Biology study guides
TX-STAAR Β· STAAR (Texas) Β· aligned to TEA.
- Texas STAAR Biology Reporting Category 1 (Cell Structure and Function): a complete overview of cells, organelles, transport, and homeostasis
A deep-dive guide to Reporting Category 1 of the Texas STAAR Biology EOC: cell theory and viruses, prokaryotic versus eukaryotic cells, the major organelles, the cell membrane and transport, levels of organization, and cellular homeostasis, with the item types STAAR uses for each.
π 17 min readTEKS B.4 - Texas STAAR Biology Reporting Category 2 (Mechanisms of Genetics): a complete overview of DNA, protein synthesis, mutations, meiosis, inheritance, and biotechnology
A deep-dive guide to Reporting Category 2 of the Texas STAAR Biology EOC: DNA structure and replication, protein synthesis, gene mutations, meiosis and chromosomes, Mendelian genetics with Punnett squares, and DNA technology, with the cluster patterns and item types STAAR uses for each.
π 18 min readTEKS B.6, B.7, B.9 - Texas STAAR Biology Reporting Category 3 (Biological Evolution and Classification): a complete overview of evidence, natural selection, speciation, taxonomy, and cladograms
A deep-dive guide to Reporting Category 3 of the Texas STAAR Biology EOC: the evidence for evolution, natural selection and adaptation, mechanisms of genetic change and speciation, taxonomic classification, and interpreting cladograms, with the item types STAAR uses for each.
π 17 min readTEKS B.10, B.11 - Texas STAAR Biology Reporting Category 4 (Biological Processes and Systems): a complete overview of photosynthesis, respiration, enzymes, body systems, and feedback
A deep-dive guide to Reporting Category 4 of the Texas STAAR Biology EOC: photosynthesis, cellular respiration, how the two compare, enzymes and biological molecules, the interacting human body systems, and feedback mechanisms that maintain homeostasis, with the item types STAAR uses for each.
π 18 min readTEKS B.5, B.12 - Texas STAAR Biology Reporting Category 5 (Interdependence within Environmental Systems): a complete overview of ecology, energy flow, matter cycling, populations, and human impact
A deep-dive guide to Reporting Category 5 of the Texas STAAR Biology EOC: the levels of ecological organization, energy flow and food webs, the cycling of matter, population dynamics and carrying capacity, and ecological succession and human impact, with the item types STAAR uses for each.
π 17 min readTEKS B.14, B.15, B.16 - Texas STAAR Biology scientific investigation and reasoning: a complete overview of experimental design, data analysis, constructed response, and the redesigned question types
A deep-dive guide to the scientific investigation and reasoning skills embedded across the Texas STAAR Biology EOC: experimental design and variables, analyzing and interpreting data, writing the short constructed response, and the redesigned STAAR question types, with how each is tested and scored.
π 16 min readTEKS Biology SEP