NYS Living Environment Regents Review System: Student Study Guide & Resource Hub

9 Topic Checklists, State Lab Boot Camps, Graphing Review & Linked Study Resources.

This NYS Living Environment Regents Review System provides a structured, full-course framework for student exam preparation. Designed as a hyperlinked Google Slides document, the system organizes Regents content into nine core strands, integrates required state labs, and builds in accountability through a clear progress-tracking structure.

Rather than offering disconnected resources, this product provides a coherent review pathway that helps students identify gaps, target weaknesses, and monitor readiness before the Regents exam.

What This Review System Includes

Students review all nine Regents content strands:

1. Experimentation

2. Biochemistry

3. Cells

4. Life Functions & Homeostasis

5. Reproduction

6. Genetics

7. Evolution

8. Ecology

9. Human Impact

Additional components include:

• Dedicated graphing review

• Four required New York State lab “boot camps”

• Access to archived Regents exams for authentic practice

• Curated reinforcement resources, including:

  • A 24-page Biology Survival Guide

  • Twelve instructional videos

  • Eleven interactive activities

  • Twenty-three Quizlets

  • Nine Kahoot review games

  • Thirty free online practice games

All resources are organized within a structured, hyperlinked system so students can move efficiently between strands.

Built-In Accountability & Progress Tracking

The review system includes:

• A 120-point cumulative structure

• Topic-by-topic checklists

• Integrated tracking slides

• Hyperlinked navigation throughout

In my classroom, this functions as a major graded review assessment. Students:

1. Take a 10-point pre-assessment quiz on a topic

2. Review only the areas where they demonstrated weakness

3. Retake the 10-point quiz to demonstrate improvement

This approach encourages targeted review rather than passive rereading.

Instructional Integration

• Editable references allow alignment with commonly used biology textbooks.

• The structure supports independent work, guided review periods, or exam-prep weeks.

• Teachers can integrate the separately available Regents topic quizzes for a complete assessment cycle.

The quizzes are available individually or bundled with this review system.

Intended Use

This product works well as:

• A cumulative Regents review assignment

• A structured exam-preparation system

• A guided independent study framework

• A comprehensive end-of-course review

This is not a worksheet packet. It is a structured Regents preparation system designed to organize student effort, reduce teacher planning time, and support measurable progress across all tested strands.

Grade Recommendation

• Grade Level:High School (Grades 9–10)

• Course Fit:Living Environment (Biology) — aligns directly with New York State Regents curriculum and NGSS core ideas in life science.

• Adaptable For: Advanced 8th-grade accelerated biology programs or review in 11th-grade support classes.

Cross-Curricular Connections and Extensions

• Math Integration: Graphing review and quantitative practice strengthen mathematical reasoning skills (interpreting data, analyzing trends).

• English Language Arts: Students evaluate multiple resources (articles, videos, and data), engage in informational reading, and synthesize evidence—skills strongly tied to Common Core literacy.

• Technology Integration: Students interact with simulations, online quizzes, Kahoots, and BiomanBio digital games, developing digital literacy and self-directed learning strategies.

• Extension Option: Students could reflect on personal learning progress or create digital review summaries (infographics, slide decks, or concept maps).

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NGSS Standards (Including CCCs and SEPs)

Because this resource reviews nearly the entire Living Environment curriculum, it connects broadly across multiple NGSS dimensions:

Life Science Disciplinary Core Ideas:

• HS-LS1: Structure and Function; Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms.

• HS-LS2: Ecosystem Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics.

• HS-LS3: Inheritance and Variation of Traits.

• HS-LS4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity.

Representative Performance Expectations:

• HS-LS1-2: Develop and use models to illustrate hierarchical organization of interacting systems.

• HS-LS2-6: Evaluate claims and evidence that ecosystems maintain consistent numbers and types of organisms under stable conditions.

• HS-LS3-1: Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding instructions for traits.

• HS-LS4-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence that evolution results from multiple mechanisms.

Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs):

• Cause and Effect: Links between independent/dependent variables, homeostasis, and adaptation.

• Systems and System Models: Organ systems, ecological networks, and the biosphere.

• Energy and Matter: Flow of energy through living systems.

• Stability and Change: Ecosystem balance and genetic variation over time.

Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs):

• Analyzing and Interpreting Data: Review of lab data, graphs, and state lab activities.

• Developing and Using Models: Simulations of genetic inheritance, ecological balance, and homeostasis.

• Engaging in Argument from Evidence: Students justify conclusions on review quizzes and labs.

• Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information: Synthesizing multiple media formats for review.

Common Core Standards

Because this review incorporates multimedia resources, written reflection, and data analysis, it aligns with multiple Common Core ELA and Math standards:

ELA/Literacy:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words with a version expressed visually.

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to convey scientific information clearly.

Math:

• CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4: Model with mathematics (graphing section and data interpretation).

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS-ID.A.1: Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, box plots).