Biology
STAAR™ Achievement Series for Science © 2013 Region 4 Education Service Center
Notes
Read and select facilitation questions as appropriate to meet your students’ needs.
Phase Instructional Grouping Materials
Engage
Individual - Engage: Energy Conversions
Explore
Small groups
- Explore: Modeling the Photosynthesis and
Cellular Respiration Equations
- Scissors
Explain 1
Small groups
- Explain 1: Model of a Chloroplast
- Explain 1: Overview of Photosynthesis
- Scissors
Explain 2
Small groups - Explain 2: Energy Conversions Analogy
Elaborate
Small groups
- Elaborate: Organism 1 Card
- Elaborate: Organism 2 Card
Teacher-led student group
- Elaborate: Organism 1 Card
- Elaborate: Organism 2 Card
Evaluate
Individual - Evaluate: Cellular Energy Conversions
