermal scientists

Phenomenon: One of two proposed heating systems for Riverdale School will best heat the school.

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Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Climatologists

Phenomenon: During El Niño years, the air temperature in Christchurch, New Zealand is cooler than usual.

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Weather Patterns

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Forensic meteorologists

Phenomenon: In recent years, rainstorms in Galetown have been unusually severe.

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Populations and Resources

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Biologists

Phenomenon: The size of the moon jelly population in Glacier Sea has increased.

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Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Ecologists

Phenomenon: The biodome ecosystem has collapsed.

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Traits and Reproduction

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Biomedical students

Phenomenon: Darwin’s bark spider offspring have different silk flexibility traits, even though they have the same parents.

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Microbiome

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Launch

Student role: Microbiological researchers

Phenomenon: The presence of 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in the human body may keep the body healthy.

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Metabolism

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Medical researchers

Phenomenon: Elisa, a young patient, feels tired all the time.

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Force and Motion

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Physicists

Phenomenon: The asteroid sample-collecting pod failed to dock at the space station as planned.

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Force and Motion Engineering Internship

Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

Phenomenon: Designing emergency supply delivery pods with different structures can maintain the integrity of the supply pods and their contents.

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Plate Motion

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: Mesosaurus fossils have been found on continents separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, even though the Mesosaurus species once lived all together.

Illustration of a volcanic landscape with mountains, trees, an ocean, and a cross-section showing tectonic plates beneath the surface.

Rock Transformations

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: Rock samples from the Great Plains and from the Rocky Mountains — regions hundreds of miles apart — look very different, but have surprisingly similar mineral compositions.

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Natural Selection

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Biologists

Phenomenon: The newt population in Oregon State Park has become more poisonous over time.

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Evolutionary History

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Paleontologists

Phenomenon: A mystery fossil at the Natural History Museum has similarities with both wolves and whales.

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Harnessing Human Energy

Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Launch

Student role: Energy scientists

Phenomenon: Rescue workers can use their own human kinetic energy to power the electrical devices they use during rescue missions.

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Phase Change

Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Chemists

Phenomenon: A methane lake on Titan no longer appears in images taken by a space probe two years apart.

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Phase Change Engineering Internship

Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Chemical engineering interns

Phenomenon: Designing portable baby incubators with different combinations of phase change materials can keep babies at a healthy temperature.

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Chemical Reactions

Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Forensic chemists

Phenomenon: A mysterious brown substance has been detected in the tap water of Westfield.

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Magnetic Fields

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Physicists

Phenomenon: During a test launch, a spacecraft traveled much faster than expected.

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Light Waves

Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Spectroscopists

Phenomenon: The rate of skin cancer is higher in Australia than in other parts of the world.

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Earth’s Changing Climate

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Life Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Climatologists

Phenomenon: The ice on Earth’s surface is melting.

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Earth’s Changing Climate Engineering Internship

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Civil engineers

Phenomenon: Designing rooftops with different modifications can reduce a city’s impact on climate change.

Access program

In addition to the grade-level sample boxes that we provided, we’ve also created custom demo accounts just for Idaho reviewers.

To access the digital portion of the program, click the link below, select “Log In with Amplify,” and then refer to the Start here digital access flyer for your personalized login credentials.

Access digital program

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Tutorial videos

Check out these videos for support on how to navigate the Amplify Science curriculum website, teacher’s guide, materials kits, and more!

Resources

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Course structure for K–5

Take a closer look at how the program is organized.

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Course structure for 6–8

Take a closer look at how the program is organized.

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Idaho Science Standards Alignment

See how we customized our instructional sequence to fully support the Idaho Scie…

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NGSS Earth Science Standards Map

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NGSS Life Science Standards Map

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NGSS Physical Science Standards Map

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What’s so phenomenal about phenomena?

Learn actionable strategies that will help you implement 3-D teaching and learni…

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Unit phenomena for K–5

Take a closer look at the elementary unit phenomena featured in each grade level…

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Unit phenomena for 6–8

Take a closer look at the middle school unit phenomena featured in each grade le…

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Classroom Slides for K–5

Classrooms Slides for elementary are now available! These customizable PowerPoin…

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Classroom Slides for 6–8

Classrooms Slides for middle school are coming soon! These customizable PowerPoi…

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Sims for 4–8

Take a closer look at the digital Simulations included at each grade level.

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Literacy-rich instruction in K–5

Scientists do not just get messy. They read and write with purpose too. Explore…

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Student Books in K–5

Read a summary of each of our award-winning K–5 student books.

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Active reading in 6–8

Learn how we support students in learning how to interact with scientific texts….

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Investigations for K–5

Explore the types of investigations that take place in elementary classrooms.

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Investigations for 6–8

Explore the types of investigations that take place in middle school classrooms….

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Materials Kits for K–5

See what components come in our materials kits!

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Materials Kits for 6–8

See what components come in our materials kits!

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Approaches to assessment in K–5

Learn about our elementary embedded assessments.

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Approaches to assessment in 6–8

Learn about our middle school embedded assessments.

Start your review of Amplify Science K–8 for New Mexico

Thank you for taking the time to review Amplify’s K–8 science programs for New Mexico schools. This site will allow your committees to easily access grade-level teacher and student resources digitally, and experience all that our high-quality instructional materials have to offer.

Amplify Science for grades K–8 has been rated all-green by EdReports. Read the review on EdReports.

Explore Grades K-5 Explore Grades 6-8

Don’t worry if you missed the live lesson webinar; you can click on your grade level below and use the “Live Investigations Recording” in your classroom.

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Amplify Science overview webinars K–8

Listen to an engaging product overview of Amplify Science to see what all the buzz is about!

Webinar recordings:

K–5 Amplify Science Overview

6–8 Amplify Science Overview

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Contact us

Support is always within reach. Our team is dedicated to supporting science teachers and districts across New Mexico and can be reached at any time by email or phone.

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Katie Gentry-Funk

Senior Account Executive
Districts over 2,100 students
(505) 301-7382
kgentry-funk@amplify.com

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Dana Blumberg

Account Executive
Districts under 2,100 students &
Archdiocese of Santa Fe schools
(847) 528-1822
dblumberg@amplify.com

Frequently asked questions

Still have questions? We have answers. Check out the following FAQ.

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Program questions

Amplify Science California is a flexible, blended K–8 science curriculum that addresses 100 percent of the Next Generation Science Standards for California, and a significant number of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects, and Math, as well as the California English Language Development Standards. Together, the units deliver three-dimensional instruction across the following disciplines: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, and Engineering Design.

Since Amplify Science California is a blended curriculum, districts who adopt it are outfitted with a variety of print and digital resources as well as hands-on materials kits. To explore the specific components of the program, visit the What’s Included portion of our site.

As our customers will tell you, when you adopt Amplify Science California, you aren’t just buying a science curriculum, you’re joining a family. As such, along with materials, your adoption of Amplify Science California also includes care and support through a variety of staff and resources, including customer support specialists, pedagogical support specialists, implementation specialists, professional learning specialists, educational partnership managers, and more.

Amplify Science California does indeed features some powerful and engaging digital components, which are gradually introduced beginning at grade 2. However, as a fully blended and flexible program, Amplify Science California can be (and has been) implemented in a wide variety of scenarios.

All lessons were designed with device sharing in mind, and never assume that every student has a separate device. While 1:1 scenarios are great, they aren’t required. When devices are necessary for students to fully experience a concept, teachers can opt to share devices across pairs or small groups, or simply display the Sim or Modeling Tool to the whole class and allow students to “drive” using your device.

Rather than introducing a concept on Monday, testing for mastery on Friday, and knowing students will forget everything by the next Tuesday, we set out to help students build meaningful and lasting knowledge that they can retain and transfer over the course of the entire unit. We accomplish this by giving students multiple opportunities (a.k.a. “at-bats”) to encounter, explore, and experience a concept. Said another way, Amplify Science California is actually made up of a series of multi-modal “mini-lessons.” This intentional cyclical and iterative design mirrors the 5Es, allows teachers the flexibility to speed up or skip ahead once students have demonstrated mastery, and empowers students to learn concepts more deeply than any other program.

We support both. No one solution works for everyone; therefore, in partnership with the Lawrence Hall of Science, we developed suggested sequences for both the integrated model of instruction and the discipline-specific model. Because it’s our goal to provide districts the maximum amount of flexibility, we’re also happy to support districts interested in implementing a different sequence of instruction.

Yes. Rather than separating Performance Expectations into physical science units, earth and space science units, and life science units, Amplify Science California units are organized around anchoring phenomena designed to give students opportunities to dive deeply into certain disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) while also drawing from or applying to others. In organizing the Amplify Science California middle school units, we’ve carefully sequenced these ideas within each grade level to support the development of deep and coherent understanding.

Many real-world phenomena cross the domain boundaries of life, physical, or earth and space science (as well as engineering). Each Amplify Science California unit begins with an intriguing real-world phenomenon that poses a problem that needs to be understood and/or solved. By the end of the unit, students will have analyzed the anchor phenomenon across multiple scientific domains, possibly designed and tested an engineering solution, and always applied what they’ve learned in a different context.

For example:
In the unit Light Waves, students investigate the anchoring phenomenon of why Australia has a much higher skin cancer rate than countries at similar latitudes like Brazil. The focus of this unit is on disciplinary core ideas related to wave properties (PS4.A) and electromagnetic radiation (PS4.B). Students explore these physical science ideas deeply within the unit, and also draw on ideas from earth science (e.g., latitudinal variation of the sun’s energy) and life science (e.g., the effect of energy on the DNA in the nucleus of a cell) in order to explain the central phenomenon.

Absolutely. Hands-on learning is at the heart of Amplify Science California. Integrated into every unit are opportunities for students to take on the role of scientists and engineers as they gather evidence, think critically, solve problems, and develop and defend their claims.

In addition, our unique combination of focus and flex activities means teachers have more options, opportunities, and materials to make learning active. Each hands-on activity provides clear instructions for the teacher, with more complex activities supported by video demonstrations and illustrations.

What’s important to remember is that more hands-on doesn’t necessarily mean better, at least according to the California NGSS. That’s because only two of the eight Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) are directly related to hands-on learning.
Just as scientists gather evidence from many types of sources, so do students in the Amplify Science California program. Like scientists, students gather evidence from physical models, digital models, texts, videos, photographs, maps, and data sets. By doing do, we provide students more opportunities than any other program to practice using all of the practices called out in the California NGSS Framework.

NGSS 8 Science Practices

Asking questions
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Constructing explanations
Engaging in arguments from evidence
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

While all of our units engage students in gathering evidence from a rich collection of sources, the reliance on different types of evidence (and evidence sources) varies according to unit. For instance, some units lend themselves to meaningful hands-on experiences, while in other units the phenomena students are investigating are too slow, too dangerous, or too big to be observed directly. In those units, students rely more heavily on other evidence sources such a physical models or simulations.

Unit types in grades K-5

In each K–5 grade, there is one unit that emphasizes investigation, one that emphasizes modeling, and one that emphasizes design. In addition, in grades 3–5, there is also one unit that emphasizes argumentation.

Unit types in grades 6-8

Each 6–8 grade features three types of units: Launch, Core, and Engineering Internships. Each year has one Launch unit, six Core units, and two Engineering Internships.

For teachers who want to supplement the lessons with even more hands-on activities, optional “flextension” activities are included in many units.

Yes indeed. Amplify Science California integrates all four STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering, and math—in addition to English Language Arts—throughout the curriculum. In addition, each grade level features specific units that emphasize engineering design.

Every lesson in Amplify Science California explicitly calls out which CCSS ELA and CCSS Math standards are addressed. That said, this is not a math program, nor an ELA program; therefore, it does not address all of the Common Core standards. But the program does address a significant number of the standards as they pertain to science.

Yes, the program includes multiple opportunities for summative assessments.

End-of-unit assessments: At grades K–1 these look like targeted conversations, at grades 2–5 we incorporate written responses, and at grades 6–8 we assess through a combination of auto-scored multiple-choice questions and rubric-scored written responses. These summative assessments for each unit are designed to provide valid, reliable, and fair measures of students’ progress and attainment of three-dimensional learning.

Benchmark assessments: Delivered four times per year in grades 3–5 and three times per year in grades 6–8, benchmark assessments report on students’ facility with each of the grade-level appropriate DCIs, SEPs, CCCs, and performance expectations of the California NGSS.

Science Seminars and final written arguments (formative and summative components): In grades 6–8, culminating performance tasks for each core unit invite students to figure out a new real-world problem. They collect and analyze evidence, examine a number of claims, and then engage in a full-class discussion where they must state which claims are best supported by the evidence, all while making clear their reasoning that connects the evidence to the claims. After the seminar, students then individually write their final scientific argument, drawing on the DCIs, SEPs, and CCCs they have used over the course of the unit to develop a sophisticated and convincing argument that addresses the problem they’ve been investigating. Rubrics, scoring guides, and examples of student responses at each scoring level are provided to teachers to support the assessment of students’ understanding of concepts and specific practices.

No. While we do provide suggested sequences for integrated and domain courses, there are other logical ways to sequence the units and we expect that teachers will present the units in a variety of different orders and in any combination. There are a few notable exceptions. For example, students completing the Metabolism Engineering Internship should have completed the Metabolism core unit beforehand, or a unit that provides students with the same information. Amplify Science California specifies prerequisites for each unit in the event that teachers are interested in using an Amplify Science California unit in combination with other materials.

The typical elementary classroom delivers science instruction only two times per week. Yet, most curricula provide 180 days of lessons. Rather than asking teachers to wade through unnecessary content, we designed a program that addresses 100 percent of the NGSS in just 66 days at grades K–2 and 88 days at grades 3–5. With plenty of wiggle room built right into the program, teachers can relax knowing that there’s ample time to get it all done.

Amplify Science California provides more than enough instructional content to fill 180 days of instruction. However, unlike other programs that expect you to complete 180 discrete lessons, Amplify Science California includes built in wiggle room.

For example, the typical elementary classroom delivers science instruction only two times per week. Rather than asking teachers to wade through unnecessary content, we designed our program to address 100 percent of the California NGSS in just 66 days at grades K–2 and 88 days at grades 3–5. When it comes to middle school, we address 100 percent of the California NGSS in 146 lessons.

Some classes might last longer than one session due to a number of reasons (e.g., enthusiastic student conversations, challenging topics requiring deeper dives, more time needed to accommodate diverse learners, etc.). Also, teachers might want to supplement Amplify Science California with some of their own favorite lessons. Lastly, we’ve accounted for the inevitable assembly days, class trips, testing schedules, et cetera. For teachers that want to go deeper or expand upon a unit topic, we also offer a number of additional lessons that are not core to each unit.

Amplify Science California lessons are designed to be completed in the following timeframes:
Grades K-1 lessons are designed for 45 minutes of science instruction.
Grades 2-5 lessons are designed for 60 minutes of science instruction.
Grades 6-8 lessons are designed for 45 minutes of science instruction.

That said, it’s not a problem if you can’t allocate 45 mins of science instruction every day at K-1, or 60 minutes per day at 2-5. Since there are a total of 66 lessons to address 100 percent of California NGSS at grades K-2, and 88 lessons to address 100 percent of California NGSS at grades 3-5, you can easily teach the lessons in smaller blocks and cover all of the content over the course of the school year.

Technical questions

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