Science CST Prep for California Middle Schools
Super STAR Science! is a web resource page intended to help middle school science teachers prepare their students for the 8th grade CST exam in Science.
All the questions on the 8th grade CST exam in Science are based on the California Science Standards Framework for the 8th grade. The standards outline what the student should know and be able to do in 8th grade Science. Therefore, the science curriculum must focus on mastering these standards. Good first teaching is the primary source of these standards.
These standards are found at the following website:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/allfwks.asp
The Science CST released questions gives science teachers an idea of the type of questions that will be asked and at which level of Bloom's taxonomy they are asked. To download a copy of the released questions for 8th grade Science, visit:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/css05rtq.asp
Visit the Super STAR Science Downloads link for more resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/eclassroom4teachers/super-star-science-downloads