Phenomenain Grades K–5

Students don't learn science by memorizing it. They learn it by noticing something puzzling in the world — and refusing to look away until they can explain it.

Every entry in this collection starts the same way Amplify-style phenomenon units do: with a single real photograph and an honest question. From there, students take on the role of scientists and engineers — gathering evidence, building models, and constructing explanations grounded in the Next Generation Science Standards. Seventeen storylines, organized across the three science disciplines, each anchored to photographs of the world as it actually is.