Science ACT Tips
Helpful Tips!
- The science test is less about what you learned, it's more of understanding data.
- You need reasoning skills, a pacing strategy, and an effective approach.
- Be flexible, it's okay to skip the question and guess.
Three Parts of the ACT
Charts and Graphs
- 3 passages and 5 questions each
- They always come with figures (charts, tables, graphs, etc).
Experiments
- 3 passages and 6 questions each
- They usually come with figures, but mostly text.
Fighting Scientists
- 1 passage and 7 questions
- They sometimes come with figures, mostly involves more reading than the other categories.
Time
- Time is your enemy, you only have 35 mins. with 7 passages/40 questions.
- Do now, later, never.
- Try to find the conclusions and the main point.
- Pace yourself
- Be flexible
- Use POOD/POE