Amplify Science OK district 6–8 case study EfficacyYukon Public Schools (YPS) has come a long way from the one-room schoolhouse it was when it opened in 1891. T oday, YPS serves more than 8,800 students and employs more than 1,200 full-time and part-time staff and faculty members. The challenge In 2017 , teachers in Yukon were looking to supplement the dated textbooks in their classrooms when the district began the search for a new science program. Jeramey T amez, science coordinator for Yukon Public Schools, says the district made a hefty investment in Chromebooks, but didn’t have a science curriculum that would put the technology to good use, or meet the state’s rigorous new science standards. A new approach to science instruction Amplify Science was built from the ground up

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