All units

The 12 Skill Boosters

Every Regents question type, broken into steps students can follow.

How to Teach the Skills

Every unit follows the same three steps.

  1. Step 1

    Teach the Unit Content

    Work through all topics in the unit using the Life Science: Biology Boosters™ PowerPoints and/or book. Students should learn the science content before beginning that unit’s skills.

  2. Step 2

    Teach the Unit Skills

    Use the Skill Boosters™ PowerPoints assigned to that unit to teach each skill.

  3. Step 3

    Practice the Unit Skills

    Students practice each skill in their Life Science: Biology Boosters™ book. Review the questions as a class using the Regents Walk-Through PowerPoint. (See video.)

Once all three steps are complete, move on to the next unit and repeat.

Unit 13 skills
Skill 1

Multiple Choice Questions

Skill 2

Constructed Response Questions

Skill 3

System Interactions and Homeostasis

Unit 22 skills
Skill 4

Cluster Questions

Skill 5

Models

Unit 32 skills
Skill 6

Graphs and Tables

Skill 7

C.E.R. (Claim. Evidence. Reasoning)

Unit 42 skills
Skill 8

What Question Can Be Asked?

Skill 9

From DNA to Trait

Unit 52 skills
Skill 10

Patterns

Skill 11

Explain the Evolution

Unit 71 skill
Skill 12

Evaluating Solutions