Challenges & Rewards Every few years we poll our community of biology educators to find out what topics they’re finding particularly tricky to …
Helping Students Become Better Graphers
Biology education research is a core aspect of SimBio’s teaching tools, and many SimBio content developers participate in our research …
Beyond Multiple Choice
The Answers are in the Questions! One of the reasons I enjoy working at SimBio (after three decades of building biology education software) is that …
Virtual Labs vs. Wet Labs?
Study finds they help students learn different (and in both cases important) skills! Biology instructors sometimes ask me why they should use virtual …
Beyond Curriculum
Bridging Gaps in Science Education Over the past decade, the University of Western Ontario quietly built an excellent science education conference …
Helping Undergraduates Understand Natural Selection
Our Research is Making a Difference! Most SimBio authors, myself included, come from biology research backgrounds, so it’s not good enough for us to …
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Important Learning Gains from Genetic Drift & Bottlenecked Ferrets
A Guest Post from Dr. Rebecca Price I'm excited to turn my blog over to Rebecca Price from the University of Washington, Bothell. Rebecca …
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Team-based Learning Using SimBio’s Evolution Labs
Some novel approaches from our customers At the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) conference this past summer in Boston, Dr. …
Collaborative Testing
Modern-day science is a collaborative enterprise. That's true of most other professions as well, so learning to work and solve problems with others is …