Introductory Biology
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Active learning is better
learning. Designed around active inquiry and experimentation, our Intro Bio modules set your students up for success.
Build the perfect learning resource for your Intro Bio class
Transform textbook assignments into active, inquiry-driven tutorials.
Interactive Chapters
Interactive Tutorials & Labs
Instructors often find that a combination of interactive Chapters and Tutorial/Labs work well for their ecology courses. Tutorial Labs feature interactive, simulated experiments to promote critical thinking about challenging topics. These tutorials are auto-graded, and instant-feedback questions provide critical guidance throughout.
Teaching with SimBio Ecology
Need some ideas how SimBio Ecology can fit your curriculum? Dr. John Roach is lead author and architect of Climate Change and several other SimBio chapters and tutorial labs. He periodically teaches Ecology using SimBio's materials at the University of Montana.
Course-wide Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate how a systems-thinking approach in which the structures, functions, relationships, and properties of living systems are explicitly described help explain ecological patterns and processes.
- Show how models—including mathematical, graphical, and conceptual models—can be used to generate testable, often quantitative predictions about system dynamics.
- Employ the scientific method in the investigation of ecological patterns and processes.
- Demonstrate how predictions derived from clear hypotheses can be evaluated with ecological data.