STAAR ENRICHMENT
Spring 2016 Student Handout
DATE
1/13 Wednesday
CHAPTER/TOPIC
SPECIFIC CONTENT
Chapter 1: Cells
Smith
Cells:
Animal vs. Plant
Cell Theory
Levels of Organization
1/20 Wednesday
Chapter 2:
Genetics and
Roles/Relationships in the
Environment
Differences: Cell Wall, Chloroplasts,
Vacuole (Structure/Function)
Cell Theory points
Cell-tissue-organ-organ system-organismpopulation-community-ecosystem-biome
Turgor Pressure in vacuole
Photosynthesis vs. Respiration
Cell organelles (structure and function)
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Allele
Dominant vs. recessive
Environmental vs. inherited
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction (parent
(s), offspring result)
Roles in an ecosystem (Producer,
Consumer, Decomposer) and 10 % rule
Dichotomous Keys
Biodiversity (increases survival)
Nervous, muscular, skeletal, circulatory,
respiratory, digestive, reproductive,
endocrine, integumentary, excretory
How does each system work with other
systems?
Response to stimuli (external vs. internal)
Homeostasis
Renewable Resources
Non-Renewable Resources
Inexhaustible Resources
Groundwater
Surface Water
Aquifer
Catastrophic events and effects
Wellmann
Punnett Squares
DNA location and structure
Energy transfer/pyramid
2/3 Wednesday
Chapter 3: Body Systems
Smith
Structure and Function
(include major organs)
Interaction within systems
2/17 Wednesday
Chapter 4: Earth topics
Wellmann
Resources (R, NR, IN)
Water Systems
Catastrophic Events
2/24 Wednesday
Chapter 5: Earth’s Changing Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
rocks, Weathering
Surface
Rolater
Rock Cycle
WED
Plate Tectonics
(Mechanical/Chemical)
Erosion (agents: wind, water, ice)
Deposition (deltas and alluvial fans)
Types of Boundaries, movement, and the
effects (landforms created)
3/9 Wednesday
Chapter 6: Astronomy
Rolater
Waves
EM Spectrum
Lunar Cycle
Rotation/Revolution (Seasons)
Galaxies
3/23 Wednesday
Chapter 7: Physics
Wellmann
Formulas (Speed, Force,
Work)
Simple Machines
Balanced/Unbalanced forces
Energy transformations
4/6 Wednesday
Chapter 8: Chemistry
Rolater
Sub-Atomic particles
PTE organization
Chemical Formulas/Equations
4/13 Wednesday
Chapter 9: REVIEW
Smith
Parts of a wave
Mechanical vs EM
EM Spectrum wavelengths longest
to shortest
Lunar Cycle
Seasons (position, result, dates,
hours of day/night)
Types of Galaxies
Weather (air masses)
Tides
Convection, Conduction, Radiation
Calculation triangles
Names/function of simple machines
(lever, pulley, screw, inclined
plane)
Net force = 0 or >0
Movement of objects due to force
Forms of energy TRECMNPK
Energy transformations
Speed, velocity, acceleration
Motion graphs
Atoms
Sub-atomic particle position and
charge
Valance electrons
Groups vs. Periods
Properties of Matter (Metals vs.
Non-metals)
Chemical Formulas and Equations
Counting atoms (coefficient x
subscript)
Review
Testing Strategies
Labeling PTE