More than Meets the Eye Students are eager to acquire skills that will serve them in the real world. This is understandable. School is expensive, and …
All Things SimBio
Supporting inspired teaching & learning in the life sciences
Study Confirms the Importance of Feedback
Eleven years ago, SimBio received a grant from the National Science Foundation to “develop techniques for automatically providing immediate formative …
Climate Change & Disease
Climate Change & Disease - Encouraging biology students to critique what they read Open the paper on any given day and you’re likely to read …
Icky Stories as Teachable Moments
Zombie ants, tapeworms, fungi & feces! “You can talk about sex, or you can gross ’em out.” This is author and educator Dr. Jon Herron’s sure-fire …
Highlights from SABER
While it was not my first time going to the Society for the Advancement of Biological Education Research (SABER)’s annual meeting, it was my first …
Urban Ecology – Beyond Rock & Ice
Like many ecologists, I was drawn to the field for the promise of exploring spectacular remote landscapes populated by herds of migrating caribou, …
Tackling Climate Change
Resources for making a difference Not long ago, my colleagues asked me to spearhead our efforts to update our chapter on Climate Change. …
Mysteries of the Sargasso Sea
How an abundance of seaweed helps students explore ecological principles Christopher Columbus is often credited with naming the subtropical gyre of …
The Vaccine Debate
Helping students navigate comparative risk Each year, I begin my ecology course by assigning a popular-press article Amy Wallace wrote for Wired …