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Science Spring 2009 ACT MME

Science Spring 2009 ACT MME. All North’s chemistry students are currently experiencing a short three day seminar which highlights the ACT/MME test and provides practice items from past tests. (Mr. Moskaluk, Mr. Amore, and Mr. Kosmas) . Michigan Merit Examination Spring 2009 Science

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Science Spring 2009 ACT MME

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  1. Science Spring 2009 ACT MME All North’s chemistry students are currently experiencing a short three day seminar which highlights the ACT/MME test and provides practice items from past tests. (Mr. Moskaluk, Mr. Amore, and Mr. Kosmas)

  2. Michigan Merit Examination Spring 2009 Science 49 Multiple Choice Items 40 minutesContent Tested:Earth/Space ScienceBiologyChemistryPhysics Reflecting

  3. Earth Science E1… Inquiry, reflection and social implications E2 …Earth Systems E3 …The Solid Earth E4…The Fluid Earth E5… Earth in Space and Time Physics P1… Inquiry, reflection and social implications P2 …Motion of Objects P3 …Forces and Motion P4…Forms of Energy and Energy Transformation

  4. Biology B1 Inquiry, reflection and social implications B2 Organization and Development of Living Systems B3 Interdependence of Living Systems and the Environment B4 Genetics B5 Evolution and Biodiversity Chemistry B1 Inquiry, reflection and social implications B2 Forms of Energy B3 Energy Transfer and Conservation B4 Properties of Matter B5 Changes in Matter

  5. SCIENCE ACT SPRING 2009 40 multiple choice items 35 minutes Time to read each passage… ~2 minutes Time to answer each item… ~30 seconds Test measures interpretation, analysis, evaluation, reasoning, and problem solving skills which are required in the foundational science courses of biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science Calculators may NOT be used on the Science Test.

  6. ACT science emphasizes your ability to ‘THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST’ 7 passages of scientific information presented in 3 formats 15 questions …data representation; 3 passages/5 items ea.(graphs, tables, and other schematic forms) 18 questions…research summaries; 3 passages/6 items ea. (descriptions of one or more related experiments) 7 questions… conflicting viewpoints; 1 passage/7 items (expressions of several related hypotheses or views that are inconsistent with one another)

  7. Data Representation • Gauges the ability to read, interpret, and draw conclusions from ‘graphical’ data • Five common ways of presenting ‘graphical’ data • Tables • Line graphs • Bar graphs • Scatter plots • Illustrations Modified from: johnsog@resa.net

  8. Tables Appear Most Frequently • Tables appear in Data Representationand Research Summary sets • Students must connect table and figure numbers to questions. Modified from: johnsog@resa.net

  9. Independent Variable The Independent Variable is changed or manipulated by the researcher.As the Independent Variable changes, we observe what happens. The Independent Variable usually appears in the left column Tables Modified from: johnsog@resa.net

  10. Tables Dependent Variableis the responding variable. The Dependent Variable changes in response to the changes that the researcher makes to the independent variable. The Dependent Variable usually appears in the right column Modified from: johnsog@resa.net

  11. Tables Dependent Variable “depends” on the independent variable; It is what the researcher collects or measures Independent Variablewhat the researcher sets up Look for patterns: “As the number in the left column increases, the number in the right column _____ .” Modified from: johnsog@resa.net

  12. Line Graphs Y-axis tracks dependent variable X-axis tracks independent variable “As the value of x increases, the value of y ___” or “When x equals___, y equals___” Modified from: johnsog@resa.net

  13. Flow Chart Bar Graph Scatter Plot

  14. ACT MME SUCCESS • Pace yourself • Read the question • Go back to the passage • Scan the passage to find the answer • Look at the choices • Answer the questions that are easy for you, and then go back to the hard questions • Answer the ALLthe questions For more information and science practice items, take a jump to the web! Click the http! http://staff.gpschools.org/speirss/ENTER.htm

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