A closer look at grades K–2
Amplify Science is based on the latest research on teaching and learning and helps teachers deliver age-appropriate, high-quality, literacy-rich instruction that enables students to take on the roles of scientists and engineers to solve real-world phenomena every day.
In the K–2 classroom, this looks like students:
- Collecting evidence from a variety of sources.
- Making sense of evidence in a variety of ways.
- Formulating convincing scientific arguments.
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, their understanding gradually builds and deepens, ultimately leading to their ability to develop and refine increasingly 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 K–2 program to address 100% of the NGSS in just 66 days.
Scope and sequence
Every year of our K–2 consists of 3 units and 66 total lessons. Said another way, each unit contains 20 lessons plus two dedicated assessment days (a Pre-Unit Assessment and End-of-Unit Assessment).
Lessons at grades K–1 are written for a minimum of 45-minutes, and grade 2 lessons are written for a minimum of 60-minutes—though teachers can expand or contract the timing to meet their needs.
Unit types
While every unit delivers three-dimensional learning experiences and engages students in gathering evidence from a rich collection of sources, each unit also emphasizes a particular science and engineering practice.
In each grade K–2:
- One unit emphasizes the practice of investigation.
- One unit emphasizes the practice of modeling.
- One unit emphasizes the practice of engineering design.
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More about unit types
Resources
Overview
Pilot support brochure for K–2
Overview
Unit phenomena for K–5
Take a closer look at the unit phenomena featured in each grade level.
Lesson Delivery
Classroom Slides for K–5
Meet your new hands-free TG! These PowerPoints for every lesson make teaching sc...
Whitepaper
What’s so phenomenal about phenomena?
Learn actionable strategies that will help you implement 3-D teaching and learni...
Literacy
Literacy-rich science instruction in K–5
Scientists read and write with purpose too.
Literacy
Student Books in K–5
Read a summary of each of our Student Books.
Hands-on
Investigations for K–5
Explore the types of hands-on investigations that take place in K–5 classrooms.
SEPs
The CER model for K–5
Learn how we integrate the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) into daily i...
Assessment
Approaches to assessment in K–5
Learn about our embedded assessments.