Copyright information and Standard Duplication Rights

No part of any AIMS books, magazines, activities, or content—digital or otherwise—may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means—including photocopying, scanning, taping, or information storage/retrieval systems—except as noted below.

A person or school purchasing AIMS activities (in books, magazines, or in digital form) is hereby granted permission to make up to 200 copies of any portion of those activities, provided these copies will be used for educational purposes and only at one school site.
For a workshop or conference session, presenters may make one copy of any portion of a purchased activity for each participant, with a limit of five activities or up to one-third of a book, whichever is less.
All copies must bear the AIMS Education Foundation copyright information.
Modifications to AIMS pages (e.g., separating page elements for use on an interactive white board) are permitted only within the classroom or school for which they were purchased, or by presenters at conferences or workshops. Interactive white board files may not be uploaded to any third-party website or otherwise distributed. AIMS artwork and content may not be used on non-AIMS materials.

Standard duplication rights apply to activities received at workshops, free sample activities provided by AIMS, and activities received by conference participants.

If you would like to speak with someone regarding our copyright and duplication rights please call 1-888-733-2467 or email

Unlimited Duplication Rights
Unlimited duplication rights may be purchased in cases where AIMS users wish to:

make more than 200 copies of a book/magazine/activity,
use a book/magazine/activity at more than one school site, or
make an activity available on the Internet (see below).

These rights permit unlimited duplication of purchased books, magazines, and/or activities (including revisions) for use at a given school site.

Activities received at workshops are eligible for upgrade from standard to unlimited duplication rights.

Free sample activities and activities received as a conference participant are NOT eligible for upgrade from standard to unlimited duplication rights.

State-Specific Science modules are licensed to one classroom/one teacher and are therefore NOT eligible for upgrade from standard to unlimited duplication rights.

Upgrade Fees
The fees for upgrading from standard to unlimited duplication rights are as follows.
For individual activities, the cost is $5 per activity per school site.
For Literature Links bundles, the cost is $12 per bundle per school site.
For books, the cost is based on the price of the book (see table below).

Book Price	Unlimited Duplication Rights Fee
$9.95	$15.00 per school site
$18.95	$24.00 per school site
$21.95	$27.00 per school site
$24.95	$30.00 per school site
$29.95	$35.00 per school site
$34.95	$40.00 per school site
$49.95	$55.00 per school site

The cost of upgrading is shown in the following examples:

For five activities at six schools: 5 activities x $5 x 6 schools = $150

For two books (at $21.95) at 10 schools: 2 books x $27 x 10 schools = $540

For three books (at $24.95) and four activities at eight schools:
(3 books x $30 x 8 schools) + (4 activities x $5 x 8 schools) = $720 + $160 = $880

Purchasing Unlimited Duplication Rights
To purchase unlimited duplication rights, please provide us the following:

The name of the individual responsible for coordinating the purchase of duplication rights.
The title of each book, activity, and magazine issue to be covered.
The number of school sites and name of each site for which rights are being purchased.
Payment (check, purchase order, credit card)

Requested duplication rights are automatically authorized with payment. The individual responsible for coordinating the purchase of duplication rights will be sent a certificate verifying the purchase.

Internet Use
AIMS materials may be made available on the Internet if all of the following stipulations are met:

The activities to be put online are purchased as PDF files from AIMS (i.e., no scanned copies).
Unlimited duplication rights are purchased for all activities to be put online for each school at which they will be used. (See above.)
The activities are made available via a secure, password-protected system that can only be accessed by employees at schools for which duplication rights have been purchased.

AIMS materials may not be made available on any publicly accessible Internet site.

If you would like to speak with someone regarding our copyright and duplication rights please call 1-888-733-2467 or email