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Frequently asked questions

The following FAQ contains the answers to some of the most common questions that we receive from pilot teachers like you.

Still have questions? Your dedicated pilot support coordinator would be happy to help. His or her contact information can be found in the pilot support brochure you received during your pilot implementation training. If you prefer, request that your pilot support coordinator gets in touch with you by completing this form.

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Program questions

It’s true. Our teacher’s guide does not look like the typical guide that comes with a traditional textbook. Here’s why: we aren’t a traditional textbook program. Rather, we’re a next generation curriculum designed to support a shift to a whole new way of teaching science.

With this shift, your district will be faced with supporting a wide-variety of needs from a wide-variety of teachers. For that reason, the resources required to successfully implement a new program will vary considerably from teacher to teacher. That’s precisely why our Teacher’s Reference Guide is chock full of so many rich and varied resources. From scientific background knowledge to suggested teacher talk, standards maps to materials lists, and lesson preparation notes and classroom management tips to strategies for differentiating instruction, this guide is truly meant to serve as an instructional reference.

For everyday instructional use, we recommend that busy classroom teachers use Classroom Slides, which are now available for most K–5 units and will be coming soon for grades 6–8.

Also known as our hands-free TG, Classroom Slides are a brand-new teaching resource that makes delivering daily instruction easy and fun. With a fully customizable PPT available for every lesson of the program, teachers can put down the Teacher’s Guide and focus on what matters most—their students.

Classroom Slides are:

  • Available offline, which means no more sweating unreliable internet connections.
  • Streamlined for easy lesson delivery, including lesson visuals, activity instructions and transitions, animations, investigation setup videos, technology support, and more.
  • Fully editable, allowing teachers to incorporate their own flavor, flair, and favorite resources.

Our development team is working as quickly as possible to make Classroom Slides available to all teachers. That said, at this time they are only available for the first and second units of each grade K–5, with the remaining units being released over the next few months. Due to the popularity of Classroom Slides at the elementary level, development for grades 6–8 is now underway, with all units scheduled for completion by the 2020-2021 school year.

Not to worry. Amplify Science California was developed with plenty of wiggle room built right into the program. This means that you can relax knowing that there’s ample time to get it all done.
 
Most curricula provide 180 days of lessons despite knowing that the typical classroom can’t possibly complete everything in a given school year. Rather than asking you to wade through unnecessary content, we designed a program that addresses 100 percent of the California NGSS in just 66 days at grades K–2 and 88 days at grades 3–5, and 146 days at grades 6–8.

While we took great care in ensuring cohesiveness across units and grade levels, we also know that the ability level of your students changes from year to year. As a result, you need a program that provides adaptable and flexible pacing, and that empowers you to make instructional decisions in the moment.

As you evaluate how well Amplify Science California can accommodate your pacing needs, consider the following:

Progress Builds: Our Progress Builds describe the way in which students’ understanding of the central phenomenon should develop and deepen over the course of a unit. Each Progress Build defines several levels of understanding, with each level integrating and building upon the knowledge and skills from lower levels. Because these Progress Builds are directly tied to the program’s system of assessments, teachers are armed with the data they need to make informed decisions about when to move on, when to slow down, and when to revisit a concept and dive deeper.

A chart titled Animal and Plant Defenses Progress Build outlines three levels of understanding about survival strategies in animals and plants.

Multiple at-bats: 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. 

Graphic showing a research process with four steps: spark intrigue with a real-world problem, explore evidence, explain and elaborate, and evaluate claims, connected in a cycle with arrows.

Extension activities: When some students are ready to move on and others are not, our unit extension activities can be a big help. Found in the Lesson Brief section of both the digital and printed Teacher’s Guide, these activities ensure that advanced learners remain engaged and challenged while teachers help the rest of the class build the foundational knowledge they need to be successful later in the unit.

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 so, 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

  1. Asking questions
  2. Developing and using models
  3. Planning and carrying out investigations
  4. Analyzing and interpreting data
  5. Using mathematics and computational thinking
  6. Constructing explanations
  7. Engaging in arguments from evidence
  8. 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 wish to supplement the lessons with even more hands-on activities, optional “flextension” activities are included in many units.

As a blended curriculum, districts who adopt Amplify Science California 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 our What’s Included page.

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 specialist, implementation specialists, professional learning specialists, educational partnership managers, and more.

Technical questions

To ensure that your hardware and network meet the minimum technical requirements for optimal performance and support of your digital curriculum products please see Amplify’s customer requirements page.

Absolutely! While 1:1 scenarios are great, they aren’t required. That’s because all Amplify Science California lessons were designed with device sharing in mind, and never assume that every student has a separate device. 

When the use of practice apps is called for in a lesson, you have several options:

  • If internet access is unavailable—“Preload” the digital tool on your device or devices for use offline.
  • If limited student devices are available—Have students do the activities in pairs or small groups.
  • If no student devices are available—Project the digital tool to the class and either “drive” the digital tool yourself or invite students to “drive” by using your device.

learning.amplify.com gives you access to the digital Teacher’s Guide and also gives your students (grades 6–8) access to the digital student experience.

apps.learning.amplify.com/elementary gives your students (grades 2–5) access to any practice apps referenced in the instruction. The teacher will either need to log in using their credentials, or have student accounts set up.

Tech headaches are never fun. However, implementing the following tips can help you keep the tech gremlins away.

  • Display the student URLs near the classroom display materials.
  • Before you start a unit, download all unit and lesson resources using the Offline Guide found in the Unit Guide of your digital Teacher’s Guide. In the event that connectivity issues strike, you will still be able to conduct your lessons without interruption.
  • Use Chrome or Safari if possible as these are our preferred browsers.
  • Disable pop-up blockers on all devices being used to support lessons.
  • Be prepared for some webpages to open in a new tab and for PDF files to download automatically.
  • Check and test your connections to any projection devices that you might be using throughout the lesson.
  • Display the student URLs near the classroom display materials.

Supporting you in any scenario

It goes without saying that the last few school years have been unlike any others. As we all continue to navigate the world of remote and hybrid learning, Amplify is here to help you plan for whatever scenario, or combination of scenarios, your district is facing.

Remote learning
Online: Students learn at home and have access to some level of technology
Offline: Students learn at home and do not have access to technology other than potentially smartphones

Hybrid learning
In-person/online at home: Students spend some time in school and some at home and have access to technology
In-person/offline at home: Students spend some time in school and some at home and do not have access to technology

Scenario planning

Amplify Science features resources to help you and your staff effectively manage whatever scenarios you encounter, including any combination of the previously mentioned scenarios.

In addition to Classroom Slides for grades 6–8 slides and K–5 read-aloud functionality, we offer a remote learning solution called Amplify Science@Home to make extended remote learning and hybrid learning easier.

With Amplify Science@Home, teachers have access to educator-led videos of Amplify Science lessons taught remotely as well as a curated selection of key activities from the Amplify Science curriculum that work in no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech scenarios.

Amplify Science@Home

Resources to help you facilitate learning in both remote and hybrid settings

@Home Videos and other video resources

Available for each lesson of Amplify Science, in English and Spanish.

Amplify Science teachers now have access to a new remote learning solution called Amplify Science@Home. These resources make remote learning and hybrid learning easier for both teachers and students. 

Side-by-side display of a Grade 2 unit orientation video screenshot and two pages of a PDF unit guide, both titled "Plant and Animal Relationships.

Featuring select activities from Amplify Science, modified for at-home use.

Unit Orientation Videos and Unit Guides introduce the role students take on in the unit and the phenomenon they work to figure out, and highlight key science concepts and activities. A companion PDF called the Unit Guide provides an at-a-glance view of the activities that take place during each chapter.

Left: Book cover titled “Spikes, Spines, and Shells” with images of animals. Right: Open book pages about lava lizards, showing a lizard photo and text about their defense and predators.

Student eBooks with Audio and Video Read-Alouds make remote learning literacy integration easier with audio support and video read-alouds. The embedded speaker feature in our eBooks allows students to listen to one page at a time, while our read-aloud videos featuring real classroom teachers provide a modeled reading with comprehension or fluency support.

@Home Units

@Home Units are strategically modified versions of Amplify Science units, highlighting key activities from the program. The @Home Units and their accompanying materials allow students to engage with science at home and take significantly less instructional time than the complete Amplify Science program.

Screenshot showing a teacher overview for a unit on Plant and Animal Relationships, listing chapters and lesson counts, with format options of PDF or Google Docs.

Teacher Overviews provide general information for each unit and include suggestions for pacing, tips for adjusting instructional time, instructional routines that should be planned for, and recommendations for chapter- and lesson-level modifications.

Preview of @Home Slides showing lesson content and Student Sheets with a worksheet. Both are available in PDF or Google formats.

Available in both PDF or Google slide formats, @Home Slides and Student Sheets replace the Classroom Slides and Student Investigation Notebooks used with our traditional units. Embedded within each slide deck are links to other resources and prompts to complete relevant activity sheets, which are available as a separate @Home Sheets PDF.

Four pages of a student packet are shown, including text, instructions, fill-in-the-blank sections, and worksheet areas for writing responses.

@Home Student Packets are printable packets that deliver parallel content as @Home Slides and Student Sheets, but in a way that supports students with little or no access to technology. With a single PDF for each lesson, students have access to all instruction and relevant activity sheets in one document.

Support for families

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Family Overviews include information to send home to families about each unit’s goals, materials, and approach. Families can also access the Amplify Science Family Resources website, which includes a short video introduction to the NGSS standards, a high-level overview of the program’s components, summaries of all the units, and ideas for student investigations to conduct at home.

A digital document titled "Family Overviews" with a section called "Plant and Animal Relationships," showing lesson chapters and illustrations of animals and plants.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to buy the new @Home Units if I’m already using Amplify Science?
You do not! We are providing the new materials free of charge as PDF and PPT documents to Amplify Science users.

Are the @Home Units full Amplify Science units?
No. These are condensed versions of Amplify Science units for those who are dedicating less time for science, and are meant to take about half of the amount of time as the standard units.

Are resources available in Spanish?
Yes! The student-facing resources associated with the @Home Units, as well as the @Home Videos, are offered in Spanish.

Do you offer training for teachers?
Yes, we offer on-demand professional development resources specific to remote and hybrid learning.

Do you have videos of all of the hands-on activities?
Yes! Videos all of the hands-on activities are available.

How do students who use the @Home Packets submit their work?
The answer to this question depends on district resources and systems, but options could include:

  • Photographing their writing and submitting via Google Classroom or other platforms.
  • Submitting an audio or video recording of an oral response, using a platform like Flipgrid.
  • Discussing the prompt with a parent or family member (no written submission from the student).

What is the approach to student discourse and how does it change in a remote setting?
The @Home Units include suggestions for how to adapt student discourse activities for the range of remote learning contexts.

Do these resources support both synchronous and asynchronous learning?
Yes. For guidance on how to teach the program synchronously via video, refer to the @Home Videos which feature real Amplify Science teachers teaching lessons on video. For guidance on how to teach the program asynchronously, you can assign the @Home Videos to your students, or watch them yourself and use them as a model for creating your own videos to assign to students.

Welcome, Amplify ELA families!

We’re excited to welcome you and your student to the Amplify ELA program for the new school year, and to provide you with exceptional learning opportunities through ELA. We’ve assembled the following resources and guides to help you support your student and enable them to have the most productive experience with our platform throughout the year.

Para la versión en español, haga clic aquí.

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What is Amplify ELA?

Amplify ELA helps students in grades 6–8 read and understand complex texts that encourage them to grapple with interesting ideas and find relevance for themselves. Amplify ELA is a blended program that includes both digital and print materials, but can also be used as a print-only version. Students using Amplify ELA read text passages closely, interpret what they find, discuss their thinking with peers, and develop their ideas in writing. The lesson structure is easy to follow, but flexible enough to allow for a variety of learning experiences and varied enough to keep students engaged. 

Features include:

  • Functionality that allows individual students to work at their own level while also being challenged appropriately.
  • Built-in tools that allow teachers to track and respond to student work.
  • The digital Amplify Library, which contains more than 700 downloadable, full-length fiction and nonfiction books.
  • The Vocab App, which uses game-like activities to help students master keywords from the program’s texts. (Students using print materials will see keywords highlighted.)
  • Independent writing assignments called Solos, available on mobile devices.
  • Interactive projects called Quests that accompany certain units to provide additional practice with analytical reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

Getting started

How you can support the child in your care:

  • If possible, read with your student daily; even 15 minutes of reading together each day can make a huge impact. You can read aloud sections of the text together—many middle grade students enjoy performing sections of dialogue by taking on the role of a character in a play, or adding some dramatic flair to a poem with which they are working. If your student struggles with reading aloud, you might try reading the text to them with expression, then having them read it back to you. For additional practice, there are an array of fluency activities in the program’s Flex Days. Ask your student to help you find these activities.
  • Find moments to discuss what they are reading and discovering. Examples of questions you could ask: What stood out to you from what you read today? Were any sentences or words confusing? What was most surprising? What do you think the writer was trying to communicate? Do you agree with the writer’s ideas or descriptions? What connections can you make between what you are reading and your own life, or other issues you’ve heard about?
  • Listen to your student read their written responses or have them share with a friend over the phone or video chat. 
  • Browse the Amplify Library with your student to find books they’ll enjoy and be able to read fluently and independently.
  • Review this Protecting Kids Online website by the Federal Trade Commission addressing digital safety.

Accessing texts in the Amplify Library

We encourage students to utilize the core texts from the Amplify Library while at home! Please follow these steps to download a text for offline reading:

1. Navigate to the Program & Apps menu at the top of your screen and scroll through to find the Amplify Library icon. When you select it, the Amplify Library will open in a new tab.

A digital menu displays various educational tools and resources, with "Amplify ELA" highlighted at the top and the "Library" option outlined in orange.

2. If prompted, follow the directions to set up a pin for the Amplify Library; otherwise, proceed to the next step.

A pop-up window prompts the user to create a four-character PIN of lowercase letters and/or numbers for offline reading, with Cancel and Submit buttons.

3. In the upper right corner of your screen, search for the book you would like to download. Example: The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing.

A digital library search page displays "yellow death" in the search bar with no results found for title, authors, or genre. Book covers are visible in the left sidebar.

4. Select the Download button.

A digital library interface displays the book "The Secret of the Yellow Death" by Suzanne Jurmain, showing its cover, synopsis, and options to read or download.

5.  If you lose connection while still in the Amplify Library, you can continue to access and read the downloaded book(s). If the page refreshes without internet access, or you try to login on another device without internet access, you will lose access to the downloaded book(s) until the internet connection is restored. 

To retrieve your downloaded texts: 

  1.  In the Amplify Library app, open the My Library drop-down menu in the upper left corner.
  2. Select Downloaded. 
  3. Choose the text you wish to read from all of your pre-downloaded texts.
A dropdown menu under "My Library" shows options: Recently Read, Favorites, Downloaded (highlighted), and All Books. Below, a Recently Read section displays three book covers.

Materials overview

Not every school will operate the same way, but students attending schools that have both the print and digital editions of the program will likely have the following print materials at home:

  • Student Edition: This includes all of the readings and activities necessary for instruction throughout the year. Students can read the selections both digitally and in print, annotating in either format. The lessons in the print Student Edition reflect each digital lesson, but have been modified to work effectively in print. 
  • Writing Journals: This provides space for students to respond to Writing Prompts and complete other written assignments. 

In the case that students are without access to devices or the internet, they can continue to complete key reading and writing assignments using the print Student Editions and student Writing Journals.

Teachers can also access, print, and mail student Novel Guides for up to 12 commonly taught novels. Six of these novels are available in the Amplify Library, and most should be available in a public library.

Unit overviews

Below are quick overviews of each unit your student will be working through in their grade throughout the year. Included along with each unit is a downloadable guide that provides a more in-depth look at what content is covered and how you can help your student advance their understanding of the topics.

  • Unit 6A: Dahl & Narrative  
    • Students begin with narrative writing to quickly boost their writing production, learn the foundational skill of focus, and become comfortable with key classroom habits and routines they will use all year. Students then apply their new observational focus to some lively readings from Roald Dahl’s memoir Boy and learn how to work closely with textual evidence.
  • Unit 6B: Mysteries & Investigations
    • Students read like an investigator to embark on a multi-genre study of the mesmerizing world of scientific and investigative sleuthing. At the end of the unit, students write an essay explaining which trait is most useful to problem-solving investigators.
  • Unit 6C: The Chocolate Collection
    • The Aztecs used it as currency. Robert Falcon Scott took it to the Antarctic. The Nazis made it into a bomb designed to kill Churchill. The 3,700-year-long history of chocolate is full of twists and turns, making it a rich and rewarding research topic. In this unit, students explore primary source documents and conduct independent research to better understand the strange and wonderful range of roles that chocolate has played for centuries around the world.
  • Unit 6D: The Greeks
    • Greek myths help us understand not only ancient Greek culture but also the world around us and our role in it. Drawing on the routines and skills established in previous units, these lessons ask students to move from considering the state of a single person—themselves or a character—to contemplating broader questions concerning the role people play in the world and the communities they inhabit within it.
  • Unit 6E: Summer of Mariposas
    • The borderlands between the United States and Mexico are the place of legends, both true and fictional. Summer of the Mariposas, by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, plants a retelling of the Odyssey into this setting, launching five sisters on an adventure into a world of heroes and evildoers derived from Aztec myths and Latinx legends. On the journey, the sisters reconcile the dissolution of their parent’s marriage and find new strength in their identity and connection to Aztec lineage. Students consider how McCall uses the structure of the hero’s journey to celebrate women, heritage, and a broad definition of family. Students also have the opportunity to compare these characters’ fictional journey into Mexico to a description of one boy’s true journey into the United States.
  • Unit 6F: The Titanic Collection 
    • In this research unit, students learn to tell the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources; determine if a given source is reliable; and understand the ethical uses of information. Students then construct their own research questions and explore the internet for answers. They also take on the role of a passenger from the Titanic’s manifest to consider gender and class issues as they research and write narrative accounts from the point of view of their passenger.  
  • Unit 6G: Beginning Story Writing
    • In this unit, students get to practice their creative writing skills and learn the elements of storytelling and character development, as well as the importance of vivid language. Students gain a sense of ownership over their writing as they experiment with the impact of their authorial choices on sentences, language, character traits, and plot twists.
  • Grade 6: Grammar
    • In this unit, students complete self-guided grammar instruction and practice that teachers assign to them throughout the year. Sub-units are organized by key grammar topics, so teachers can assign the content that best meets their student’s needs while making sure students work with the key grammar topics for their grades.
  • Unit 7A: Red Scarf Girl & Narrative
    • In this study of a highly engaging memoir of a young woman growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, students quickly learn the history and politics of this tumultuous period by focusing on the story of someone living through the upheaval. As students follow her journey through a world turned upside down, they will track the changes in her feelings and motivations over time.
  • Unit 7B: Character & Conflict
    • By reading the play A Raisin in the Sun and the short story “Sucker,” students explore how people facing hardships can inflict unintentional harm on the people around them. The two narratives work together to provide opportunities for students to analyze characters’ responses to conflict and the author’s development of ideas over the course of a piece of fiction.
  • Unit 7C: Brain Science
    • Could you survive an iron rod through your skull? Phineas Gage did, and his gruesome-but-true story allows students to build background information and analyze other informational texts, including the contemporary The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and the relevant Demystifying the Adolescent Brain.
  • Unit 7D: Poetry & Poe
    • Poe’s texts always offer so much to notice, decipher, talk about—and creep us out. Since things are not always what they seem, students must use close reading skills to question whether they should believe what Poe’s narrator is telling them … or not.
  • Unit 7E: The Frida & Diego Collection
    • Mexico’s most famous and provocative artists, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, were an extraordinary couple who lived in extraordinary times. They were both soul mates and complete opposites. Their multifaceted lives and work offer students rich and fascinating subjects to study as they examine primary source documents and conduct independent research.
  • Unit 7F: The Gold Rush Collection
    • In this research unit, students choose from a large collection of primary and secondary sources to learn about the wide range of people who took part in the California Gold Rush. They also take on the role of someone who lived during the gold rush and write journal entries from their perspective.
  • Unit 7G: Intermediate Story Writing
    • In this unit, students get to practice their creative writing skills and learn the elements of storytelling and character development, as well as the importance of vivid language. Students gain a sense of ownership over their writing as they experiment with the impact of their authorial choices on sentences, language, character traits, and plot twists.
  • Grade 7: Grammar
    • In this unit, students complete self-guided grammar instruction and practice that teachers assign to them throughout the year. Sub-units are organized by key grammar topics, so teachers can assign the content that best meets their student’s needs while making sure students work with the key grammar topics for their grades.
  • Unit 8A: Perspectives & Narrative
    • This unit aims to teach students to read like writers. They practice paying attention to the craft of writing and to the moves a good writer makes to shape the way we see a scene or feel about a character—to stir us up, surprise us, or leave us wondering what will happen next. Students closely read examples of rich, layered narrative nonfiction, analyze the techniques each author uses to make their writing resonate, and practice applying these techniques to their own narrative writing.
  • Unit 8B: Liberty & Equality
    • In this unit, students look at the words of a range of creators—from poet Walt Whitman to abolitionist Frederick Douglass to President Abraham Lincoln—to see how their writing contributed to an extreme shift in social organization: a whole new concept of what it means for people to be considered “equal.” They also study multiple perspectives on the Civil War, including the memoir of a girl who was enslaved, a confederate girl’s diary, and a nonfiction account of the young boys who served as soldiers during the war. 
  • Unit 8C: Science & Science Fiction
    • Students read Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein, a graphic novel that adds captivating illustrations to an abridgment of the 1818 edition of Mary Shelley’s book. Paired with Shelley’s text, Grimly’s haunting—and, at times, horrific—representations of Frankenstein’s creature push students to wrestle with some of the text’s central themes: the source of humanity and the root of evil. Students then write an essay in which, after arguing both sides of the question, they determine whether or not Frankenstein’s creature should ultimately be considered human.
  • Unit 8D: Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
    • Romeo and Juliet combines romance with action, offering a wide range of themes and scenes for students to read about and act out. Your middle schoolers are at the right age to identify with the lovers’ strong feelings—and also old enough to think critically about the choices Romeo and Juliet make.
  • Unit 8E: Holocaust: Memory & Meaning
    • This unit uses a range of primary source articles, images, and videos, as well as literary nonfiction and graphic nonfiction, to study what made the atrocities of the Holocaust possible. Students investigate how propaganda was generated and employed to create a political environment that ultimately corrupted a society. The Olympics are seen through the lens of an international propaganda campaign, providing cover for Nazis to begin eliminating non-Aryans from their culture. The final sub-unit examines the outcomes of Nazi doctrine and the impact on Jewish victims and survivors.
  • Unit 8F: The Space Race Collection
    • In this unit, students to put their research and close-reading skills to the test to distinguish between reliable  and unreliable sources, explore primary documents, and conduct independent research to better understand the space race that took place between two of the world’s superpowers. This dramatic story offers students a rich research topic to explore as they build information literacy skills, learn how to construct their own research questions, and explore the internet for answers.
  • Grade 8: Grammar
    • In this unit, students complete self-guided grammar instruction and practice that teachers assign to them throughout the year. Sub-units are organized by key grammar topics, so teachers can assign the content that best meets their student’s needs while making sure students work with the key grammar topics for their grades.
  • Unit 8G: Advanced Story Writing
    • In this unit, students get to practice their creative writing skills. They’ll learn the elements of storytelling and character development, and the power of vivid language to grab readers and pull them into a story.

Additional activities

Quests: 

You may notice your student working with peers on the same interactive project over several days, trying to solve a mystery or explain a historical event. That’s what happens when a teacher assigns a Quest: an in-depth week-long exploration that requires collaboration and deepens engagement with texts and topics.

Vocab App:

The Vocab App helps students master vocabulary words through game-like activities that challenge them to think through morphology, analogy, and synonyms/antonyms, and to decipher meaning through context.

Have a question about Amplify ELA?

Visit our help library to search for articles with answers to your program questions. 

For additional curriculum support, please contact your student’s teacher.

Digital Teacher’s Guide – grades K–5

Click below and select “Teacher” on the login screen to preview the curriculum

View the full program guide.

Click here to view a materials list.

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When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

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Student digital resources – grades K–5

Students in elementary school work primarily offline. Students in grades 2 through 5 have access to digital simulations and modeling tools through the Student Apps page. Click below to view the Amplify Science Digital Student Library.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

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Course structure for grades K–5

  • Needs of Plants and Animals
  • Pushes and Pulls
  • Sunlight and Weather
  • Animal and Plant Defenses
  • Light and Sound
  • Spinning Earth
  • Plant and Animal Relationships
  • Properties of Materials
  • Changing Landforms
  • Balancing Forces
  • Inheritance and Traits
  • Environments and Survival
  • Weather and Climate
  • Energy and Conversions
  • Vision and Light
  • Earth’s Features
  • Waves, Energy, and Information
  • Patterns of Earth and Sky
  • Modeling Matter
  • The Earth System
  • Ecosystem Restoration

Contact your Redmond representative directly

Patrick Momsen
District Manager
Email: pmomsen@amplify.com
Phone: 541-207-2148

Welcome to Amplify Science!

Amplify Science is a highly engaging, phenomena-based program for grades K–8 that integrates the latest practices in science teaching and learning, as well as interactive digital tools and hands-on activities, to teach students how to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.

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Preview grades K–5
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About the program

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Each unit of Amplify Science engages students in a relevant, real-world problem where they investigate scientific phenomena, engage in collaboration and discussion, and develop models or explanations in order to arrive at solutions.

The program includes hands-on activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

Two students conduct a water experiment in a classroom. One holds a cup while the other observes. Books and papers are on the table.
Two students sit at a classroom table, working together on an open workbook with charts and graphs, while other students are seen in the background.

In every unit, students take on the role of scientists or engineers—marine biologists, geologists, water resource engineers, and more—to solve a real-world problem. These engaging roles and problems provide relevant contexts through which students investigate phenomena.

A powerful partnership

The logo for The Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, features blue text on a light background and is recognized by educators using Amplify Science for middle school science programs.

Amplify Science was developed by the science education experts at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify. As the Hall’s first curriculum designed to address the new science standards, Amplify Science reflects state-of-the-art practices in science teaching and learning.

Amplify Science is rooted in the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize model of learning. This research-based approach presents students with multiple modalities through which to explore the curriculum.

K–5 sample

Illustration of a sleek futuristic train on an elevated track with a blue sky and green hills in the background.

In Balancing Forces, students are challenged to figure out how a floating train works in order to explain it to the citizens of the fictional city Faraday.

Preview the digital Teacher’s Guide
  • Learn more about phenomena and the student roles of scientists and engineers across all units in grades K–5.
  • Learn more about the Student Books written exclusively for Amplify Science for grades K–5.
  • Learn more about the program structure of Amplify Science for grades K–5.

Hear from teachers about why they love Amplify Science:

6–8 sample

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Metabolism (Grade 6/Life Science)

Inhabiting the role of medical students in a hospital, students are able to draw the connections between the large-scale, macro-level experiences of the body and the micro-level processes that make the body function as they first diagnose a patient and then analyze the metabolism of world-class athletes.

Preview the digital Teacher’s Guide
  • Learn more about phenomena and the student roles of scientists and engineers across all units in grades 6–8.
  • Learn more about the digital simulations in grades 4–8 of Amplify Science.
  • Learn more about the program structure of Amplify Science for grades 6–8.

Hear from teachers about why they love Amplify Science:

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A curiosity-driven K–8 science curriculum

Amplify Science is a K–8 phenomena-based science curriculum that blends hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools. The result? Elementary and middle school students who think, read, write, and argue like real scientists.

Amplify Science for grades K–8 has been rated all green by EdReports.

Explore a unit
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Our approach

Each unit of Amplify Science engages all learners in a relevant, real-world problem where they assume the role of a scientist to investigate scientific phenomena, engage in collaboration and discussion, and develop models or explanations to arrive at solutions.

A research-backed approach to 3D learning

The research-based Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize instructional approach—developed by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science—provides students with multiple opportunities and modalities with which to access science instruction. Independent research proves that this model of learning benefits all learners, and our efficacy research shows improved student achievement.

Explore our research and success stories

Students take on roles of scientists and engineers.

In each unit, students take on the role of a scientist or engineer to investigate a realistic problem. These problems provide relevant contexts through which students investigate real-world phenomena that are seamlessly integrated throughout the unit. By positioning students as engineers or scientists, they are actively engaged in designing innovative solutions and making sense of the world around them.

EXPLORE OUR PHENOMENA AT GRADES K–5

EXPLORE OUR PHENOMENA AT GRADES 6–8

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Authentic 3D learning brought to life

Amplify Science integrates the NGSS—and state standards based on them—not just at a surface level, but throughout every lesson of the unit. Students engage with science and engineering practices, figure out disciplinary core ideas, and make connections when they apply Crosscutting Concepts across thoughtfully structured, multimodal lessons.

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Developed by science education experts

Amplify Science was developed by The Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley in partnership with Amplify. It reflects state-of-the-art practices in science teaching and learning, which lays the foundation for our high quality instructional materials (HQIM).

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A flexible, blended program

Amplify Science includes hands-on activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

Explore the digital experience

Teach science confidently, with Amplify PD expertise.

Amplify professional development (PD) connects you with dedicated learning specialists who become genuine partners in your teaching journey. Our in-house experts work closely with your grade K–5 and 6–8 teams to understand your unique classroom needs and provide ongoing support that adapts as you grow. Choose from flexible sessions—on-site, virtual, or hybrid—to build teacher confidence, strengthen instruction, and keep student curiosity thriving—all backed by our commitment to your long-term success.

Explore Amplify Science PD
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What’s included

Our flexible resources work seamlessly together.

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Teacher’s Guides

Available digitally and in print, the Teacher’s Guides contain all of the information teachers need to facilitate classroom instruction, including:

  • Detailed lesson plans.
  • Unit and chapter overview documentation.
  • Differentiation strategies.
  • Standards alignments.
  • In-context professional development.
Explore the world of middle school science with Amplify Science investigation notebooks, featuring captivating titles like "Balancing Forces: Investigating Floating Trains" and "Properties of Matter.

Student Investigation Notebooks

Available for every unit, the Student Investigation Notebooks provide space for students to:

  • Record data.
  • Reflect on ideas from texts and investigations.
  • Construct explanations and arguments.
Five educational science books with captivating covers explore fascinating topics like magnets, plants, biomimicry, and geological wonders. Perfect for middle school science enthusiasts, this series complements Amplify Science's engaging curriculum.

Student Books

Age-appropriate Student Books allow students to:

  • Engage with content-rich texts.
  • Obtain evidence.
  • Develop research and close-reading skills.
  • Construct arguments and explanations.
Explore the digital farming simulation interface, perfect for middle school science classes with Amplify Science integration. Watch plant growth stages, water flow graphics, and detailed soil analysis come to life on tablet and computer screens.

Simulations and Modeling Tools

Developed exclusively for the Amplify Science program, these engaging digital tools:

  • Serve as venues for exploration.
  • Enable data collection.
  • Allow students to explore scientific concepts.
  • Show what might be impossible to see with the naked eye.
Discover the wonders of Amplify Science with a pegboard, rubber bands, and a ball. Perfect for middle school science enthusiasts, this set also includes an electronic component with wires and clips, complemented by three containers filled with intriguing powders.

Hands-on materials kits

Hands-on learning is at the heart of Amplify Science. Each unit kit contains:

  • Consumable and non-consumable hands-on materials.
  • Print classroom display materials.
  • Premium print materials for student use (sorting cards, maps, etc.).
A laptop displaying an educational webpage titled "Geology on Mars" sits next to an "Investigation Notebook" graphic, perfect for Amplify Science lessons in middle school science.

Teacher’s Guides

Available digitally and in print, the Teacher’s Guides contain all of the information teachers need to facilitate classroom instruction, including:

  • Detailed lesson plans.
  • Unit and chapter overview documentation.
  • Differentiation strategies.
  • Standards alignments.
  • In-context professional development.
Five middle school science books from the Amplify Science series, including "Matter and Energy in Ecosystems" and "Introduction: From Silk." Each cover showcases unique images like landscapes and spiders, engaging young minds with captivating visuals.

Student Investigation Notebooks

Available for every unit, the Student Investigation Notebooks provide space for students to:

  • Record data.
  • Reflect on ideas from texts and investigations.
  • Construct explanations and arguments.

Available with full-color article compilations for middle school units

Discover the wonders of Amplify Science with a pegboard, rubber bands, and a ball. Perfect for middle school science enthusiasts, this set also includes an electronic component with wires and clips, complemented by three containers filled with intriguing powders.

Hands-on materials kits

Hands-on learning is at the heart of Amplify Science. Each unit kit contains:

  • Consumable and non-consumable hands-on materials.
  • Print classroom display materials.
  • Premium print materials for student use (sorting cards, maps, etc.).
Three computer screens display data visualizations: two show charts with colored markers, and one shows percentages with color-coded grids. This setup provides an engaging way to explore middle school science concepts, making it easier for students to visually comprehend data.

Digital student experience

Students access the digital simulations and Modeling Tools, as well as lesson activities and assessments, through the digital student experience. Students can interact with the digital student experience as they:

  • Conduct hands-on investigations.
  • Engage in active reading and writing activities.
  • Participate in discussions.
  • Record observations.
  • Craft end-of-unit scientific arguments.
On a laptop screen, a chart titled "After Overfishing in Northern Benguela" showcases a three-circle Venn diagram, reminiscent of lessons from middle school science. In the background, a document featuring an individual in a lab coat and glasses adds to the scholarly scene, evoking elements of Amplify Science curriculum.

Science articles

The middle school science articles serve as sources for evidence collection and were authored by science and literacy experts at the Lawrence Hall of Science.

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What educators say

“Just looking through the Amplify Science curriculum, I’m wishing I could go back in time and learn these concepts with these resources! I love that Amplify is more focused on diving deeper into fewer concepts over the year, rather than grazing the surface of more topics.”

Lizzie

Middle school teacher, KIPP charter network Hear from teachers

What educators say

“In using this program, I have seen that my students are completely engaged and are able to visualize models of concepts using the simulations that they otherwise would not be able to visualize. The program is not about rote memory of facts—rather, it addresses the bigger picture and assesses a deeper understanding of science concepts.”

Julie

Science teacher, Georgia Hear from teachers

What educators say

“The engineering units are engaging and really helped me better understand the new standards. I love being able to walk around and talk to students as they explore solutions, make claims, and reason with their peers.”

Karla

Science teacher, California Hear from teachers

Read more Amplify Science success stories.

Hear from teachers

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Welcome, Lake Washington reviewers!

Authored by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, Amplify Science was designed from the ground up for the Next Generation Science Standards to teach students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers. The program combines literacy-rich activities with hands-on learning and digital tools to engage students in exploring a compelling real-world phenomenon in every unit.

On this site, you will find easy-to-follow instructions and resources to support your review.

Courses for review

Amplify Science is a blended learning program where students take on the roles of scientists and engineers to solve real-world problems.

Below you will find log in instructions for the digital curriculum.

Teacher account – grades K–5

Click below to preview the curriculum:

Preview the curriculum

Click here to view a materials list.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Student digital resources – grades K–5

Students in elementary school work primarily offline. Students in grades 2 through 5 have access to digital simulations and modeling tools through the Student Apps page. Click below to view the Amplify Science Digital Student Library.

Preview the curriculum

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Course structure

Grade K

  • Needs of Plants and Animals
  • Pushes and Pulls
  • Sunlight and Weather

Grade 1

  • Animal and Plant Defenses
  • Light and Sound
  • Spinning Earth

Grade 2

  • Plant and Animal Relationships
  • Properties of Materials
  • Changing Landforms

Grade 3

  • Balancing Forces
  • Inheritance and Traits
  • Environments and Survival
  • Weather and Climate

Grade 4

  • Energy and Conversions
  • Vision and Light
  • Earth’s Features
  • Waves, Energy, and Information

Grade 5

  • Patterns of Earth and Sky
  • Modeling Matter
  • The Earth System
  • Ecosystem Restoration

K-5 student books by unit

Contact your Edmonds representative directly

Patrick Momsen
District Manager
Phone: (541) 207-2148

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Welcome, Seattle reviewers!

Authored by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, Amplify Science was designed from the ground up for the Next Generation Science Standards to teach students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers. The program combines literacy-rich activities with hands-on learning and digital tools to engage students in exploring a compelling real-world phenomenon in every unit.

On this site, you will find easy-to-follow instructions and resources to support your review.

Courses for review

Amplify Science is a K–8 blended learning program where students take on the roles of scientists and engineers to solve real-world problems.

Materials for September 17, 2018 Publisher’s Presentation:
Questions for Publisher’s Presentation
Attachment: Support for English Language Learners

Recommended review process:
1. Bookmark this page for future reference. Consider this your home base, with all the tools you’ll need to conduct your review.
2. Access the Digital Curriculum by clicking on the orange buttons below.
* After 45 minutes of inactivity, you will be logged out of the curriculum. Return to this page to access the digital curriculum.

Below you will find log in instructions divided into two sections:

  • Grades K-5
  • Grades 6-8

Review the Amplify Benchmark Assessments for grades 3–8.

Teacher account – grades K–5

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Preview the curriculum

Click here to view a materials list.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Student digital resources – grades K–5

Students in elementary school work primarily offline. Students in grades 2 through 5 have access to digital simulations and modeling tools through the Student Apps page. Click below to view the Amplify Science Digital Student Library.

Student digital resources

Review the student books online by clicking here.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Teacher account – grades 6–8

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Preview the curriculum

If you have logged in to Amplify Science in the past, you will need to log in with the new credentials above.

Click here to view a materials list.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Student account

Click below to view the Amplify Science Digital Student Library for middle school students:

Student digital resources

Review the student digital library by clicking here.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Course structure

Grade K

  • Needs of Plants and Animals
  • Pushes and Pulls
  • Sunlight and Weather

Grade 1

  • Animal and Plant Defenses
  • Light and Sound
  • Spinning Earth

Grade 2

  • Plant and Animal Relationships
  • Properties of Materials
  • Changing Landforms

Grade 3

  • Balancing Forces
  • Inheritance and Traits
  • Environments and Survival
  • Weather and Climate

Grade 4

  • Energy and Conversions
  • Vision and Light
  • Earth’s Features
  • Waves, Energy, and Information

Grade 5

  • Patterns of Earth and Sky
  • Modeling Matter
  • The Earth System
  • Ecosystem Restoration

K-5 student books by unit

Grade 6

  • Launch:
    Microbiome
  • Metabolism
  • Engineering Internship:
    Metabolism
  • Traits and Reproduction
  • Thermal Energy
  • Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate
  • Weather Patterns
  • Earth’s Changing Climate
  • Engineering Internship:
    Earth’s Changing Climate

Grade 7

  • Launch:
    Geology on Mars
  • Plate Motion
  • Engineering Internship:
    Plate Motion
  • Rock Transformations
  • Phase Change
  • Engineering Internship: Phase Change
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Populations and Resources
  • Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Grade 8

  • Launch:
    Harnessing Human Energy
  • Force and Motion
  • Engineering Internship:
    Force and Motion
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Light Waves
  • Earth, Moon, and Sun
  • Natural Selection
  • Engineering Internship: Natural Selection
  • Evolutionary History

Contact your Seattle representative directly

Patrick Momsen
District Manager
Phone: (541) 207-2148

Email now

Welcome, Edmonds reviewers!

Authored by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, Amplify Science was designed from the ground up for the Next Generation Science Standards to teach students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers. The program combines literacy-rich activities with hands-on learning and digital tools to engage students in exploring a compelling real-world phenomenon in every unit.

On this site, you will find easy-to-follow instructions and resources to support your review.

Courses for review

Amplify Science is a blended learning program where students take on the roles of scientists and engineers to solve real-world problems. Below you will find log in instructions for the digital curriculum. As an Edmonds reviewer, you will also have access to Amplify Science middle school units.

Additional Publisher Questions (PDF)

Digital Teacher’s Guide

Click below to preview the curriculum:

Preview the curriculum

If you have logged in to Amplify Science in the past, you will need to log in with the new credentials above.

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Student digital resources

Students in elementary school work primarily offline. Students in grades 2 through 8 have access to digital simulations and modeling tools through the Student Apps page. Click below to view the Amplify Science Digital Student Library

Preview the curriculum

When you are finished reviewing, sign out of the digital curriculum. Need help?

Course structure

Grade K

  • Needs of Plants and Animals
  • Pushes and Pulls
  • Sunlight and Weather

Grade 1

  • Animal and Plant Defenses
  • Light and Sound
  • Spinning Earth

Grade 2

  • Plant and Animal Relationships
  • Properties of Materials
  • Changing Landforms

Grade 3

  • Balancing Forces
  • Inheritance and Traits
  • Environments and Survival
  • Weather and Climate

Grade 4

  • Energy and Conversions
  • Vision and Light
  • Earth’s Features
  • Waves, Energy, and Information

Grade 5

  • Patterns of Earth and Sky
  • Modeling Matter
  • The Earth System
  • Ecosystem Restoration

Grade 6

  • Launch:
    Microbiome
  • Metabolism
  • Engineering Internship:
    Metabolism
  • Traits and Reproduction
  • Thermal Energy
  • Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate
  • Weather Patterns
  • Earth’s Changing Climate
  • Engineering Internship:
    Earth’s Changing Climate

Grade 7

  • Launch:
    Geology on Mars
  • Plate Motion
  • Engineering Internship:
    Plate Motion
  • Rock Transformations
  • Phase Change
  • Engineering Internship: Phase Change
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Populations and Resources
  • Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Grade 8

  • Launch:
    Harnessing Human Energy
  • Force and Motion
  • Engineering Internship:
    Force and Motion
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Light Waves
  • Earth, Moon, and Sun
  • Natural Selection
  • Engineering Internship: Natural Selection
  • Evolutionary History

Contact your Edmonds representative directly

Patrick Momsen
District Manager
Phone: (541) 207-2148

Email now

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Inspiring the next generation of Florida scientists, engineers, and curious citizens

Amplify Science Florida is a brand-new blended science curriculum for grades 6-8 that meets 100 percent of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science.

The national edition of Amplify Science for middle school was recently rated all green by EdReports. Read the review on EdReports.

  • Un rover robótico está colocado en un terreno arenoso y lleno de rocas bajo un cielo brumoso, dejando huellas de neumáticos tras él.
  • Dos niños con gafas de seguridad participan en una actividad científica; uno sostiene una taza de líquido y hace gestos mientras el otro toma notas con un lápiz.
  • Dos niños están sentados en una mesa redonda en un salón de clases, mirando juntos la pantalla de una computadora portátil. Ambos parecen comprometidos y están sonriendo.
  • Una ilustración digital de una araña muestra el proceso de producción de veneno dentro de una célula de glándula venenosa. El diagrama del cuerpo de la araña está a la izquierda, con una vista celular detallada a la derecha, resaltando los componentes celulares.

Grounded in research and proven effective

UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, the authors behind Amplify Science Florida, developed the Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize approach, and gold standard research shows that it works. Our own efficacy research is pretty exciting, too.

DEEP UNDERSTANDING

Do, Talk, Read, Write students outperform their peers.

Bar chart illustrating a 51.5% surge in science content knowledge using the Do-Talk-Read-Write approach, compared to a 36.6% increase with the business-as-usual method.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS EXCEL

ELLs who used Do, Talk, Read, Write outperformed their ELL peers.

The bar chart illustrates a significant increase in science vocabulary: 48.6% for the Do-Talk-Read-Write approach (orange) compared to just 22.5% for the Business-as-usual approach (gray).

PROGRESS THROUGH THE LEARNING PROFESSION

Progress through the learning progression for all middle school implementations, 2017-18 school year.

A chart that shows the progress through the learning progression

What educators say

“Just looking through the Amplify Science curriculum, I’m wishing I could go back in time and learn these concepts with these resources! I love that Amplify is more focused on diving deeper into fewer concepts over the year, rather than grazing the surface of more topics.”

Lizzie

Middle school teacher, KIPP charter network

What educators say

“In using this program, I have seen that my students are completely engaged and are able to visualize models of concepts using the simulations that they otherwise would not be able to visualize. The program is not about rote memory of facts—rather, it addresses the bigger picture and assesses a deeper understanding of science concepts.”

Julie

Science teacher, Georgia

What educators say

“The engineering units are engaging and really helped me better understand the new standards. I love being able to walk around and talk to students as they explore solutions, make claims, and reason with their peers.”

Karla

Science teacher, California

A powerful partnership

Amplify Science Florida was developed by the science education experts at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify. As the Hall’s first curriculum designed to address the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science, Amplify Science Florida reflects state-of-the-art practices in science teaching and learning.

Our approach

Each unit of Amplify Science Florida engages students in a relevant, real-world problem where they investigate scientific phenomena, engage in collaboration and discussion, and develop models or explanations in order to arrive at solutions.

Rooted in research

Amplify Science Florida is rooted in the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize model of learning. This research-based approach presents students with multiple modalities through which to explore the curriculum.

Four middle school science students gather around a desk, engaged in an interactive group project, investigating an object together in a colorful classroom setting.
Two middle school girls conduct a science experiment

A flexible, blended program

Amplify Science Florida includes hands-on activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

Students take on the roles of scientists and engineers.

In each unit, students take on the role of a scientist or engineer to investigate a real-world problem. These problems provide relevant contexts through which students investigate phenomena.

Two middle school girls use a Student Investigation Notebook to take on the role of scientists and engineers

Phenomena-based teaching and learning

Download the “What’s so phenomenal about phenomena?” e-book

Download a free e-book

What’s included

Flexible resources that work seamlessly together

Science articles

The middle school science articles serve as sources for evidence collection and were authored by science and literacy experts at the Lawrence Hall of Science.

Student Investigation Notebooks

Available for every unit, the Student Investigation Notebooks provide space for students to:

  • record data
  • reflect on ideas from texts and investigations
  • construct explanations and arguments

Available with full-color article compilations for middle school units

Digital student experience

Students access the digital simulations and modeling tools, as well as lesson activities and assessments, through the digital student experience. Students can interact with the digital student experience as they:

  • conduct hands-on investigations
  • engage in active reading and writing activities
  • participate in discussions
  • record observations
  • craft end-of-unit scientific arguments

Teacher’s Guides

Available digitally and in print, the Teacher’s Guides contain all of the information teachers need to facilitate classroom instruction, including:

  • detailed lesson plans
  • unit and chapter overview documentation
  • differentiation strategies
  • standards alignments
  • in-context professional development

Hands-on materials kits

Hands-on learning is at the heart of Amplify Science Florida. Each unit kit contains:

  • consumable and non-consumable hands-on materials
  • print classroom display materials
  • premium print materials for student use (sorting cards, maps, etc.)
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Inspiring the next generation of Louisiana scientists, engineers, and curious citizens

Amplify Science Louisiana blends hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools to empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.

The national edition of Amplify Science for middle school was recently rated all green by EdReports. Read the review on EdReports.

  • Dos niños están sentados en una mesa redonda en un salón de clases, mirando juntos la pantalla de una computadora portátil. Ambos parecen comprometidos y están sonriendo.
  • Dos niños con gafas de seguridad participan en una actividad científica; uno sostiene una taza de líquido y hace gestos mientras el otro toma notas con un lápiz.
  • Insignia verde y blanca que indica "Nivel 1 aprobado para los grados K-5 por el Departamento de Educación de Luisiana".
  • Una ilustración digital de una araña muestra el proceso de producción de veneno dentro de una célula de glándula venenosa. El diagrama del cuerpo de la araña está a la izquierda, con una vista celular detallada a la derecha, resaltando los componentes celulares.

Grounded in research and proven effective

UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, the authors behind Amplify Science Louisiana, developed the Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize approach, and gold standard research shows that it works. Our own efficacy research is pretty exciting, too.

DEEP UNDERSTANDING

Do, Talk, Read, Write students outperform their peers.

Bar chart illustrating a 51.5% surge in science content knowledge using the Do-Talk-Read-Write approach, compared to a 36.6% increase with the business-as-usual method.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS EXCEL

ELLs who used Do, Talk, Read, Write outperformed their ELL peers.

The bar chart illustrates a significant increase in science vocabulary: 48.6% for the Do-Talk-Read-Write approach (orange) compared to just 22.5% for the Business-as-usual approach (gray).

PROGRESS THROUGH THE LEARNING PROFESSION

Progress through the learning progression for all middle school implementations, 2017-18 school year.

What educators say

“Just looking through the Amplify Science curriculum, I’m wishing I could go back in time and learn these concepts with these resources! I love that Amplify is more focused on diving deeper into fewer concepts over the year, rather than grazing the surface of more topics.”

Lizzie

Middle school teacher, KIPP charter network

What educators say

“In using this program, I have seen that my students are completely engaged and are able to visualize models of concepts using the simulations that they otherwise would not be able to visualize. The program is not about rote memory of facts—rather, it addresses the bigger picture and assesses a deeper understanding of science concepts.”

Julie

Science teacher, Georgia

What educators say

“The engineering units are engaging and really helped me better understand the new standards. I love being able to walk around and talk to students as they explore solutions, make claims, and reason with their peers.”

Karla

Science teacher, California

A powerful partnership

Amplify Science Louisiana was developed by the science education experts at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify. As the Hall’s first curriculum designed to address the new science standards, Amplify Science Louisiana reflects state-of-the-art practices in science teaching and learning.

Our approach

Each unit of Amplify Science Louisiana engages students in a relevant, real-world problem where they investigate scientific phenomena, engage in collaboration and discussion, and develop models or explanations in order to arrive at solutions.

Rooted in research

Amplify Science Louisiana is rooted in the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize model of learning. This research-based approach presents students with multiple modalities through which to explore the curriculum.

A flexible, blended program

Amplify Science Louisiana includes hands-on activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

Students take on the roles of scientists and engineers.

In each unit, students take on the role of a scientist or engineer to investigate a real-world problem. These problems provide relevant contexts through which students investigate phenomena.

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Phenomena-based teaching and learning

Download the “What’s so phenomenal about phenomena?” e-book

Download a free e-book

What’s included

Flexible resources that work seamlessly together

ElementaryMiddle School

Student Books

Age-appropriate Student Books allow students to:

  • engage with content-rich texts
  • obtain evidence
  • develop research and close-reading skills
  • construct arguments and explanations

Student Investigation Notebooks

Available for every unit, the Student Investigation Notebooks provide space for students to:

  • record data
  • reflect on ideas from texts and investigations
  • construct explanations and arguments

Simulations and practice tools (grades 2+)

Developed exclusively for the Amplify Science program, these engaging digital tools:

  • serve as venues for exploration
  • enable data collection
  • allow students to explore scientific concepts
  • show what might be impossible to see with the naked eye

Teacher’s Guides

Available digitally and in print, the Teacher’s Guides contain all of the information teachers need to facilitate classroom instruction, including:

  • detailed lesson plans
  • unit and chapter overview documentation
  • differentiation strategies
  • standards alignments
  • in-context professional development

Science articles

The middle school science articles serve as sources for evidence collection and were authored by science and literacy experts at the Lawrence Hall of Science.

Student Investigation Notebooks

Available for every unit, the Student Investigation Notebooks provide space for students to:

  • record data
  • reflect on ideas from texts and investigations
  • construct explanations and arguments

Available with full-color article compilations for middle school units

Digital student experience

Students access the digital simulations and modeling tools, as well as lesson activities and assessments, through the digital student experience. Students can interact with the digital student experience as they:

  • conduct hands-on investigations
  • engage in active reading and writing activities
  • participate in discussions
  • record observations
  • craft end-of-unit scientific arguments

Teacher’s Guides

Available digitally and in print, the Teacher’s Guides contain all of the information teachers need to facilitate classroom instruction, including:

  • detailed lesson plans
  • unit and chapter overview documentation
  • differentiation strategies
  • standards alignments
  • in-context professional development

Hands-on materials kits

Hands-on learning is at the heart of Amplify Science Louisiana. Each unit kit contains:

  • consumable and non-consumable hands-on materials
  • print classroom display materials
  • premium print materials for student use (sorting cards, maps, etc.)
All Materials

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Exciting updates for Amplify CKLA

Big things are coming next school year! Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) 3rd Edition is introducing new enhancements to save you time, extend your impact, and support you in delivering the dynamic learning experiences your students deserve.

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Updates

Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition program improvements

For the next school year, you can expect several exciting updates to your Amplify CKLA experience, including:

  • Caregiver-facing letters that summarize student performance on each end-of-unit assessment.
  • The availability of K–2 Read-Aloud Videos to support student absences.
  • Teacher Presentation Screens assignable to students, either allowing you to share the slides as they are or turn them into digital activities with the ability to control pacing and view student work digitally.
  • Lesson screens will be downloadable and printable for offline viewing.
  • Teacher Moves that will be easier to use in Companion Mode on a second device or in another tab.
  • New resources for kindergarten, including guidance on letter naming routines and engaging digital practice games that can be assigned to students. 
  • More guidance resources including strategies for teachers to support students with varied needs; writing building block routines for each grade level; instructional guidance and feedback toolkit.
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Digital assessment enhancements

We’re making digital assessments more comprehensive for the new school year, adding in open-ended questions (for Grades 2–5) and a three-point scoring rubric. These features will make them an even more powerful tool to gather data about the students in your classroom! You will also be able to download caregiver-facing letters that summarize student performance on each end-of-unit assessment. As you teach the program, digital assessments will help you understand if students are learning to comprehend text and vocabulary, as well as develop various components of comprehension.

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New instructional routines videos

Modeling videos demonstrate best practices and help you implement Amplify CKLA K-2 Skills instruction with confidence. The instructional routine modeling videos and paired PDF guides will be embedded directly in the program to streamline your lesson preparation and delivery.

Amplify Classroom updates

This back-to-school season, we’re improving the overall classroom experience with platform enhancements that make lessons easier to navigate and instruction easier to manage.

  • We’re making updates to our Recently Visited section on Educator Home. You’ll see both activity and units reflected there, and have the ability to star a unit or lesson to pin it to the front of your list
  •  Presentation tools are expanding with Companion Mode, Projector Mode, and Sketch Everywhere, making it easier to facilitate lessons, annotate in real time, and manage instruction from anywhere in the room.
  • You will also have the option to use our redesigned Activity pages, which feature a left sidebar, informational tabs, and lesson screens at the top of the page. This reconfiguration allows you to immediately see each lesson and more easily access relevant resources and tools. You will be able to turn on the new design—or turn it off to return to the original design—with a toggle located on the page.
  • As of December, you are able to filter Stream by student name and see all assignments for a particular student. This includes the ability to preview student work right from the Stream to check in on student progress. You can also now assign digital activities to select students and even name the group they’ve selected for future use in the Assign feature. Named groups will be saved in the Admin Portal. You should also use the Admin Portal to create or edit groups, as well as add or remove staff or students.

AI-powered teacher tools

We’ve developed new tools to enhance your ability to connect and collaborate with families! These AI-powered tools streamline home connections by allowing you to generate your own caregiver materials. You will be able to access the three tools below in your global navigation bar to create PDFs that can be easily downloaded or printed:

  • Newsletter generator
  • Decodable passage generator
  • Caregiver letter translator
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New supplemental program: Language Studio for Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition

Releasing for the coming back-to-school season, Language Studio is an add-on program that uses the same structure, knowledge sequence, and Science of Reading foundation of Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition to help multilingual/English learners (ML/ELs) access core content and strengthen language skills. These lessons preview and reinforce Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition content to meet the needs of all K–5 ML/ELs.

This supplemental program is available to purchase for an extra cost.

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Language Studio Teacher Guide Grade 4. Unit 2: Knights and Castles: Europe’s Middle Ages: Lesson 1

Language Studio Student Activity Book Grade 4. Unit 2: Knights and Castles: Europe’s Middle Ages: Lesson 1

New Grades 4 and 5 Skills supplements

Also available for the new school year: Grades 4 and 5 Skills instruction. Similar to Grade 3 Skills, Grades 4 and 5 Skills supplements are a flexible component for reteaching and additional practice. You can use these extra lessons to support core instruction or serve as an intervention, depending on your students’ needs. Instruction follows a familiar sequence and can be taught flexibly, in either two 15-minute sessions or one 30-minute session.

This supplemental program is available to purchase for an extra cost.

Amplify Caminos 3rd Edition

We’re thrilled to announce Amplify Caminos 3rd Edition, our Spanish language arts program and companion to Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) 3rd Edition, which creates a cohesive path to biliteracy for students in bilingual and dual language programs. Built from the ground up for Spanish, it offers everything you need to teach with clarity and purpose: foundational skills instruction, authentic texts, knowledge-rich content, and alignment with Amplify CKLA.

This program is available to purchase for an extra cost.

Noteworthy features

Free content for you to explore

You can use the Discover button to access free content from other Amplify programs, and even assign these free activities to your students via the digital platform.

Caregiver Hub

Throughout the school year, teachers can share the Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos Caregiver Hubs with students’ caregivers. These sites provide curriculum details, an overview of what caregivers can expect throughout the school year, and resources they can use with students at home.

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Inspiring the next generation of California scientists, engineers, and curious citizens

Amplify Science California is an immersive and engaging core curriculum authored by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and built specifically for the California NGSS.

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Program overview

Amplify Science California is a brand-new blended science curriculum for grades TK–8 that meets 100 percent of the Next Generation Science Standards and the California Science Framework. With Amplify Science California, students learn to talk, read, write, think, and argue like real scientists and engineers through investigations of real-world problems and scientific phenomena, gaining the skills needed to master the California NGSS.

In Amplify Science, students take on the role of a scientist or engineer and are introduced to a relevant, real-world problem. They engage in investigations using hands-on materials, reading selections, rich media, and more to draft, strengthen, and defend their claims about the unit anchor phenomenon and how to solve the problem.

The Amplify Science assessment system is grounded in the principle that students benefit from regular and varied opportunities to demonstrate understanding through performance. Read more about Amplify assessments in Grades K-5 and 6-8.

A powerful partnership

Amplify Science California was developed by the science education experts at the University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify.

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The University of California, Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science is a recognized leader in PreK-12 science education, producing groundbreaking curriculum products for more than 40 years, including the international award-winning Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading®. The Hall’s curriculum materials are used in one in four classrooms across the nation.

Read more about The Hall’s research-proven Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize multimodal learning model.

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Amplify has been pioneering digital education products for more than 15 years, empowering teachers across the country to offer more personalized instruction and accelerate the potential of their students to become more active, engaged learners. Amplify has supported more than 200,000 educators and three million students in all 50 states.

Designed in California for California

Since their release in 2013, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have raised the bar for science education. Moving the focus of instruction away from memorization and toward active engagement and critical thinking, the standards teach students to think like scientists and engineers and grapple with core scientific principles, in addition to supporting deep learning of concepts that cut across science domains. Amplify Science has been designed from the ground up to meet 100 percent of the Next Generation Science Standards and respond to the instructional shifts called for by the National Research Council’s Framework for K–12 science education (2012).

Classroom Slides (grades K–8)

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Science time just got a whole lot easier. With our new Classroom Slides, you can put down the Teacher’s Guide and focus on what matters most—your students. Plus, with Classroom Slides, lesson prep is as quick as a click!

Classroom Slides are:

  • Available for back to school 2020–2021, for grades 6–8. Classroom slides are already rolling out for grades K–5.
  • Downloadable for offline use, which means no more sweating unreliable internet connections.
  • Streamlined for easy lesson delivery, including lesson visuals, activity instructions and transitions, animations, investigation setup videos, technology support, and more.
  • Fully editable, allowing you to incorporate your own flavor, flair, and favorite resources.

Classroom Slides are available as downloadable PowerPoint files to help guide you and your students through the lesson with images, videos, questions, and instructions. Slides for grades 6–8 will be released on a rolling basis over the course of the 2020-2021 school year. Below you’ll find a prototype from the Earth’s Changing Climate unit.

A brochure on K–5 slides can be downloaded here.
A flyer on 6–8 slides can be downloaded here.

Transitional Kindergarten

Amplify Science TK includes three units, one for each science domain: Earth science, life science, and physical science. The physical science unit includes an engineering design challenge.

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Units are structured to allow you to make decisions about how best to teach your students and include options for whole-group, small-group, and center-based instruction.

Learn more about the program.

Start your review

If you have received Amplify Science California materials for review, fill out the form and select the course model you are interested in to access the digital Program Guide and supporting materials. For technical questions regarding your review, contact support at (844) 505-4621 or CAreviewersupport@amplify.com.

mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition is Washington approved!

mCLASS DIBELS 8th Edition and mCLASS Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) helps teachers identify COVID-related learning loss and literacy needs firsthand through a quick five-minute assessment that can be done virtually or in person. What’s more, it helps teachers take immediate instructional action that’s right for each and every student.

Now that mCLASS has been approved by the Washington Department of Education and the Dyslexia Advisory Council, every district can confidently address student needs and meet the state’s dyslexia legislation.

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What is mCLASS?

mCLASS® DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN is an integrated, gold standard literacy system for grades K–6.

The mCLASS comprehensive system includes efficient one-minute measures, a built-in Enhanced Early Learning Measures screener, teacher-led and student-driven instruction, intervention, and robust reports for teachers and administrators.

With mCLASS, you can say goodbye to cobbling together tools and second guessing the results of other screeners.

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University of Oregon

Together with the University of Oregon (U of O), we have made the DIBELS® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) assessment that you know and love more powerful and user-friendly than ever before.

As the only licensed provider of the digital DIBELS 8th Edition assessment, we make it faster and easier to understand where every student is in their early literacy journey. As an all-in-one universal and dyslexia screener, DIBELS 8th edition gives teachers actionable data with targeted instructional recommendations to ensure all students’ reading needs are met. To learn more about DIBELS 8th edition as a screener for reading difficulties, download the University of Oregon’s “Dyslexia Screening and DIBELS 8th Edition” whitepaper.

Why mCLASS?

It’s a single solution that meets all of the state’s requirements for Early Screening of Dyslexia.

  • It’s a universal early literacy and dyslexia screener with Enhanced Early Learning Measures and a diagnostic tool in one.
  • It allows for real-time assessment and instant scoring as well as offline assessment capabilities.
  • It includes explicit literacy instruction and intervention strategies based on student performance.
  • It’s flexible and can be implemented in a variety of scenarios, including in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments.
  • It includes a variety of parent notification resources and at-home reading strategies.
  • It’s continually enhanced with new features and regular updates that are made available to our entire user community.
Take a closer look at mCLASS
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Instant data and action

Quick and actionable reports provide detailed insight into students’ reading development across foundational literacy skills for classroom teachers and literacy specialists, principals and district leaders, and parents and guardians at home.

What’s more, mCLASS® DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN gives you instant results and clear next instructional steps for each and every student.

Learn more about mCLASS reporting features

Enhanced Early Learning Measures

Early intervention is critical. That’s why we help you meet state dyslexia legislation with one single powerful tool—no additional assessment system required.

Our additional measures in vocabulary, spelling, and rapid automatic naming (RAN) address the full range of skills associated with dyslexia risk and help identify students at varying levels of risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

Download our Dyslexia Toolkit
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Assess anywhere

mCLASS has created a collection of resources to help you plan for a variety of assessment scenarios.

Whether your school is engaged in in-person, hybrid, or remote instruction, we know how important it is for teachers and administrators to have a full (and firsthand!) picture of every student’s literacy development.

Download our Remote and Hybrid Learning Guide

Personalized practice

Boost Reading (formerly Amplify Reading) is the practice and remediation companion to mCLASS. At its heart, there are three main areas that make Boost Reading a unique and essential supplemental learning program.

  • The program meets all students where they are with powerful individualized instruction and practice.
  • Age-appropriate narratives create a learning experience that leaps off the screen.
  • Research shows Boost Reading improves student performance–particularly among English Learners–reducing the overall percentage of students at risk of reading difficulty.
See how these programs work together
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Funding

Schools may utilize LAP Funds, Early Literacy Grants, or federal CARES Act funds to purchase assessments to meet Washington’s screening legislation.

Visit our CARES Act resource hub Download our CARES Act flyer

Resources

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mCLASS Program Guide

Take a deeper dive into mCLASS with our comprehensive Program Guide.

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mCLASS Remote Learning Guide

Learn more about how to flexibly implement mCLASS in remote and hybrid learning…

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Dyslexia Fact vs. Fiction eBook

Explore this Dyslexia Fact vs. Fiction eBook

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mCLASS Reporting Guide

Take a closer look at our teacher and administrator level reports.

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mCLASS FAQ

Explore our FAQ document to gain more insight into how the program can fit your…

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Boost Reading Program Guide

Learn more about the personalized practice and reinforcement companion to mCLASS…

Get in touch

Ready to discuss how mCLASS can support your specific needs? Please contact your Amplify Account Executive:

Alicia O’Neil

Senior Account Executive

(425) 890-6103

aoneil@amplify.com

Erin Elfving-Strayhan

Senior Account Executive

(971) 291-9854

estrayan@amplify.com

Kristen Rockstroh

Account Executive

(480) 639-8367

krockstroh@amplify.com

mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition is Oregon approved!

mCLASS with DIBELS 8th Edition and mCLASS Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) helps teachers identify COVID-related learning loss and literacy needs firsthand through a quick, five-minute assessment that can be done virtually or in person. What’s more, it helps teachers take immediate instructional action that’s right for each and every student.

A teacher helps a young student with a tablet; below, a girl listens attentively. Icons of a book and a puzzle piece appear on colored backgrounds.

What is mCLASS?

mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN is an integrated, gold standard literacy system for grades K–6.

The mCLASS comprehensive system includes efficient one-minute measures, a built-in Enhanced Early Learning Measures screener, teacher-led and student-driven instruction, intervention, and robust reports for teachers and administrators.

With mCLASS, you can say goodbye to cobbling together tools and second guessing the results of other screeners.

A girl sits at a desk reading and writing, with educational words in the background; text highlights mCLASS as a gold standard in early literacy.

University of Oregon

Together with the University of Oregon, we have made the DIBELS® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) assessment that you know and love more powerful and user-friendly than ever before.

As the only licensed provider of the digital DIBELS 8th Edition assessment, we make it faster and easier to understand where every student is in their early literacy journey.

Register for a University of Oregon webinar

Why mCLASS?

It’s a single solution that meets all of the state’s requirements for Early Screening of Dyslexia.

  • It’s a universal early literacy screener, dyslexia screener, and a diagnostic tool in one.
  • It allows for real-time assessment and instant scoring as well as offline assessment capabilities.
  • It includes explicit literacy instruction and intervention strategies based on student performance.
  • It’s flexible and can be implemented in a variety of scenarios, including in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments.
  • It includes a variety of parent notification resources and at-home reading strategies.
  • It’s continually enhanced with new features and regular updates that are made available to our entire user community.

Amplify Reading is the proven, adaptive skills practice and remediation companion for mCLASS. Try it for free for the remainder of the school year with a no-cost trial.

Request a free trial today!
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Instant data and action

Quick and actionable reports provide detailed insight into students’ reading development across foundational literacy skills for classroom teachers and literacy specialists, principals and district leaders, and parents and guardians at home.

What’s more, mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN gives you instant results and clear next instructional steps for each and every student.

Learn more about mCLASS reporting features

Dyslexia screener

Early intervention is critical. That’s why we help you meet state dyslexia legislation with one single powerful tool—no additional assessment system required.

Our additional measures in vocabulary, spelling, and rapid automatic naming (RAN) address the full range of skills associated with dyslexia risk and help identify students at varying levels of risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

Download our Dyslexia Toolkit
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Assess anywhere

mCLASS has created a collection of resources to help you plan for a variety of assessment scenarios.

Whether your school is engaged in in-person, hybrid, or remote instruction, we know how important it is for teachers and administrators to have a full (and firsthand!) picture of every student’s literacy development.

Download our Remote and Hybrid Learning Guide

Personalized practice

Amplify Reading is the practice and remediation companion to mCLASS. At its heart, there are three main areas that make Amplify Reading a unique and essential supplemental learning program.

  • The program meets all students where they are with powerful individualized instruction and practice.
  • Age-appropriate narratives create a learning experience that leaps off the screen.
  • Research shows Amplify Reading improves student performance–particularly among English Learners–reducing the overall percentage of students at risk of reading difficulty.

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Funding

Schools may utilize Early Literacy Grants or federal CARES Act funds to purchase assessments to meet Oregon’s screening legislation.

Visit our CARES Act resource hub Download our CARES Act flyer

Resources

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mCLASS Program Guide

Take a deeper dive into mCLASS with our comprehensive Program Guide.

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mCLASS Remote Learning Guide

Learn more about how to flexibly implement mCLASS in remote and hybrid learning…

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mCLASS Dyslexia Toolkit

Learn more about how to flexibly implement mCLASS in remote and hybrid learning…

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mCLASS Reporting Guide

Take a closer look at our teacher and administrator level reports.

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mCLASS FAQ

Explore our FAQ document to gain more insight into how the program can fit your…

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Amplify Reading Program Guide

Learn more about the personalized practice and reinforcement companion to mCLASS…

Get in touch

Ready to discuss how mCLASS can support your specific needs? A brief 30-minute call is all we need to determine if mCLASS with DIBELS 8th Edition is the right fit for you.

Simply fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch.

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Patric Momsen

District Manager

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Jonathan Cohen

Account Executive

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Immanuel Moon

Field Manager

Welcome, Arizona educators!

The Arizona Department of Education just released its first-ever list of approved universal literacy screeners. According to the state, these screeners “shall be used by schools in the 2020-2021 school year to meet the requirements of both the Move On When Reading (MOWR) legislation and the dyslexia screening legislation.”
 
We’re excited to announce that mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN is on that list.

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Why mCLASS?

mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN is a single solution that meets all of the requirements of the law.

  • It’s a universal early literacy screener, dyslexia screener, and diagnostic tool in one.
  • It includes immediate and actionable literacy instruction and intervention strategies based on student performance.
  • It’s flexible and can be implemented in a variety of scenarios, including in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments.
  • It allows for non-paper assessment and scoring as well as offline assessment capabilities.
  • It includes a variety of parent notification resources and at-home reading strategies.

 
Take our self-guided tour to learn more. >

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Funding

Schools may utilize Move On When Reading (MOWR), Early Literacy Grants, or federal CARES Act funds to purchase assessments to meet both MOWR legislation and the dyslexia screening legislation (A.R.S §15-701 and A.R.S. §15-4704).
 
Visit our CARES Act resource hub or download this CARES Act flyer to learn more.

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More than a test

mCLASS is an integrated, gold standard literacy system that closes the knowing-doing gap. By combining assessment, reporting, and instruction in one, it eliminates the need for cobbled together tools.

  • Data gathered through efficient one-minute measures is made available to teachers instantly.
  • Easy-to-read reports make teachers aware of potential reading difficulties as well as observed patterns.
  • Ready-to-teach literacy instruction and intervention strategies help teachers target specific skill deficits immediately.

 
Watch this video and see how mCLASS empowers and supports teachers. >

Remote learning

mCLASS has created a collection of resources to help you plan for a variety of scenarios for the 2020–2021 school year.
 
Whether your school is engaged in in-person, hybrid, or remote instruction, we know how important it is for teachers and administrators to have a full picture of every student’s literacy development.
 
Download our Remote and Hybrid Learning Guide to learn more.

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Personalized practice

Amplify Reading is the practice and remediation companion to mCLASS.
 
At its heart, there are three main areas that make Amplify Reading a unique and essential supplemental learning program for the 2020-2021 school year.

  • The program meets all students where they are with powerful individualized instruction and practice.
  • Age-appropriate narratives create a learning experience that leaps off the screen.
  • Research shows Amplify Reading improves student performance–particularly among English Learners–reducing the overall percentage of students at risk of reading difficulty.

 
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Resources

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mCLASS Program Guide

Take a deeper dive into mCLASS with our comprehensive Program Guide.

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mCLASS Remote Learning Guide

Learn more about how to flexibly implement mCLASS in remote and hybrid learning…

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mCLASS Dyslexia Toolkit

Explore how mCLASS helps you identify and support at-risk students.

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mCLASS Reporting Guide

Take a closer look at our teacher and administrator level reports.

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mCLASS FAQ

Explore our FAQ document to gain more insight into how the program can fit your…

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Amplify Reading Program Guide

Learn more about the personalized practice and reinforcement companion to mCLASS…

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Overview

With Amplify Science, students don’t just passively learn about science concepts. Instead, they take on the role of scientists and engineers to actively investigate and figure out 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.

 

Each unit of Amplify Science engages students in a relevant, real-world problem where they investigate scientific phenomena, engage in collaboration and discussion, and develop models or explanations in order to arrive at solutions.

 

Overview

A flexible, blended program

Amplify Science includes hands-on activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

Rooted in research

Amplify Science is rooted in the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize model of learning. This research-based approach presents students with multiple modalities through which to explore the NGSS curriculum.


EdReports

Amplify Science empowers students to think, read, and write like real scientists and engineers. Amplify Science for grades K–8 has been rated all-green by EdReports. Read the review on EdReports.

Explore the program

Thank you for your interest in Amplify Science. We have created demo accounts for you to explore our award-winning product. Below are instructions on how to log in and navigate.

Before logging in, watch this video to learn how to navigate the teacher and student digital experience.

  • How to log into the curriculum website:
    • Using a Google Chrome or Safari web browser, go to learning.amplify.com and select “Log in with Amplify”. (Note, if your school uses multiple Amplify products, you may also use my.amplify.com to locate all products in one place.)
  • Enter the following information:
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K–5 Resources

6–8 Resources

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Support is always available. Our team is dedicated to helping you every step of the way.

 

Monica Vincent
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About the program

Each unit of Amplify Science engages students in a relevant, real-world problem where they investigate scientific phenomena, engage in collaboration and discussion, and develop models or explanations in order to arrive at solutions.

The program includes hands-on activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

In every unit, students take on the role of scientists or engineers—marine biologists, geologists, water resource engineers, and more—to solve a real-world problem. These engaging roles and problems provide relevant contexts through which students investigate phenomena.

A powerful partnership

Amplify Science was developed by the science education experts at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify. As the Hall’s first curriculum designed to address the new science standards, Amplify Science reflects state-of-the-art practices in science teaching and learning.

Amplify Science is rooted in the Lawrence Hall of Science’s Do, Talk, Read, Write, Visualize model of learning. This research-based approach presents students with multiple modalities through which to explore the curriculum.

K–5 sample

 

 

In Balancing Forces, students are challenged to figure out how a floating train works in order to explain it to the citizens of the fictional city Faraday.

 

Preview the digital Teacher’s Guide

 

  • Learn more about phenomena and the student roles of scientists and engineers across all units in grades K–5.
  • Learn more about the Student Books written exclusively for Amplify Science for grades K–5.
  • Learn more about the program structure of Amplify Science for grades K–5.

Hear from teachers about why they love Amplify Science:

6–8 sample

Metabolism (Grade 6/Life Science)

Inhabiting the role of medical students in a hospital, students are able to draw the connections between the large-scale, macro-level experiences of the body and the micro-level processes that make the body function as they first diagnose a patient and then analyze the metabolism of world-class athletes.

 

Preview the digital Teacher’s Guide

 

  • Learn more about phenomena and the student roles of scientists and engineers across all units in grades 6–8.
  • Learn more about the digital simulations in grades 4–8 of Amplify Science.
  • Learn more about the program structure of Amplify Science for grades 6–8.

Hear from teachers about why they love Amplify Science:

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¡Les damos la bienvenida, familias de Amplify ELA!

Nos complace darles la bienvenida a usted y a su estudiante al programa Amplify ELA para el nuevo año escolar y brindarles oportunidades de aprendizaje excepcionales a través de ELA. Hemos reunido una serie de recursos y guías que ayudarán a que su estudiante aproveche al máximo nuestra plataforma. Ponemos a su disposición estos materiales para que también usted pueda brindar apoyo a su estudiante a lo largo de todo el año.

Para la versión en inglés, haga clic aquí.

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¿Qué es Amplify ELA?

Amplify ELA ayuda a los estudiantes de los grados 6 a 8 a leer y comprender textos complejos que los alientan a abordar ideas interesantes y a descubrir, por sí mismos, la relevancia de estos textos. Amplify ELA es un programa mixto que incluye materiales digitales e impresos, pero también se puede utilizar solo de manera impresa. Los estudiantes que usan Amplify ELA leen textos con atención, interpretan lo que encuentran, comparten sus ideas con sus compañeros y desarrollan sus ideas por escrito. La estructura de la lección es fácil de seguir, pero lo suficientemente flexible para permitir diversas experiencias de aprendizaje y lo suficientemente variada para mantener a los estudiantes interesados.

Las características incluyen:

  • Funcionalidad que permite a cada estudiante trabajar en su propio nivel y enfrentar, al mismo tiempo, desafíos adecuados.
  • Herramientas integradas que permiten a los maestros realizar un seguimiento y responder al trabajo de los estudiantes.
  • La biblioteca digital (Amplify Library), que contiene más de 700 libros completos de ficción y no ficción descargables.
  • La aplicación de vocabulario (Vocab App), que utiliza actividades lúdicas para ayudar a que los estudiantes dominen las palabras clave de los textos del programa. (Los estudiantes que utilicen materiales impresos verán las palabras clave resaltadas.)
  • Tareas de escritura independientes llamadas Solos, disponibles en dispositivos móviles.
  • Proyectos interactivos llamados Quests que acompañan a ciertas unidades para proporcionar práctica adicional en las habilidades analíticas de lectura, escritura, habla y escucha.

Primeros pasos

Cómo apoyar a su estudiante en casa:

  • Si es posible, lea con su estudiante a diario; incluso 15 minutos de lectura juntos al día pueden tener un gran impacto. Pueden leer juntos en voz alta secciones del texto; a muchos estudiantes de secundaria les gusta adoptar el papel de un personaje de una obra de teatro e interpretar parte de sus diálogos o añadir un toque dramático a un poema en el que estén trabajando. Si su estudiante tiene dificultad para leer en voz alta, intente leerle el texto con expresividad y después pida a su estudiante que haga lo mismo. Los días flexibles del programa (Flex Days) tienen una variedad de actividades de fluidez en la lectura que sirven como práctica adicional. Pídale a su estudiante que le ayude a encontrar estas actividades.
  • Busquen momentos para conversar sobre lo que están leyendo y descubriendo. Por ejemplo, usted podría preguntarle:¿Qué te llamó la atención de lo que leíste hoy? ¿Alguna frase o palabra te resultó confusa? ¿Qué te sorprendió más? ¿Qué crees que intentaba comunicar el autor? ¿Estás de acuerdo con sus ideas o descripciones? ¿Qué conexiones puedes establecer entre lo que lees y tu propia vida u otros temas que hayas escuchado?
  • Escuche a su estudiante leer sus respuestas escritas o pídale que las comparta con un amigo por teléfono o en una videollamada.
  • Explore Amplify Library para encontrar libros que su estudiante pueda disfrutar y leer con fluidez por su cuenta.
  • Consulte el artículo Proteja a los niños en internet de la Comisión Federal de Comercio, cuyo tema es la seguridad digital.

Cómo acceder a textos en Amplify Library.

¡Invitamos a que los estudiantes utilicen los textos básicos de Amplify Library en casa! Por favor, siga los siguientes pasos para poder descargar un texto y poder leerlo sin contar con acceso a internet:

1. Diríjase al menú Programs & Apps (Programas y aplicaciones) ubicado en la parte superior de la pantalla y desplácese hacia abajo hasta encontrar el icono de Amplify Library. Cuando lo seleccione, Amplify Library se abrirá en una nueva pestaña.

A digital menu displays various educational tools and resources, with "Amplify ELA" highlighted at the top and the "Library" option outlined in orange.

2.  Si se le solicita, siga las instrucciones para configurar un pin para Amplify Library; de lo contrario, continúe con el siguiente paso.

A pop-up window prompts the user to create a four-character PIN of lowercase letters and/or numbers for offline reading, with Cancel and Submit buttons.

3. En la esquina superior derecha de la pantalla, busque el libro que desea descargar. Por ejemplo: The Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing.

A digital library search page displays "yellow death" in the search bar with no results found for title, authors, or genre. Book covers are visible in the left sidebar.

4. Seleccione el botón Download (Descargar).

A digital library interface displays the book "The Secret of the Yellow Death" by Suzanne Jurmain, showing its cover, synopsis, and options to read or download.

5. Si pierde el acceso a internet mientras está en Amplify Library, podrá seguir accediendo y leyendo los libros descargados. Si la página se actualiza sin tener conexión a internet o usted intenta iniciar sesión en otro dispositivo sin tener conexión, perderá el acceso a los libros descargados hasta que se restablezca la conexión.

A dropdown menu under "My Library" shows options: Recently Read, Favorites, Downloaded (highlighted), and All Books. Below, a Recently Read section displays three book covers.

Para recuperar los textos descargados:

  1. Desde la aplicación de Amplify Library, abra el menú desplegable My Library (Mi biblioteca) ubicado en la esquina superior izquierda.
  2. Seleccione Downloaded (Descargados).
  3. Elija el texto que desea leer de entre todos los textos previamente descargados.

Vistazo general a los materiales

No todas las escuelas funcionan de la misma manera, pero los estudiantes que asisten a escuelas que tienen las ediciones impresas y digitales del programa probablemente tienen los siguientes materiales impresos en casa:

  • Edición para estudiantes (Student Edition): Incluye todas las lecturas y actividades necesarias para la instrucción a lo largo del año. Los estudiantes pueden leer las selecciones tanto en formato digital como impreso y anotar en ambos formatos. Las lecciones de la Edición para estudiantes impresa reflejan cada lección digital, pero se han modificado para que funcionen eficazmente en formato impreso.
  • Diarios de escritura (Writing Journals): Este espacio proporciona a los estudiantes la posibilidad de responder a indicaciones de escritura (Writing Prompts) y completar otras tareas escritas.

En el caso de que los estudiantes no tengan acceso a dispositivos o Internet, pueden continuar completando tareas clave de lectura y escritura utilizando las Ediciones para estudiantes impresas y los Diarios de escritura para estudiantes.

Los maestros también pueden acceder a, imprimir y enviar por correo las guías de novelas (Novel Guides) para estudiantes. Las guías abarcan hasta 12 novelas que suelen enseñarse en las escuelas. Seis de estas novelas están disponibles en Amplify Library y la mayoría debería estar disponible en una biblioteca pública.

Reseñas de unidades

A continuación, se presentan breves descripciones generales de cada unidad que su estudiante estudiará en su grado a lo largo del año. Con cada unidad se incluye una guía descargable que ofrece un repaso más detallado del contenido cubierto y de cómo puede ayudar a su estudiante a profundizar en la comprensión de los temas.

Unidad 6A

La narrativa de Dahl

Cada estudiante comienza con escritura narrativa para aumentar rápidamente su producción de escritura, aprender la destreza básica de enfoque y familiarizarse con los hábitos y rutinas clave del salón de clases que utilizarán todo el año. Luego, aplica su nueva capacidad de observación a entretenidas lecturas de la biografía de Roald Dahl, Boy, y aprende a trabajar de cerca con evidencias del texto.

Unidad 6B

Misterios e investigaciones

Cada estudiante lee con la atención propia de un investigador, embarcándose en un estudio del cautivante mundo del trabajo de detective en distintos géneros literarios. Al final de la unidad, el niño o la niña escribe una composición para explicar cuál es el rasgo más útil de un investigador en la resolución de problemas.

Unidad 6C

Colección acerca del chocolate

Los aztecas lo usaban como moneda, Robert Falcon Scott lo llevó a la Antártida, los nazis diseñaron con él una bomba para matar a Churchill. La historia del chocolate se remonta a 3,700 años en el pasado y está repleta de vicisitudes que la vuelven un tema de investigación gratificante. En esta unidad los y las estudiantes analizan documentos de primera fuente y conducen investigaciones independientes para entender mejor la extraña y maravillosa gama de roles que el chocolate ha desempeñado en el mundo a lo largo de los siglos.

Unidad 6D

Los griegos

Los mitos griegos nos ayudan a entender no solo la cultura griega antigua, sino también el mundo que nos rodea y la función que cumplimos en él. Partiendo de las rutinas y destrezas establecidas en las unidades anteriores, estas lecciones motivan a cada estudiante a dejar atrás el enfoque en una sola persona —él mismo o ella misma o un personaje— para contemplar cuestiones más amplias sobre el papel que las personas desempeñan en el mundo y en las comunidades donde residen.

Unidad 6E

El verano de las mariposas

Las tierras fronterizas de Estados Unidos y México son lugares poblados de leyendas, tanto verdaderas como ficticias. El verano de las mariposas, de Guadalupe García McCall, implanta una versión de la Odisea en este entorno, embarcando a cinco hermanas en una aventura que transcurre en un mundo de héroes y malhechores inspirado en mitos aztecas y leyendas latinoamericanas. La experiencia ayuda a las hermanas a aceptar la disolución del matrimonio de sus padres y a encontrar fortaleza renovada en su identidad de hermanas y en su conexión a un linaje azteca. En esta unidad, cada estudiante analiza el uso que McCall da a la estructura de una epopeya para crear una narración emocionante de aventuras, y cómo la autora hace uso de la narración para celebrar el poder femenino, su herencia latina y una definición más amplia de lo que es una familia. Cada estudiante también tiene oportunidad de comparar el viaje ficticio de las jóvenes a México con la descripción del viaje real de un jovencito a Estados Unidos.

Unidad 6F

Colección acerca del Titanic

Para aprender a diferenciar las fuentes primarias, secundarias y terciarias, determinar si una fuente dada es fiable y entender los usos éticos de la información, cada estudiante formula sus propias preguntas de investigación y busca las respuestas en internet. Asumirá así el papel de uno de los pasajeros o pasajeras de la lista de embarque del Titanic y considerará cuestiones de clase y género, a medida que investiga y escribe relatos desde el punto de vista de los viajeros.

Unidad 6F y unidad 6G

Comenzar a escribir un cuento

En esta unidad cada estudiante puede poner en práctica sus destrezas de escritura creativa, para aprender elementos de narración y desarrollo de personajes, y la importancia del lenguaje vívido. Cada estudiante consigue una noción de propiedad sobre su propia escritura a medida que experimenta los diferentes impactos de sus decisiones autorales en oraciones, lenguaje, rasgos de personajes y giros de la trama.

Unidad 6F

Gramática

En esta unidad cada estudiante completa instrucciones para seguir un aprendizaje autoguiado y practica lo que el maestro y la maestra le asignará durante el año.

Unidad 7A

La narrativa y La joven del pañuelo rojo

En esta unidad se presenta la autobiografía sumamente cautivante de una joven cuya vida transcurre en China durante la Revolución Cultural. Cada estudiante aprende la historia y el contexto político de este periodo, enfocándose en el relato de alguien que vivió en la época de la revolución. A medida que cada estudiante recorre el camino de la protagonista en ese mundo convulsionado, puede apreciar los cambios que se produjeron en los sentimientos y motivaciones de la joven a lo largo del tiempo.

Unidad 7B

Carácter y conflicto

Leyendo Una pasa al sol y Inocentón, cada estudiante explora el tema de las personas que, al enfrentar adversidades, pueden infligir daño en quienes los rodean sin intención de hacerlo. Las dos narrativas se complementan para brindar a cada estudiante oportunidades de analizar las respuestas de los personajes al conflicto y el desarrollo de ideas del autor o la autora en una obra de ficción.

Unidad 7C

La ciencia del cerebro
¿Podrías sobrevivir después de que una vara de hierro te atravesara el cráneo? Phineas Gage lo hizo y su historia, escalofriante pero real, permite desarrollar la información de contexto y analizar otros textos informativos, incluyendo los contemporáneos El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero y el obviamente relevante La desmitificación del cerebro adolescente.

Unidad 7D

La poesía y Poe

Los textos de Poe siempre tienen mucho para observar, descifrar, comentar y… crisparnos los nervios. Dado que las cosas no siempre son lo que aparentan, cada estudiante usa las destrezas de lectura atenta para cuestionar si debería creer lo que el narrador de Poe les está contando.

Unidad 7E

Colección acerca de Frida y Diego

Los artistas más famosos y provocativos de México, Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, formaron una pareja extraordinaria que vivió en tiempos extraordinarios. Eran almas gemelas con personalidades totalmente opuestas. Las obras de Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo y sus vidas multifacéticas ofrecen a cada estudiante un tema fértil y fascinante para examinar documentos de fuente primaria y conducir investigaciones independientes.

Unidad 7F

Colección acerca de La fiebre del oro

Cada estudiante elige entre una extensa colección de fuentes primarias y secundarias para aprender acerca de la amplia diversidad de personas que participaron en La fiebre del oro de California.

Unidad 7G

Escribir un cuento: nivel intermedio

En esta unidad cada estudiante puede poner en práctica sus destrezas de escritura creativa para aprender elementos de narración y desarrollo de personajes, y la importancia del lenguaje vívido.

Unidad 7

Gramática

En esta unidad cada estudiante completa instrucciones para seguir un aprendizaje autoguiado que el maestro o la maestra le asignará durante el año. Las sub unidades están organizadas por temas clave de gramática, de manera de que el maestro o la maestra pueda asignar el contenido que mejor se acomoda a las necesidades de sus estudiantes mientras se asegura de que trabajen con temas clave de gramática apropiados para su grado.

Unidad 8A

Perspectivas y narrativa
Esta unidad procura enseñar a cada estudiante a leer como un escritor o una escritora. Así, pone en práctica la destreza de prestar atención al oficio de la escritura: las decisiones que toma un buen escritor o escritora para darle forma a nuestra percepción de una escena o a nuestros sentimientos hacia un personaje, y para despertar nuestras emociones, sorprendernos o dejarnos pensando en lo que podría suceder después. Cada estudiante lee atentamente ejemplos de narrativas de no ficción, analiza las técnicas que usa cada autor para que sus textos evoquen emociones y practica la aplicación de estas técnicas en sus propios textos narrativos.

Unidad 8B

Libertad e igualdad
Analizamos las palabras de varios creadores —desde el poeta Walt Whitman hasta el abolicionista Frederick Douglass y el presidente Abraham Lincoln— para descubrir cómo sus escritos y obras contribuyeron a los cambios extremos de la organización social: un concepto totalmente nuevo de lo que significaba considerar a las personas “iguales”.

Unidad 8C

Ciencias y ciencia ficción
Cada estudiante leerá la obra Frankenstein de Gris Grimly, una novela gráfica que integra ilustraciones cautivantes en una versión abreviada de la edición de 1818 del libro de Mary Shelley. Combinadas con el texto de Shelley, las inquietantes —y a veces espeluznantes— representaciones de la criatura de Frankenstein diseñadas por Grimly impulsan a cada estudiante a contemplar algunos de los temas centrales del texto: el origen de la humanidad y la raíz del mal. Luego escribe un ensayo, en el cual, después de argumentar a favor de ambos lados de la cuestión, determina si en última instancia la criatura de Frankenstein debería considerarse humana.

Unidad 8D

Romeo y Julieta, de Shakespeare
Romeo y Julieta combina romance y acción, ofreciendo una amplia gama de temas y escenas que cada estudiante puede leer y representar actuando. Cada estudiante de nivel intermedio tiene la edad adecuada para identificarse con los sentimientos intensos de los amantes, y ha alcanzado la madurez suficiente como para analizar de forma crítica las decisiones que toman Romeo y Julieta.

Unidad 8E

El Holocausto: memoria y significado
Esta unidad usa una variedad de artículos, imágenes y videos de primera fuente, así como textos de no ficción literaria y no ficción gráfica, para estudiar los sucesos que hicieron posibles las atrocidades del Holocausto. Cada estudiante investiga cómo se generó y se empleó la propaganda para crear un ambiente político que llegó a corromper a toda una sociedad. Las Olimpiadas se observan a través de la lente de una campaña de propaganda internacional, al amparo de la cual los nazis comenzaron a eliminar de su cultura a las personas que no eran de lo que consideraban “raza aria”. La sub unidad final examina los resultados de la doctrina nazi y su impacto en las víctimas y sobrevivientes judíos.

Unidad 8F

Colección acerca de La carrera espacial
Cada estudiante usa internet para poner a prueba sus destrezas de investigación y lectura atenta, y distingue entre fuentes fiables y fuentes no fiables.

En esta colección los estudiantes exploran documentos primarios y llevan a cabo investigación independiente para comprender mejor esta carrera espacial entre los dos superpoderes del planeta. La dramática historia de la carrera espacial ofrece a cada estudiante un generoso tema de investigación para explorar, mientras desarrollan destrezas de lectoescritura informativa, y aprenden cómo elaborar sus propias preguntas de investigación y exploran Internet en busca de respuestas.

Unidad 8

Gramática

En esta unidad cada estudiante completan instrucciones para seguir un aprendizaje autoguiado que el maestro o la maestra le asignará durante el año. Las sub unidades están organizadas por temas clave de gramática, de manera de que el maestro o la maestra pueda asignar el contenido que mejor se acomoda a las necesidades de sus estudiantes mientras se aseguran de que trabajen con temas clave de gramática apropiados para su grado.

Unidad 8G

Escribir un cuento: nivel avanzado

En esta unidad cada estudiante pueden poner en práctica sus destrezas de escritura creativa, para aprender elementos de narración y desarrollo de personajes. También aprende la importancia del lenguaje vívido para enganchar a sus lectores y atraerles al cuento.

Actividades adicionales

Quests:

Quizás observe que su estudiante trabaja con sus compañeros en el mismo proyecto interactivo durante varios días, intentando resolver un misterio o explicar un acontecimiento histórico. Eso es lo que sucede cuando un maestro asigna una misión (Quest): una exploración minuciosa de una semana que requiere colaboración y ayuda a profundizar la interacción con los textos y con los temas tratados.

Vocab App:

La aplicación de vocabulario (Vocab App) ayuda a los estudiantes a dominar las palabras del vocabulario a través de actividades lúdicas que los hacen pensar en la morfología, la analogía y los sinónimos y antónimos, y a descifrar el significado a través del contexto.

¿Tiene alguna pregunta sobre Amplify ELA?

Visite nuestra biblioteca de ayuda (en inglés) y busque respuestas a sus preguntas sobre el programa en nuestros artículos de ayuda.

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Program

Each grade includes six core text-based units, two to three immersive Learning Experiences called Quests, and a dedicated Story Writing unit, all of which account for 180 days of instruction.

Carefully selected for their adherence to the CCSS ELA/Literacy, the texts in the Amplify ELA curriculum balance literary and informational text, and include a rich representation of genres: novels, plays, poetry, memoirs, and other full-length texts. This English Language Arts resource will allow students to grow and develop their literacy skills.

Quests are not graded. These week-long narrative lesson plans build on the literacy skills students have been developing in traditional lessons. They also shake up classroom routines and allow students to take the lead—driving engagement and enabling students to explore new ideas.

In Amplify ELA, text selections have been carefully curated to engage students in the study of complex texts at each grade level. Lexile levels are included for each core text. The Amplify ELA program has sequenced core texts, creating a “staircase” of steadily increasing complexity as measured by quantitative measures, qualitative measures, and task consideration.

Amplify’s core middle school ELA lessons expose students to a diverse array of text types, genres, authors, and time periods. By representing a wide range of student interests and perspectives, these texts develop student curiosity while also building skills and content knowledge.

No. Access to all 650+ full length titles in the Amplify Library is included in the student license. Students can download the texts from the library onto their device and access them offline, as well.

Technology

Amplify ELA 2nd edition is a blended instructional model and can be used in classrooms with limited access to devices. Teachers can make strategic choices about when their students use devices without compromising learning, while still providing 100% standards coverage.

Our curriculum offers a hybrid approach to instruction. We have developed a robust digital platform and tools for students to interact with text in unique ways and for teachers to track and support student progress. When students are using our rich print materials, teachers can share those digital experiences through classroom projection.

Amplify ELA is a web-based, device-agnostic program, meaning that it works across any device. PCs, Chromebooks, Macs, and iPads are all compliant.

Website Terms of Use

Description of Site Services; Acceptance of Terms of Use

Welcome to www.amplify.com (together with any successor sites and the Site Services and Company Content (each as defined below), in whole and in part, the “Site”). The Site is operated by Amplify Education, Inc. (“Company” or “we”). The services that Company makes available on or through the Site include education-related articles, information and instructional services, purchasing functionality, support chat functionality and any other features, content, services, functionality and applications offered from time to time by Company on or through the Site (collectively, “Site Services”).

BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE OF LEGAL AGE TO ENTER INTO THIS TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BY PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES ON THE SITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS OF USE THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARTICULAR GOODS AND SERIVICES YOU ARE PURCHASING.

Please read this Agreement carefully. If you are an employee or other representative of a school or other organization who is accessing or using the Site on behalf of such organization, then you are agreeing to this Agreement on behalf of yourself and such organization. We may modify this Agreement at any time in our discretion, and we may provide such modifications to you by any reasonable means, including by posting the revised version of this Agreement on the Site. You can determine when this Agreement was last revised by referring to the “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this Agreement. Your access to or use of the Site following any changes to this Agreement will constitute your acceptance of those changes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any changes to this Agreement shall not apply to any dispute between you and us arising prior to the date on which we posted the revised version of this Agreement incorporating such changes or otherwise notified you of such changes. If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement, you must not access or use the Site. Your access to and use of certain parts of the Site may require you to accept additional terms and conditions, and may require you to download certain Software or Content (each as defined below).

Jurisdictional Issues

The Site is controlled and operated by Company from the United States, and is not intended to subject Company to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States. Company does not represent or warrant that the Site is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction other than the United States. In choosing to access and use the Site, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and you are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. You are also subject to United States export controls and are responsible for any violations of such controls, including any United States embargoes and other federal rules and regulations restricting exports. We may limit the Site’s availability to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in our discretion. Not all products or services described on the Site are available in all states or territories.

Company content

The Site contains information, text, files, images, video, sounds, musical works, computer code, works of authorship, applications, and other materials and content (collectively, “Content”) of Company or its licensors (“Company Content”). The Site (including the Company Content) is protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret and other laws, and as between you and Company, Company owns and retains all rights in the Site. Company hereby grants to you a limited, revocable, non-sublicensable license, during the term of the Agreement, to access, display and perform the Company Content (excluding any computer code) solely for your personal, non-commercial use and solely as necessary to access and use the Site. Except as expressly permitted by Company in this Agreement or on the Site, you may not copy, download, stream, capture, reproduce, duplicate, archive, upload, modify, translate, create derivative works based upon, publish, broadcast, transmit, retransmit, distribute, perform, display, sell or otherwise use or transfer any Content. You may not, either directly or through the use of any device, software, online resource or other means, remove, alter, bypass, avoid, interfere with or circumvent any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice on the Content or any digital rights management mechanism, device, or other content protection or access control measure associated with the Content.

User content

You may not access or use the Site for any commercial purpose. You are responsible for all Content that you post, upload, transmit, e-mail or otherwise make available on, through or in connection with the Site (collectively, “User Content”). Please choose carefully the Content that you make available on, through or in connection with the Site. Company does not control any Content other than Company Content, and as such you may be exposed to offensive, indecent, inaccurate or otherwise objectionable Content by accessing or using the Site. Company is not responsible or liable for any Content or the conduct of any Site user. If you become aware of any misuse of the Site, please report such misuse immediately to Company at general@amplify.com. Company reserves the right (but has no obligation) to monitor the Site, including for inappropriate Content or conduct, and to remove any Content in Company’s discretion and without liability to you or any third party.

Your proprietary rights

You retain any ownership rights that you have in your User Content. You hereby grant to Company and its affiliates, licensees and authorized users, a perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), transferable (in whole or in part), worldwide license to use, modify, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and compilations based upon, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and distribute such User Content on, through or in connection with the Site and/or any other commercial or non-commercial endeavor of Company or any of its affiliates, including in connection with any distribution or syndication thereof to Third Party Services (as defined below), on and through all media formats now known or hereafter devised, for any and all purposes including promotional, marketing, trade and commercial purposes. The exercise of such rights shall not require any further permission or notice, payment or attribution to you or any third party. Company reserves the right to limit the storage capacity made available for User Content.

You represent and warrant that: (a) you own the User Content made available by you, or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section, and (b) the posting of such User Content through or in connection with the Site does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees and any other monies owing to any person or entity by reason of the use of such User Content.

Use of the site

You agree not to:

  • Post, upload or otherwise transmit or link to Content that is: unlawful; threatening; harmful; abusive; pornographic or includes nudity; offensive; harassing; excessively violent; tortious; defamatory; false or misleading; obscene; vulgar; libelous; hateful; or discriminatory.
  • Violate the rights of others, including patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, privacy, publicity, contract or other proprietary rights.
  • Harass or harm another person.
  • Exploit or endanger a minor.
  • Impersonate any person or entity.
  • Introduce or engage in activity that involves the use of viruses, bots, worms, Trojan horses, Easter eggs, time bombs, spyware or any other computer code, files or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or otherwise permit the unauthorized access to or use of a computer or a computer network.
  • Interfere with, damage, disable, disrupt, impair, create an undue burden on, or gain unauthorized access to the Site or any Account, or Company’s servers or networks;
  • Restrict or inhibit any other person from using the Site (including by hacking or defacing the Site). Cover, remove, disable, block or obscure the Site (including advertisements on the Site).
  • Use technology or any automated system, such as scripts or bots, to collect user names, passwords, e-mail addresses or any other data from or through the Site, or to circumvent or modify any security technology or software that is part of the Site.
  • Send or cause to send (directly or indirectly) unsolicited bulk messages or other unsolicited bulk communications of any kind through the Site. If you do so, you acknowledge you will have caused substantial harm to Company, and that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to measure. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, you agree to pay to Company $50.00 for each actual or intended recipient of such communication.
  • Modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Site.
  • Solicit, collect or request any information for commercial or unlawful purposes.
  • Post, upload or otherwise transmit an image or video of another person without that person’s consent.
  • Use the Site to advertise, promote or engage in any commercial activity (including engaging in sales, contests or sweepstakes) without Company’s prior written consent.
  • Frame or mirror the Site without Company’s express prior written consent.
  • Use the Site in a manner inconsistent with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
  • Use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or other manual or automatic device to retrieve, index, “scrape,” “data mine,” or in any way gather content of the Site or reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Site without Company’s express prior written consent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company grants to the operators of public search engines the permission to use spiders to copy material from the Site for the sole purpose of, and solely to the extent necessary for, creating publicly-available searchable indices of such material, but not caches or archives of such material. Company reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
  • Attempt, facilitate or encourage others to do any of the foregoing.

Company reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against anyone who, in Company’s discretion, violates this Agreement or attempts to do so, including terminating or suspending a user’s Account or access to or use of the Site, or reporting any User Content or conduct to law enforcement authorities.

You (and not Company) are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telecommunications, broadband and computer hardware, equipment and services needed to access and use the Site, and for paying all charges related thereto.

User disputes

You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Site, providers of Third Party Services (as defined below) or any other third parties with whom you interact on, through or in connection with the Site.

Purchases

Company may make available products and services for purchase through the Site, and may use third-party suppliers and service providers to enable e-commerce functionality on the Site. You may only purchase products and services that appear on the Site and that are delivered to an address located in the United States. You may only purchase products and services for personal, non-commercial use by you, your educational institution or students of your educational institution. We may limit quantities or refuse any order for any reason or no reason, including if we have reasonable cause to believe an order is for onward sale or resale other than through distribution channels approved by us. We make no promise that products or services available on the Site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and purchasing products or services for delivery to or use in territories where their contents are unlawful is prohibited. If you choose to purchase products or services from locations outside the United States, you do so at your own risk. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any product or service made available through the Site.

If you wish to purchase any product or service made available through the Site, you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your transaction, including your credit card number, the expiration date of your credit card, your billing address and your shipping information. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY CREDIT CARD(S) USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION. By submitting such information, you grant to Company the right to provide such information to third parties for purposes of facilitating the completion of transactions initiated by you or on your behalf. Verification of information may be required prior to the acknowledgement or completion of any transaction. While it is our practice to confirm orders by e-mail, the receipt of an e-mail order confirmation does not constitute our acceptance of an order or our confirmation of an offer to sell a product or service.

Details of the products and services available for purchase are set forth on the Site. All prices are displayed exclusive of all taxes and shipping/freight charges. Available payment methods, methods of shipping and shipping charges (including charges for expedited shipping, if available) are detailed on the Site. Company may also collect and remit sales tax on your purchase as required by United States law. If you are a tax-exempt entity, please enter the appropriate information where requested on your order form and we will not collect sales tax on your purchase.

Generally, credit and debit cards are not charged until we either ship the product(s) or confirm store availability (at which time you will be charged only for the products we have actually shipped along with any applicable taxes and shipping charges). However, we may pre-authorize your order amount with your credit or debit card issuer at the time you place the order, which may have an effect on your available credit line. When paying for a preorder with a debit card, you will be charged at the time you place your preorder. Please contact your credit or debit card issuer for more information. If you ordered a special delivery product, you will be charged once a delivery time is confirmed. For digitally delivered orders, your credit or debit card will be charged at the time that you initiate the download of the product.

All purchases made through the Site are made pursuant to a shipment contract. As a result, risk of loss and title for products purchased through the Site pass to you upon delivery of the products to the carrier. You are responsible for filing any claims with carriers for damaged and/or lost shipments. Please note that all shipping addresses must be compliant with the shipping restrictions contained on the Site.

Products, services and specifications

All products and services described or depicted on the Site, and all related features, content, specifications and prices, are subject to change at any time without notice. Certain weights, measures and similar descriptions are approximate and are provided for convenience purposes only. Packaging may vary from that shown. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the applicable colors; however, the actual color you see will depend on your computer system, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display such colors. The inclusion of any product or service on the Site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that such product or service will be available at any time. Occasionally, the manufacture or distribution of a certain product or service may be delayed for a number of reasons. In such event, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you of the delay and keep you informed of the revised delivery schedule. By placing an order, you represent that the products and services ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. All DVDs and similar products are sold for private, non-commercial home use (where no admission fee is charged), non-public performance, or classroom or instructional use only, and may not be duplicated.

Return and exchange policy

Unless otherwise specified in the terms associated with a particular product, you may return or exchange any product purchased through the Site within fourteen (14) days of receipt, by calling our customer service hotline, 1–800–823–1969, in the event that the purchased product is defective or you received the wrong product. Except for the foregoing, you may not return, cancel or exchange any product or service. Certain jurisdictions may provide additional statutory rights. Nothing herein is meant to limit your return or cancellation rights under local law. In the event that a return or exchange is due to an incorrect order or faulty product, we will be responsible for the shipping costs associated with such return. We will ship a replacement product upon receiving your defective or incorrect product and verifying the reason for the return or exchange.

Accuracy of information

We attempt to ensure that information on the Site is complete, accurate and current. Despite our efforts, the information on the Site may occasionally be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. We make no representation as to the completeness, accuracy or currency of any information on the Site. For example, products or services included on the Site may be unavailable, may have different attributes than those listed, or may carry a different price than that stated on the Site. If an item’s correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation. Items in your “Shopping Bag” reflect the current price displayed on the item’s product detail page. Please note that this price may differ from the price displayed when the item was first placed in your Shopping Bag. In addition, we may make changes in information about price and availability without notice.

Chemicals, agricultural materials, and other hazardous materials

Certain products made available through the Site may include chemicals, agricultural materials or other material that may be subject to regulations or restrictions with respect to import or export, or to whom we may sell such material or where or how such material may be used. It is your responsibility to read and abide by all warning notices that accompany any products that you purchase. In addition, we reserve the right to request additional information from you, verify your identity, limit sales to certified educational or research institutions, or cancel or delay your order if required by law or if we believe it is necessary or advisable. Due to special shipping and handling requirements, freight companies routinely impose a surcharge on each package of hazardous material shipped. In such event, we will add such surcharge to your order.

Registration and account security

You may have the ability to create an account on or through the Site (an “Account”). If you submit registration information to create an Account, you represent and warrant that all information submitted to Company in connection with such registration is complete and accurate, and that you will update such information if it changes. If you create an Account, you are responsible for all use of your Account, and for maintaining the confidentiality of the information used to access your Account (including user name and password). You agree not to share your user name or password with anyone, or use anyone else’s Account at any time. You agree to notify Company immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of, or access to, your Account (including your user name and password). You acknowledge that the reuse of your password in connection with accounts on other websites increases the risk that the security of your Account may be compromised.

The Site may make available, or third parties may provide, links to other websites, applications, resources, advertisements, Content or other products or services created, hosted or made available by third parties (“Third Party Services”), and such third party may use other third parties to provide portions of the Third Party Service to you, such as technology, development or payment services. When you access or use a Third Party Service, you are interacting with the applicable third party, not with Company, and you do so at your own risk. Company is not responsible for and makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the Third Party Services or the providers of such Third Party Services (including the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by such Third Party Service or the privacy practices of any third party). Inclusion of any Third Party Service or a link thereto on the Site does not imply approval or endorsement of such Third Party Service. Company is not responsible or liable for the content or practices of any Third Party Service or third party, even if such Third Party Service links to or is linked by the Site, and even if such Third Party Service is operated by an affiliate of Company or a company otherwise connected with us or the Site

Feedback

Unless we expressly agree otherwise in writing, if you provide us with any ideas, proposals, suggestions or materials (“Feedback”), whether related to the Site or otherwise, you hereby acknowledge and agree that (a) your provision of any Input is gratuitous, unsolicited and without restriction and does not place Company under any fiduciary or other obligation; and (b) any Feedback is not confidential and Company has no confidentiality obligations with respect to such Feedback.. You hereby grant to us a world-wide, royalty-free, fully paid-up, exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, transferable and fully sublicensable (through multiple tiers) license, without additional consideration to you or any third party, to reproduce, distribute, perform and display (publicly or otherwise), adapt, modify and otherwise use and exploit such Feedback, in any format or media now known or hereafter developed, and you hereby represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to grant the foregoing license. We may use Feedback for any purpose whatsoever without permission or notice, compensation or attribution to you or any third party. You are and remain responsible and liable for the content of any Feedback.

Privacy

Please review the Privacy Policy for the Site, available at http://www.amplify.com/privacy, to learn about our information collection, usage and disclosures practices with respect to information collected by us through the Site. Please note that certain products or services made available by us, other than the Site, may be subject to different privacy policies. In addition, the Site’s Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible or liable for, the information collection, usage and disclosures practices of any third party or Third Party Service.

Disclaimers

THE SITE, USER CONTENT, THIRD PARTY SERVICES, AND ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SOLD THROUGH THE SITE (COLLECTIVELY, THE “SITE PRODUCTS”) ARE MADE AVAILABLE “AS-IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” AND COMPANY DOES NOT GUARANTEE OR PROMISE ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS FROM USE OF THE SITE PRODUCTS. COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR USER CONTENT OR THIRD PARTY SERVICES, OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE THEREOF, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES OF ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE SITE PRODUCTS THAT VIOLATES ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR REGULATION. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Under no circumstances will Company or its affiliates be responsible for any loss or damage, including property damage, personal injury or death, resulting from use of the Site, Products, problems or technical malfunction in connection with use of the Site, Products, attendance at any Company event or the conduct of any Site users, whether online or offline. Your use of the Site, Products is solely your responsibility and at your own risk. The User Content and Third Party Services do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Company or its affiliates.

Limitations on liability

IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE PRODUCTS, EVEN IF COMPANY OR ONE OF ITS AFFILIATES HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN, THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES TO YOU FOR ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION, WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO COMPANY FOR THE SITE PRODUCTS.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Company, its affiliates, subcontractors and other partners, and each of their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, from any losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), liabilities, claims or demands, due to or arising out of your use of the Site, your breach or alleged breach of this Agreement, your violation or alleged violation of any rights of another, or any Content that you post or otherwise submit on, through or in connection with the Site.

Termination

This Agreement remains in full force and effect while you access or use the Site. If you create an Account, you may terminate your Account at any time, for any reason, by contacting us at general@amplify.com. Company may terminate or suspend your Account and/or your access to or use of the Site at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice or explanation, and without liability. Upon any such suspension or termination, your right to access and use the Site will immediately cease, and Company may immediately deactivate or delete your Account and all files and other information associated with it, and/or bar any further access to such files and other information. Company shall not be liable to you or any third party for any suspension or termination of your Account or of access to or use of the Site or any such files or other information, and shall not be required to make such files and other information available to you after any such suspension or termination. Sections 2, 5, 13, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 26 shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement.

U.S. export controls

All software made available in connection with the Site (“Software”) may be subject to United States export controls. No Software may be downloaded from or through the Site or otherwise exported or re-exported in violation of U.S. export laws.

Governing law

The terms of this Agreement are governed by the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., without regard to its conflicts of law provisions, and regardless of your location.

Arbitration

EXCEPT FOR DISPUTES THAT QUALIFY FOR SMALL CLAIMS COURT, ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, FRAUD, MISREPRESENTATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH FINAL AND BINDING ARBITRATION BEFORE A NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR INSTEAD OF IN A COURT BY A JUDGE OR JURY, AND YOU AGREE THAT COMPANY AND YOU ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY A JURY. YOU AGREE THAT ANY ARBITRATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS; CLASS ARBITRATIONS AND CLASS ACTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED AND YOU ARE AGREEING TO GIVE UP THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION.

Arbitration procedure

Any arbitration under Section 23 above will be administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes (“Supplementary Procedures”), as amended by this Agreement. The Supplementary Procedures are available online at http://www.adr.org/aaa/ShowPDF?doc=ADRSTG_015820. The arbitrator will conduct hearings, if any, by teleconference or videoconference, rather than by personal appearances, unless the arbitrator determines upon request by you or by us that an in-person hearing is appropriate. Any in-person appearances will be held at a location which is reasonably convenient to both parties with due consideration of their ability to travel and other pertinent circumstances. If the parties are unable to agree on a location, such determination should be made by the AAA or by the arbitrator. The arbitrator’s decision will follow the terms of this Agreement and will be final and binding. The arbitrator will have authority to award temporary, interim or permanent injunctive relief or relief providing for specific performance of this Agreement, but only to the extent necessary to provide relief warranted by the individual claim before the arbitrator. The award rendered by the arbitrator may be confirmed and enforced in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will preclude you from bringing issues to the attention of federal, state, or local agencies, and, if the law allows, they can seek relief against us for you.

Employment opportunities

Company may, from time to time, post Company employment opportunities on the Site and/or invite users to submit resumes to Company. If you choose to submit your name, contact information, resume and/or other personal information to Company in response to such employment listings, you are authorizing Company to use this information for all lawful and legitimate hiring, employment and other business purposes. Company also reserves the right, at its discretion, to forward such information to Company’s affiliates for their legitimate business purposes. Nothing in this Agreement or contained on the Site will constitute a promise by Company to review any such information, or to contact, interview, hire or employ any individual who submits such information.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA”) provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe that any material residing on or linked to from the Site infringes your copyright, please send (or have your agent send) to Company’s Copyright Agent a notification of claimed infringement with all of the following information: (a) identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; (b) identification of the claimed infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material on the Site (such as the URL(s) of the claimed infringing material); (c) information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an e-mail address; (d) a statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, the copyright owner’s agent or the law; (e) a statement by you that the above information in your notification is accurate and a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed or are authorized to act on such owner’s behalf; and (f) your physical or electronic signature. Company’s Copyright Agent for notification of claimed infringement can be reached as follows: Copyright Agent, Amplify Education, Inc., 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201; Facsimile: 212-796-2311; Attn: Legal. Company’s Copyright Agent for notification of claimed infringement can also be reached electronically at: legal@amplify.com. Company reserves the right to terminate infringers’ and suspected infringers’ Accounts or their access to or use of the Site.

Notice for California residents

Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following consumer rights notice: If you have a question or complaint regarding the Site, please contact us by writing to Amplify Education, Inc., 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 or by calling us at 212–213–8177 or sending a fax to 212–796–2311. California residents may reach the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by mail at 1625 North Market Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (916) 445–1254 or (800) 952–5210.

Other terms

This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, create any partnership, joint venture, employer-employee, agency or franchisor-franchisee relationship between you and Company. You may not assign, transfer or sublicense any or all of your rights or obligations under this Agreement without our express prior written consent. We may assign, transfer or sublicense any or all of our rights or obligations under this Agreement without restriction. The failure of Company to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The Section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. References to and mentions of the word “include,” “includes,” “including,” or “e.g.” will mean “including, without limitation.” References to “discretion” will mean “sole discretion.” This Agreement operates to the fullest extent permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions. Without limitation, you agree that a printed version of this Agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Company will not be responsible for failures to fulfill any obligations due to causes beyond its control.

Please contact us at legal@amplify.com with any questions regarding this Agreement.