Curriculum Resources

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/mst/pub/livingen.pdf

This is the actual NYS “Core Curriculum” for Living Environment, which is basically a list of all of the NYS standards that are expected to be met in the class.

http://www.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobooktoc.html

This is an “online Biology book.” It is really extensive, with 57 links to topics and a link to a glossary. Each section contains a great deal of information with really good images.

http://www.cellsalive.com/

This website has a great deal of fun, interesting interactive material to help make concepts in Biology seem, as the website’s name claims, alive!

Regents Preparation Resources

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scire/sciarch/arcbio.html

This is an archive of past Living Environment regent’s exams and their scoring keys made into PDF files.

http://www.barronsregents.com/living-environment-regents.html

This is the electronic version of their popular book series, and thus you need to pay for a subscription in order to use this resource. This resource allows you to answer a compiled test of old Living Environment regent’s questions online, and will then grade the test when you are completed. It also offers explanations to the questions.

http://www.regentsreviewlive.net/rrl/courses/biology.html

This a streaming video of a Living Environment regent’s review from an acclaimed review professional.

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/biology/units/organization/index.cfm

This is an online Living Environment regent’s preparation guide put together by a member of the Oswego City School District. This provides a brief review of concepts, and then has available past regent’s questions about that particular topic.

http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/subjects/le/review/index.html

This website offers a variety of resources for Living environment review, which include online games, review sheet and animated review.

Writing Resources

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Writing/index.html

A really great article for parents about helping their kids with writing published by the U.S. Department of Education

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/writingskills1.html

A website designed for students with a ton of links to various types of writing and how to write these assignments, like writing a research paper or an essay.

Reading Resources

http://tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/newsletter/0804/readinghs.cfm

This is a short article from a learning center about tips to encourage your high school child to read.

http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/readingstrategies.html

This is an article entitled “Four Reading Strategies for High School Students.”

http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/readingvocabulary.html

This is an article, by the same authors as the previous article, entitled “Four Vocabulary Strategies for High School Students.”