Elementary School

At the K–5 level, each unit kit includes one copy of the Investigation Notebook. For classrooms, additional copies can be purchased pre-printed and bound from Amplify, or teachers can download and print them directly from the curriculum website. For districts using Amplify Science with digital student licenses, the physical Investigation Notebooks are optional since students can engage with its pages digitally (see Flexible, Blended program for more information).

Middle School

In grades 6-8, the Notebooks mirror the content available to students digitally, including all articles, and can therefore serve multiple purposes:

• For those schools and classrooms that do not have devices for every student, the notebooks are required, as student would not be accessing lesson content online (see the “Flexible, Blended Program” section for more information).
• For those schools and classrooms that do have devices for every student, the notebooks are valuable as print backups, in case the classroom’s internet connection is unreliable, or if device availability suddenly changes.
• For all schools, Notebooks allow teachers to send assignments home with students on paper, and to share those assignments with parents more easily.