End of Course Graduation Requirements
www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ndedoenvgov/content/High_School_Graduation/Documents/NVHSGradReq16_17final.pdf
ACT
February 28th, 2017
ALL juniors will be taking this test!
- ACT science test taking strategies (long and detailed): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht0pVDQQ9x4
- ACT science test taking strategies (short - 3 tips): www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ZuY1yB3XY
- ACT science conflicting viewpoints example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=urj-CkzU5CI
- ACT science research summary examples: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-QpQIuTbzM
- ACT data representation examples: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_75C-QWL3NM
- Practice science test: http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/test-preparation/science-practice-test-questions.html?page=0&chapter=0
- ACT Science vocabulary: quizlet.com/6077838/act-science-vocabulary-flash-cards/
- ACT Science vocabulary: www.testprepcoach.com/act-science-vocabulary.html
- Princeton Review ACT science tips: www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/act-science-tips-and-strategies
- Princeton Review ACT general test taking tips: www.princetonreview.com/college-advice/4-act-tips
- ACT tips and free downloadable study guide (English and Spanish): www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/test-preparation.html
ACT Aspire
April 25-28, 2017
All sophomores will be taking this test!
- Practice tests: actaspire.pearson.com/exemplars.html
End of Course (EOC) Biology exam
May 15-17, 2017
- All Biology students need to PASS this exam to graduate!
Life Science Standards:
www.doe.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/nde.doe.nv.gov/content/Assessments/End_of_Course/EOCsience.pdf
Finding what the standards mean: www.nextgenscience.org/overview-dci
Directions: Pick your standard, example, HS-LS1-1 and go into the High School Tab in the link above. Select catagory: HS-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms. This will give you all of the standards within the HS-LS1 catagory. Once you've opened that link, there will be tabs on the right-hand side of the screen that say "Related Evidence Statements" that will break down each standard in further detail.
Biology End of Course Exam Practice - 2017
wbte.drcedirect.com/NV/portals/nv
Directions:
1. Find “End of Course Exam”
2. Click on “Online Tools Training” below the EOC button
3. Click on the word “Science” in the top left of the page
4. Click on the word “Non-Accommodated” which appears below the word “Science”
5. Log in with the username: sci
6. Use the password: test1234
7. Click continue
8. Clink on EOC Science link
9. Display setting test – click next
10. Practice with sample questions – click next
- Helpful information:
Biology review videos:
http://www.bozemanscience.com/biology-main-page/
Graphing:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/displaying-describing-data/categorical-data-displays/v/reading-pictographs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BkbYeTC6Mo
NGSS standards review:
www.ck12.org/ngss/high-school-life-sciences/from-molecules-to-organisms:-structures-and-processes
ACT science test taking strategies (long and detailed):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht0pVDQQ9x4