Making Connections State Lab Review | Experimental Design & Homeostasis | NYS Regents
Pulse Rate, Variables, Graphing & Controlled Experiments Practice Packet.
This focused review sheet supports students preparing for the Making Connections State Lab component of the NYS Living Environment Regents exam.
Students revisit key concepts related to experimental design, variables, data analysis, graph interpretation, and homeostasis. Structured Regents-style questions provide targeted practice with interpreting investigations and constructing clear short-answer responses for Part D of the exam.
This resource is designed as a concise reinforcement tool—not a full lesson replacement.
What This Resource Provides
Review of experimental design principles (independent, dependent, controlled variables)
Practice interpreting data tables and graphs
Regents-style short-answer and analysis questions
Opportunities to strengthen constructed responses
Ready-to-print format for flexible classroom use
Content reflects common Regents question patterns and classroom-tested instructional design to ensure alignment with exam expectations.
Designed For
Targeted Regents review sessions
Small-group remediation
Independent exam preparation
Quick refresher prior to assessment
This free Boot Camp sheet is part of the NYS Living Environment Regents Review support line.
Join the Lesson Laboratory and Teach for Tomorrow!
NGSS Performance Expectations
HS-LS1-3:Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
HS-LS1-2:Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
MS-LS1-3:Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)
Systems and system models
Cause and effect
Stability and change
Pulse Rate, Variables, Graphing & Controlled Experiments Practice Packet.
This focused review sheet supports students preparing for the Making Connections State Lab component of the NYS Living Environment Regents exam.
Students revisit key concepts related to experimental design, variables, data analysis, graph interpretation, and homeostasis. Structured Regents-style questions provide targeted practice with interpreting investigations and constructing clear short-answer responses for Part D of the exam.
This resource is designed as a concise reinforcement tool—not a full lesson replacement.
What This Resource Provides
Review of experimental design principles (independent, dependent, controlled variables)
Practice interpreting data tables and graphs
Regents-style short-answer and analysis questions
Opportunities to strengthen constructed responses
Ready-to-print format for flexible classroom use
Content reflects common Regents question patterns and classroom-tested instructional design to ensure alignment with exam expectations.
Designed For
Targeted Regents review sessions
Small-group remediation
Independent exam preparation
Quick refresher prior to assessment
This free Boot Camp sheet is part of the NYS Living Environment Regents Review support line.
Join the Lesson Laboratory and Teach for Tomorrow!
NGSS Performance Expectations
HS-LS1-3:Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
HS-LS1-2:Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
MS-LS1-3:Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.
Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs)
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs)
Systems and system models
Cause and effect
Stability and change