Standardized Test Preparation
ACT
Science
Assessment Exam - ACT Science| Data Representation | eTAP Lesson |
|---|---|
| This format presents students with graphic and tabular material similar to that found in science journals and texts. | |
| Graph Reading
ACT.Sci.1.1 |
Displaying Data |
| Interpretation of Scatterplots
ACT.Sci.1.2 |
Paired Data Sets and Scatterplots |
| Interpretation of Information Presented in Tables, Diagrams, and Figures
ACT.Sci.1.3 |
Visually Representing Numerical Data |
| Research Summaries | eTAP Lesson |
| This format provides students with descriptions of one or more related experiments. | |
| Design of Experiments
ACT.Sci.2.1 |
The Scientific Method |
| Interpretation of Experimental Results
ACT.Sci.2.2 |
Information Collection |
| Conflicting Viewpoints | eTAP Lesson |
| This format presents students with expressions of several hypotheses or views that, being based on differing premises or on incomplete data, are inconsistent with one another. | |
| Understanding, Analysis, and Comparison of Alternative Viewpoints or Hypotheses
ACT.Sci.3 |
Finding Answers to Questions |
| Life Science/Biology | eTAP Lesson |
| Animal Behavior
ACT.Sci.4.1 |
Accommodation and Adaptation |
| Animal Development and Growth
ACT.Sci.4.2 |
Biomes |
| Body Systems
ACT.Sci.4.3 |
Circulation The Nervous System Cellular and Molecular Basis of Muscle Contraction The Digestive System |
| Cell Structure and Processes
ACT.Sci.4.4 |
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells |
| Ecology
ACT.Sci.4.5 |
Ecosystem Changes |
| Evolution
ACT.Sci.4.6 |
Natural Selection |
| Genetics
ACT.Sci.4.7 |
Genetic Coding Rules |
| Homeostasis
ACT.Sci.4.8 |
Organization and Function |
| Life Cycles
ACT.Sci.4.9 |
Reproduction of Flowering Plants |
| Molecular Basis of Heredity
ACT.Sci.4.10 |
Genes and DNA |
| Origin of Life
ACT.Sci.4.11 |
Selection and Diversity |
| Photosynthesis
ACT.Sci.4.12 |
Photosynthesis |
| Plant Development, Growth, Structure
ACT.Sci.4.13 |
Energy Capture and Storage |
| Populations
ACT.Sci.4.14 |
Fluctuation in Population Size |
| Taxonomy
ACT.Sci.4.15 |
Branching Diagram (Cladogram) |
| Physical Science/Chemistry/Physics | eTAP Lesson |
| Atomic Structure
ACT.Sci.5.1 |
Atoms and Molecules |
| Chemical Bonding, Equations, Nomenclature, Reactions
ACT.Sci.5.2 |
Descriptions of Chemical Reactions and Writing Chemical Equations Covalent, Metallic or Ionic Bonds |
| Electrical Circuits
ACT.Sci.5.3 |
Predict the Voltage of Current Simple Circuits |
| Elements, Compounds, Mixtures
ACT.Sci.5.4 |
Matter and Energy Elements and the Periodic Table |
| Force and Motions
ACT.Sci.5.5 |
Newton's First Law |
| Gravitation
ACT.Sci.5.6 |
Universal Law of Gravitation |
| Heat and Work
ACT.Sci.5.7 |
Heat Flow and Work |
| Kinetic and Potential Energy
ACT.Sci.5.8 |
Problems with Various Sources of Potential Energy Kinetic Energy Calculations |
| Magnetism
ACT.Sci.5.9 |
Magnetic Materials and Electric Currents |
| Momentum
ACT.Sci.5.10 |
Momentum |
| The Periodic Table
ACT.Sci.5.11 |
Regions and Periods |
| Properties of Solutions
ACT.Sci.5.12 |
Concentration and Some Physical Properties |
| Sound and Light
ACT.Sci.5.13 |
Sound Waves, Radio Waves, Light, and X-rays |
| States, Classes, and Properties of Matter
ACT.Sci.5.14 |
How Atoms and Molecules Move in Liquid |
| Waves
ACT.Sci.5.15 |
Waves and Energy |
| Earth and Space Science | eTAP Lesson |
| Earthquakes and Volcanoes
ACT.Sci.6.1 |
Volcanoes |
| Earth's Atmosphere
ACT.Sci.6.2 |
Thermal Structure and Chemical Composition of the Atmosphere |
| Earth's Resources
ACT.Sci.6.3 |
Geological Regions and Resources |
| Fossils and Geological Time
ACT.Sci.6.4 |
Earth Processes and Life on Earth |
| Geochemical Cycles
ACT.Sci.6.5 |
Movement of Matter Among Reservoirs |
| Groundwater
ACT.Sci.6.6 |
Water, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle |
| Lakes, Rivers, Oceans
ACT.Sci.6.7 |
Water Supply |
| Mass Movements
ACT.Sci.6.8 |
The Internal Structure of the Earth |
| Plate Tectonics
ACT.Sci.6.9 |
Plate Boundaries |
| Rocks, Minerals
ACT.Sci.6.10 |
Rocks and their Properties |
| Solar System
ACT.Sci.6.11 |
The Planets |
| Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
ACT.Sci.6.12 |
The Sun and Other Stars |
| Water Cycle
ACT.Sci.6.13 |
All About the Water Cycle |
| Weather and Climate
ACT.Sci.6.14 |
Weather and Climate |
| Weathering and Erosion
ACT.Sci.6.15 |
Erosion Explosion Weather and Earth |
