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Biology Simulations Blog

The Biology Simulations blog introduces the simulations used on the site, discusses new simulations that are in the works, and shares information about simulation and inquiry based learning.

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Mar 11
4 min

How to use chi-squared to test for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

This post demonstrates the use of chi-squared to test for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

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Feb 28
3 min

How to calculate Simpson's Diversity Index (AP Biology)

Simpson's Diversity Index (SDI) is one approach to quantifying biodiversity.

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Feb 27
1 min

Social Media

To help people stay informed about new simulations, resources, and various updates, Biology Simulations now has two social media accounts.

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Nov 16, 2019
2 min

Connecting simulations to real-world examples

Real systems often have variables that, even if understood, cannot be fully controlled for.

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Nov 3, 2019
5 min

Teacher Guide (With Standards) to Biology Simulations

This will describe the primary target audiences for each simulation, discuss possible uses, and link the simulations to standards.

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Apr 9, 2019
5 min

Independent assortment, linked genes, and recombination

Mendel proposed the Law of Independent Assortment to explain his observations that the outcomes for one gene did not impact the outcomes for another gene. Wh...

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Mar 4, 2019
1 min

Heredity III: Incomplete Dominance and Epistasis

The Heredity III virtual lab tests one trait...with five possible phenotypes. This has a little more going on than the Heredity I and Heredity II simulations...

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Feb 22, 2019
5 min

How to use chi-squared to test an inheritance pattern

Would you rather watch a video than read? Here is a video version of this post: Many biology classes use the chi-squared statistical test during heredity un...

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Feb 14, 2019
5 min

How to test for evolution using the null hypothesis

Would you rather watch a video than read? Here is a video version of this post: This post demonstrates how to test for evolution using the null hypothesis w...

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