Scope and Sequence
In Amplify Science, each grade level has a set of units designed to completely address the Performance Expectations for that particular grade. The units also enable students to build knowledge across disciplines each year, so that past learning is connected to new concepts, applied to new phenomena, and further developed in each successive year.
Amplify Science 6–8
Each course (or “year”) of Amplify Science for grades 6–8 consists of nine units. An example of how the units can be distributed amongst each of the grade levels is provided here, but schools have full discretion to order the units into any sequence that is appropriate for their district. Each unit contains 10–19 lessons, each of which was written for a 45-minute session — though teachers can expand or contract the timing to meet their needs. The number of lessons in a unit depends on the unit type, which is explained in more detail below.
Example integrated sequence:
Navigation structure:
The curriculum is intuitively organized and easy to navigate. Courses/Years contain units, which contain chapters, which contain lessons, which contain activities.
There are three types of units in Amplify Science grades 6–8: Launch, Core, and Engineering Internships. Each year has one Launch unit, six Core units, and two Engineering Internships.