Resources to use to review the Living Environment content. This includes the Facilitator Guide, Review Lessons, Useful Web links and Living Environment Part D Review. Click on the orange file name under “Book Resource Files” at the bottom of the page.
Facilitator Guide
Recommends how to prioritize the use of these resources for either a 4-session Regents Prep class or a 12-session Regents Prep class. A complete list of the resources available on the NYS MEP website is at the end of the Facilitator Guide.
Useful Web Links for Living Environment (Biology)
This is a list of website resources and the links to get there. Many are short videos.
Vocabulary
In addition to the "Living Environment Core Vocabulary List - English" document available for download under the book resource files, see the following link to all of New York’s academic bilingual glossaries and some quick instructions for finding particular languages.
- New York State’s academic Bilingual Glossaries - Scroll down to “Science,” then “High School Living Environment (Biology). Once there, click on the language you want. The languages currently include Burmese, Haitian, Karen, Nepali, Spanish, and Swahili.
- English Language Learner/Multilingual Learner Assessment & Testing Accommodations - Note: “English Language Learners may use bilingual glossaries when taking State examinations in all subjects except foreign languages. The bilingual dictionaries and glossaries may provide only direct one to one translations of words. Bilingual dictionaries and/or glossaries that provide definitions or explanations are not permitted.”
Content Review Lessons
Basic information to study connected to seven (7) Units of Study and four (4) State Labs in English and Spanish.
Living Environment Part D Review
Use the handout and PowerPoint to reinforce information learned from each of the four (4) State Labs.
PowerPoint - What You Absolutely Need to Know to Pass the NYS Living Environment Regents Exam
The PowerPoint provides tips for taking the Regents exam in context with the vocabulary for each content unit.
- Both the Content Review Lessons and the PowerPoint emphasize that Ecology is the most important part of the exam.
- Using the “What You Absolutely Need to Know to Pass the NYS Living Environment Regents Exam” PowerPoint with the Content Review Lessons can give the students a focus point and a different media from the handouts. Topic 8: Ecology section (slides 157-178), is particularly helpful as it defines the terms listed in the Content Review Lessons. The Facilitator Guide details how to coordinate the unit lessons.
Permission to Post the PowerPoint on this website
Thank you to Michael Dunleavy who wrote the outline for, “What You Absolutely Must Know to Pass the NYS Living Environment/Biology Regents. Thank you to Danielle Chase & Denise Johnson who put it into the PowerPoint presentation.