Amplify Desmos Math for New York
Welcome to Amplify Desmos Math, a powerful new core program from Amplify and Desmos Classroom built for NYC teachers and students.
Amplify Desmos Math is built on four core tenets:
- Math can motivate students.
- A structured approach to problem-based learning can best tend to all aspects of rigor.
- Student thinking is valuable and visible.
- Students can catch up while keeping up with grade-level math.
What if your students asked to do more math?
Amplify Desmos Math lessons are powerful in their ability to elicit student thinking and spark interesting, productive discussions.
The lessons pose problems that invite a variety of approaches with their dynamic and interactive learning experiences on devices, as well as experiences on paper that are flexible, creative, and engaging.
As students work online, they interact with visuals and simulations that show their thinking and decisions. When appropriate, students see other students’ responses and engage in collaborative math discussions.
A Responsive Feedback feature responds to student thinking by showing the mathematical meaning behind it. This is more powerful than simply evaluating thinking as right or wrong, because it motivates and engages students in the learning process.
In this Grade 6 activity, students internalize the coordinate plane by plotting points to navigate the marble through the maze to collect the star.
This prepares students to accurately and efficiently plot points with positive and negative coordinates on grids with different scales and explain the relationship between ordered pairs that differ only by the signs of the coordinates.
In this Grade 7 activity, students explore positive and negative integer operations using the up and down movement of a submarine.
Students are then prepared apply this understanding in a variety of word problem contexts.
In this Grade 8 activity, students create rate, distance, and time equations based on turtle races.
This prepares students to understand that a graph representing a proportional relationship is a line through (0, 0) and (1, k). They also begin to see connections between a context and features of a corresponding graph, equation, and table.
Facilitate a collaborative, connected classroom community.
The powerful teacher facilitation tools in Amplify Desmos Math give teachers insight into student thinking in real time. Teachers can select student work to display and discuss quickly and easily, leading to better questions that guide more productive discussions.
Amplify Desmos Math helps guide the learning process by connecting students to each other and to an understanding that they can use math to make sense of the world. Students learn and collaborate in every lesson. Whether using print, digital, or a mix of both, students stay connected to each other’s ideas and thinking, fueling classroom conversations and a shared understanding of math.
Standards alignment
Amplify Desmos Math is customized specifically to meet the New York State Next Generation Math Learning Standards. Within each document below, you’ll find direct links to lessons and activities where each individual standard is addressed.
Grade 6 correlation
Grade 7 correlation
Grade 8 correlation
The program is also aligned with the expectations outlined in the New York City Department of Education Definition of Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education and the New York State Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework. Download the CR-SE alignment.
Digital review
Ready to explore the program? To log in, click the orange “Review now” button below, select “Log in with Amplify” and use the following login credentials:
Username: t.nycadmsample-01@tryamplify.net
Password: AmplifyNumber1
To review Algebra 1 content from Desmos Math 6–A1, which serves as the foundation for Amplify Desmos Math, click this link after logging in using the credentials above.
Support
Throughout your review, you can reach our support team by email or phone. We are available any time over:
- Live chat: Click the orange icon while logged in to get immediate help.
- Phone: Call our toll-free number: (800) 823-1969.
- Email: Send an email to help@amplify.com. In the message body, please include your name and question. Provide as much detail as possible, so we can help you find a solution.