PSSA Finish Line Science delivers focused instruction aligned to Pennsylvania standards, helping students prepare with purpose for the PSSA Science in grades 5 and 8. Use it as part of your PSSA practice test prep plan to target essential skills.
Student Book
- Aligned to the PA STEELS Standards, including the new Environmental Literacy and Sustainability domain
- Practice for answering PSSA Science question types and three-part questions
- Phenomena-based science instruction with real-world examples of science topics
- Science scenarios with diagrams, illustrations, tables, and graphics to help students provide evidence-based answers
- Skill-building with a gradual release model: skill instruction, guided samples with answer explanations and definitions, and independent work
- End-of-unit reviews to check progress
Teacher’s Guide
Teacher’s guides include an answer key with sample writing answers, rubrics, correlations, and PA science standards lists with standard number, Science and Engineering Practices (SEP), and Technology and Engineering Practices (TEP).
Student Book: approx. 232–276 pages
Teacher’s Guide: approx. 48–64 pages
