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 New York City Edition

Elementary School

Every year of Amplify Science K–5 consists of 3–4 units, with each unit containing 20 lessons plus two full-session assessments (a Pre-Unit Assessment and End-of-Unit Assessment). Kindergarten and grade 1 lessons are written for 45-minute sessions, and grades 2–5 lessons are written for 60-minute sessions — though teachers can expand or contract the timing to meet their needs.

Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade
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
3rd Grade	4th Grade	5th Grade
Balancing Forces Inheritance and Traits Environments and Survival Weather and Climate	Energy Conversions Vision and Light Earth’s Features Waves, Energy, and Information	Patterns of Earth and Sky Modeling Matter The Earth System Ecosystem Restoration

Middle School

Amplify Science New York City Edition (6–8) is made up of 3 courses (or “years”) that will prepare students to meet all of the NYSSLS in the grade-level order preferred by New York City.

A course consists of a set of units, each of which contain either ten lessons (Launch and Engineering Internship units) or nineteen lessons (Core units), depending on the unit type (explained more below). All lessons are written for a 45-minute class period, but teachers can always expand or contract this timing to meet their class’ needs.

6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Harnessing Human Energy Thermal Energy Populations and Resources Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Weather Patterns Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Earth’s Changing Climate	Microbiome Metabolism Phase Change Chemical Reactions Plate Motion Plate Motion: Engineering Internship Rock Transformations Earth’s Changing Climate: Engineering Internship	Geology on Mars Earth, Moon, and Sun Force and Motion Force and Motion: Engineering Internship Magnetic Fields Light Waves Traits and Reproduction Natural Selection Evolutionary History

Note: for the ’20-’21 school year, NYC will be following this adapted sequence.