Many of us use video clips in our classes, both to illustrate ideas and to engage students. As a colleague recently told me, "somehow I can say …
Fun Evolution Stories
One of the joys of going to meetings is browsing new science books in the exhibit hall. At the ESA meeting earlier this month, one book I found was In …
Evolutionary Questions
Losing is Harder Than Gaining On the research side of SimBio, we spend a lot of time writing questions for testing whether students are learning from …
Sugary science by 10 year olds
It's always nice to finish things with a sweet taste, and in case you haven't seen it, a new study on whether bees can combine color and pattern in …
Women, Physics, and Testosterone
Believing is half the battle Although women now make up more than 1/2 of college students in the U.S., there is still a persistent gap in the number …
Educating pre-medical students
The testing dilemma Many of the students in our biology classes want to be doctors, and I recently stumbled on what looks like a major effort to …
Brain Games & Quantitative Biology
Over the past couple decades lots of companies have come out with brain games that are supposed to increase brain function through training. A recent …
Minimally Invasive Education
You're probably aware of the TED talks - short talks by interesting people that then get posted to the web. I came across one recently by Sugata …
Variety is the Spice of Good Studying
If you haven't seen it already, you should read over this very interesting article in the NY Times last week summarizing research on learning styles …
