Naples Florida second grade teacher Rachel Miller hits FCAT booklets with a hammer during an FCAT pep rally.

You’re about to take your FCATs; what do you think of them? What do they mean to you, your school, your teachers, your future?  Are they important?  Should we be doing them? Do they measure what you know? Are you prepared?

Practice good argumentation in your response. Be thoughtful and defend your position with sound logic and evidence. Voice your opinion.

By-the-way are you wondering how you did on the sample questions? Grades are in Progress Book, but here is how we did as a whole.

This is just a small sample test so I don’t know how well it will predict your actual FCAT score. If you want a better idea take the 2007 test mentioned in the post below.

Try this — 2007 Science FCAT. This is the actual test from 2007. While this year’s test will not include extended response questions, the content should quite similar.

Now check your answers against these – 2007 Science FCAT Answers.

Let me know how you did.

More FCAT study resourecs can be found on the study resources page.

I found this in an old post to this website from 2007, but you know it’s still a likely topic for FCAT.

 Do you remember these? We use them to determine the F1 and F2 offspring in the FCAT review stations you did. They are called Punnett Squares. Click the image to get a quick overview on inheritance.

Are you feeling ready? What topics should we review next week?

In addition you’ve also been using FCAT Explorer.

This is a great tool for your review. We started using this on 3/4 and then had a full period on 3/10. If you have not completed all the sections in Science Voyager click on the image above and login. You user id is typically the first letter of your first name plus your last name. The password is your 8 digit date of birth (mmddyyyy). First section to review is Life & Environmental then do Physical & Chemical. If you have time do Earth & Space and Lessons.

Now we are taking the full 2007 Science FCAT test and reviewing the answers. These resources and more have been available to you through the Home Study page for months. Scroll down the page to the heading “Study for science FCAT” and review some of the materials there.

I know this can be a stressful time so getting enough sleep and eating properly are very important to your success. Get in the habit right now. You need a minimum 8-9 hours of sleep and a good breakfast.

Also, remember that much of the test, tests your thinking skills, not your memorization skills. You will have the science reference sheet that you’ve been using all year long to help you. (They’ll provide you one for your test but if you’ve lost yours you can print another copy from the Home Study page, look under class documents on the sidebar.)

In addition the science FCAT builds on your reading, math and writing skills; skills you’ve been developing for a long time. Questions will also be similar in format to your other FCAT tests and you can apply the same test taking strategies. For some questions you don’t even need to know any science; the answers will be in the reading, or you’ll just need to do some simple math.

We’re not going to learn 3 years of science in the next week, so don’t try to do that at home either. All we’re going to do is try to refresh your memory. You can do this at home too by reviewing the vocabulary and taking sample tests.

Just do your best.