Summary
In this 10-week science ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to encourage a growth mindset. Then students will learn science-specific content, learn how to use the tools needed for taking the ACT online, and practice questions that mirror what is found on the test. Each activity containing ACT-style questions also contains the correct answers with explanations. There is a collection for each subject on the test. These collections are best used alongside one another as each collection shares transferable skills and ACT information that will improve overall student performance. Check out the summaries below for more details about each 35-minute activity.Resources
In this first ACT science prep activity, students will focus on reflecting on their score from taking the test and setting a goal for a future ACT. First, students review and reflect on test-taking tips from other students. Then students review their existing science scores before setting a goal to... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 12th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this second science ACT prep activity, students learn about key vocabulary in the science test and strategies for when they are unfamiliar with the content in the science passages. First, students view a science passage that contains scrambled words to practice still finding a correct answer when... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 10th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this third science ACT prep activity, students learn strategies for interpreting graphs, particularly for when they are unfamiliar with the content in the science passages. First, students focus on the components of tables and graphs that convey key information through Categorical Highlighting. Next,... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: March 20th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this fourth science ACT prep activity, students explore the TestNav online platform which they will use to take the ACT. They will become familiar with the program's embedded tools which are available to students during the test. Students will reflect on their preferences as they evaluate the usefulness... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 12th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this fifth science ACT prep activity, students learn strategies for evaluating trends in graphs. First, students complete WIS-WIM notes to record what they see and what in means when looking at a graph. Then students evaluate a series of graphs and tables to determine what trends they observe. Finally,... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: March 20th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this sixth science ACT prep activity, students learn how to use the information in one figure, table, or graph to answer a question about another table figure or graph. First, students engage in a partner activity in which they match a diagram to its description to practice "reading" diagrams. Students... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: March 20th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this seventh science ACT prep activity, students consider the steps of the scientific process to evaluate scenarios in experiments. First, students recall the steps of the scientific process by playing Fiction in the Facts to identify problems in how sample experiments are performed. They will then... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: March 20th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this eighth science ACT prep activity, students review independent and dependent variables and analyze how they are addressed in the Science ACT as constants and variables. First, students explore how ACT super scores work by leaving some sub-scores constant while varying other scores in the ACT... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: February 29th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this ninth science ACT prep activity, students consider when scientists might have differing opinions and how to use those opinions to make inferences and evaluate hypotheses. First, students engage in Magnetic Statements to share their own opinions on scientific views on bluebird migration. Next,... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: February 29th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this activity, students will practice pacing and testing stamina using TestNav as they take an online practice Science ACT. This is the tenth activity in a 10-week "Power Up" series for Science ACT prep. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: February 26th, 2024
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this 10-week English ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to... Read more »
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this 10-week math ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to encourage... Read more »
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
In this 10-week reading ACT prep series, students will build testing stamina and practice pacing while focusing on subject-specific skills. Students will begin by setting personal goals for improving their ACT performance and selecting actions they will practice and revisit throughout the series to... Read more »
- Students
- 3rd Nine Weeks, 4th Nine-Weeks
- Whole Class
- Action Plans, Analyze, College-Going Culture, Critical Thinking, Self-assessment
- College Admissions Procedures, College Admissions, Paying for College, Grants, Scholarships and Loans
- ACT Prep
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