Enroll in ACT Science Reasoning with Dolphin STEM Academy
Course Overview
The development of PLATO Course ACT Science Reasoning Preparation aligns Plato
Courseware with the strands and topics assessed on the 2014 PLATO Course ACT Science
Reasoning Test. Each unit aligns with one or more strands within the 2014 PLATO Course ACT
Science Reasoning Test and the modules within each unit target the essential concepts of the
Common Core State Standards as assessed on the PLATO Course ACT Test for Science
Reasoning. This course focuses on the study of different writing strategies. In this course, you
will find a variety of lessons and activities to improve your knowledge of these strategies.
Course Goals
By the end of this course, you will:
Learn to describe how sexual reproduction contributes to genetic diversity.
Identify parts of a cell and their functions.
Demonstrate knowledge of the biology, diversity, evolution, and importance of Kingdom Fungi.
Study the organization of an animal body.
Understand how energy flows through an ecosystem and be aware of major global
ecological problems.
Explore the models, types, and states of matter.
Learn mole calculation, percent composition, and understand and measure matter.
Find out about the composition and formation of earth.
Study continental drift and plate tectonics, and how earth changes over time.
Understand the water cycle and properties of water.
Explore the different layers of atmosphere and comprehend how pollution may be changing
the atmosphere.
Analyze earth’s weather and the effects of weather.
Explore the solar system and gain a better understanding of astronomy.
Learn strategies to improve and expand your science vocabulary.
Read pie charts and line graphs.
Learn and understand the information in science texts and visual aids.
Study the relationship between bar graphs and words, and flowcharts and text.
Identify the kinds of data in a data collection process.
Understand how to use tables, pictographs, line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, and
histograms to make decisions.
Learn to read complex histograms, complex tables, and complex line graphs.
Learn how to construct line graphs, pie charts, bar graphs, and histograms.
Study how to use the best graph or chart to display data.
Interpret scatter diagrams and histograms.