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Science Program

Our Science program, Amplify Science, is taught by cluster teachers to deepen content knowledge and foster synthesis of ideas and concepts from K-5. Students are engaged in inquiry based and hands-on activities that require high level thinking across a variety of modalities allowing them to question and explore. Amplify Science blends digital experiences with hands-on lessons that inspire students to think like scientists and engineers to solve real-world problems.
Viewing the world as scientists and engineers
In our curriculum, educators ask students to investigate a problem or phenomenon as a biomedical engineer, marine biologist or food chemist would, to name a few. ​
Applying new knowledge more than once to deepen understanding
At the culmination of most units, students are presented a second problem, designed so students can apply their newly acquired knowledge to a similar problem in novel circumstances. It is in this step that students demonstrate a deep understanding of knowledge and recognize the strength of their intellectual
potential.
Do-Talk-Read-Write-Visualize
Amplify Science is rooted in the Do-Talk-Read-Write-Visualize model of learning. Coupling this process with a suite of digital apps, including modeling tools, computerized simulations, and science practice apps, students step into the world of science and learn from within it.
Topics by Grade
Kindergarten
  • Needs of Plants and Animals
  • Pushes and Pulls
  • Sunlight and Weather
1st Grade
  • ​Animal and Plant Defenses
  • Light and Sound
  • Spinning Earth
2nd Grade
  • Plant and Animal Relationships
  • Properties of Materials
  • Changing Landforms
3rd Grade
  • Balancing Forces
  • Inheritance and Traits
  • Environments and Survival
  • Weather and Climate
4th Grade
  • Energy Conversions
  • ​Vision and Light
  • ​Earth’s Features
  • ​Waves, Energy, and Information
5th Grade
  • ​Patterns of Earth and Sky
  • ​Modeling Matter
  • ​The Earth System
  • ​Ecosystem Restoration
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