Acc- CAST Reflection

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As best as you can remember what topics from Unit 1 Book (Change Over Time) were on the CAST?

• Mutations
• Variations/ Natural Selection/ Artificial Selection
• Embryology, Homologous, Analogous, Vestigial Structures
• Older and younger events/Principle of Superposition/ Relative vs Absolute Age
• Fossils/ Gaps in fossil records/ Index fossils

As best as you can remember what topics from Unit 2 Book (Energy and Motion) were on the CAST?

• Motion/ Speed/ Distance Time Graphs
• Newtons Laws of Motion
• Forces/ Balanced and Unbalanced
• Effect of mass and distance on Gravity
• Magnetism/Electrical forces/ Electromagnets

As best as you can remember what topics from Unit 3 Book (Understanding Waves) were on the CAST?

• Longitudinal and Transverse/Mechanical/Electromagnetic waves
• Sound/ Light
• Amplitude/Frequency/ Wavelength
• Reflection/ Refraction
• How do we see colors

As best as you can remember what topics from Unit 4 Book (Humans and Their place in the Universe) were on the CAST?

• Lunar Phases
• Seasons/Rotation/ Revolution
• Eclipses
• Gravity and the Universe/ Galaxies
• Solar System/ Asteroids/ Comets

What topics from 6th/7th grade were on the CAST?

• Law of conservation of Mass
• Chemical Reactions/Physical and Chemical Change/ States of Matter
• Photosynthesis/ Cell Respiration
• Ecosystems/ Energy Pyramid/ Food Chain/ Food Web
• Body systems

What percent of the overall CAST had content from 8th grade? (Refer to Unit 1-Unit 4 topics if you don't remember)

• Less than 25%
• 25%-50%
• 50%-75%
• 75%-100%

Now that you remember some topics, give details of some questions that you can remember.

Name at least 2 topics/ questions from 6th/7th grade that were on the CAST but not reviewed at all in class.

How do you think you did on the CAST? Did you put in effort reading the questions 2-3 times when they seemed difficult? What could Ms. Badoni do in the future to help students perform better?