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All Things SimBio

Supporting inspired teaching & learning in the life sciences

What’s The Buzz?

May 2, 2022 //  by Olga Helmy

Classroom-based Lotka-Volterra exercise uses real-world mosquito invasion case study to teach difficult concepts. In the past decade, two species of …

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Category: Biology Education, Research & Collaborations, SimUText EcologyTag: Competition models, Interactive Chapters, Teaching Lotka-Volterra

Using Simulations to Teach Cell Biology

April 21, 2022 //  by Eli Meir

Challenges & Rewards Every few years we poll our community of biology educators to find out what topics they’re finding particularly tricky to …

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Category: Biology Education, Cellular BiologyTag: Active Learning, Molecular Biology Series, Textbook Replacement

Helping Students Become Better Graphers

April 4, 2022 //  by Eli Meir

Biology education research is a core aspect of SimBio’s teaching tools, and many SimBio content developers participate in our research …

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Category: Biology Education, Research & CollaborationsTag: Active Learning, Student Assessment

Beyond Multiple Choice

July 2, 2021 //  by Eli Meir

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 …

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Category: Biology Education, Cellular Biology, Research & CollaborationsTag: Student Assessment, Virtual Labs

Virtual Labs vs. Wet Labs?

February 25, 2021 //  by Eli Meir

Study finds they help students learn different (and in both cases important) skills! Biology instructors sometimes ask me why they should use virtual …

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Category: Biology Education, Cellular Biology, Research & CollaborationsTag: Active Learning, Virtual Labs

Beyond Curriculum

September 5, 2019 //  by Eli Meir

Bridging Gaps in Science Education Over the past decade, the University of Western Ontario quietly built an excellent science education conference …

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Category: Biology Education, Conferences & Events

What lies beyond the logical fallacy?

February 1, 2019 //  by John Roach

A Lesson from SABER Biology students need and want more training in philosophy! More specifically, they want training in logic. So began a surprising …

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Category: Biology Education, Conferences & EventsTag: Climate Change

Helping Undergraduates Understand Natural Selection

May 18, 2018 //  by Eli Meir

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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Category: Biology Education, Evolution, Research & CollaborationsTag: Active Learning, Virtual Labs

Important Learning Gains from Genetic Drift & Bottlenecked Ferrets

November 18, 2016 //  by Eli Meir

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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Category: Biology Education, Evolution, Research & CollaborationsTag: Active Learning, Virtual Labs

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“[SimBio’s modules] provide a powerful environment for hands-on, active learning in Ecology and Evolution. The depth, design, and pedagogical effectiveness of these packages is unequaled. They have greatly enriched student interest and understanding in all of my courses, from Introductory Biology to Advanced Population Biology”

— Dr. Brad Lister
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

“The lab simulations have been very helpful to reinforce the lecture content and encourage students to use critical thinking skills to solve problems.”

— Patti Fallest-Strobl
Neumann University

“I was amazed how quickly and effortlessly the simulation taught them a dynamic system.”

— Paula Philbrick
University of Connecticut

“The students like [it] so much that they are working ahead of what I have assigned. They just think it’s fun. And from the quiz results I have so far, they’re really getting it. You guys are geniuses.”

— Paulette Bierzychudek
Lewis & Clark College

“Since we began using Simbio’s Ecology chapters our students consistently come to class better prepared. This is a key to the success of our hybrid flipped classroom approach.”

— Dr. Peter Curtis
Ohio State University

“That was the most fun I’ve had teaching ecology and, I would venture to guess, the most fun my students have had taking ecology from me.”

— Matt Orr
Oregon State University, Cascades

“Our students are more prepared and our class discussions are more sophisticated because SimUText is such a great out of class “instructor”. Since our students have SimUText preparation we can spend class time applying concepts and evaluating new information.”

— Emily Bernhardt
Duke University

“I LOVE that every lab is based on a real study. I LOVE that all of the labs offer an open-ended inquiry. I LOVE that the labs gradually teach the concepts and build up a repertoire of data collection techniques. Thank you, for creating them.”

— Jeanette Williams
Community College of Vermont

“I just wanted to say how great simutext has been. I could have memorized facts about the electron transport chain and passed the test, but would not have had any solid concept of what was happening inside. I hope that we continue to use it often even when things return to normal.”

— Student
Rochester Community and Technical College

“Congratulations for developing such a high quality chapter. I was very impressed by its comprehensiveness, accuracy, and thoughtful design. It really is superb.”

— Richard Boone
Humboldt State University

“I recommend your modules to anyone I can, because of all the online materials I’ve found, SimBio is really the best in content and best managed. I am definitely a SimBio fan!”

— Valerie Anderson
Marymount California University

All Things SimBio

  • Olga HelmyWhat’s The Buzz?
    By Olga Helmy
    May 2, 2022
  • Eli MeirUsing Simulations to Teach Cell Biology
    By Eli Meir
    April 21, 2022
  • Eli MeirHelping Students Become Better Graphers
    By Eli Meir
    April 4, 2022

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