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INTERACTIVE CONTENT COMES IN 3 STYLES:

Designed for college-level biology courses, our sophisticated tutorials empower instructors to teach in an inquiry-driven learning style.

How Diseases Spread

Tutorial Labs
Tutorial Labs feature interactive, simulated experiments to promote critical thinking about challenging topics in biology. These tutorials are auto-graded, and instant-feedback questions provide critical guidance throughout.

Life History interactive chapter
Interactive Chapters
Interactive Ecology Chapters cover the breadth of traditional ecology textbooks with the benefit of simulated experiments, instructive animations, and focused instant-feedback questions to enhance student understanding.

Keystone Predator workbook lab

Workbook Labs
Workbook Labs deliver the same simulated features as Tutorial Labs but include questions and exercises in an attached workbook that students download directly to their computer.

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Browse All Content Intro Bio Ecology Evolution Cell Bio Env Science Genetics Conservation Bio Physiology

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Our evaluation software, SimBio Preview, makes it easy to search/browse interactive content by subject, keyword, and course level to find and evaluate relevant content.

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To order, use our online form to enter your course name and number, start-date, expected enrollment, and your content selections. After confirming pricing with you, we'll build your class-specific SimUText and provide a custom registration link for your students.

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The content you select is delivered via the SimUText System, a platform that provides powerful features for instructors and students. The Instructor Portal helps you create and manage assignments, assign co-instructors, and analyze student performance on auto-graded questions. Students stay organized by monitoring due dates and performance in each assignment in the SimUText Application.

“[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