Amplify Science Resources for NYC

Authored by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, Amplify Science is a comprehensive program that blends literacy-rich activities, hands-on investigations, and engaging digital experiences to empower New York City students to think, read, write, and argue like 21st-century scientists and engineers. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program offers schools and individual teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences. 

Amplify Science meets higher expectations for science teaching and learning in New York City in a variety of ways: 

• Anchor phenomena, explored through diverse interdisciplinary contexts, serve as the foundation for compelling, coherent storylines. 
• Research-based multimodal learning allows students to develop expertise in all Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs) and deep understanding of Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) and Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) through repeated experiences within a wide variety of contexts. 
• Integrated literacy support allows students to build the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills necessary to obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the natural world.
• Modeling tools enable students to create, and later revise, visualizations of their ideas of key scientific phenomena at critical points in the curriculum. 
• Embedded engineering in units focused on engineering and technology emphasize that there’s not always one right answer, as students balance competing constraints to design the best justifiable solutions.