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Biology, Technology in Education

4 Mitosis and Meiosis Activities: Teaching Biology with Visible Body Suite

One major challenge in the bio classroom is that processes at the cellular level can be difficult for students to visualize. Visible Body Suite solves that problem with interactive 3D models that illustrate complex processes! This blog post will ...
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Biology, Lesson Plans

Phylogenetic Tree Lesson Plan with Visible Body Suite

Phylogenetic trees can be a tough concept to wrap your head around—those big, branching diagrams can be difficult for students to parse. This is ...
Instructor Case Studies, Biology, Technology in Education

Teaching High School Bio with Visible Body Suite: An Interview with Kristin Cowell of Nashoba Regional High School

I recently sat down with biology teacher Kristin Cowell, who shared some of the insights and roadblocks she’s encountered in the classroom. Kristin ...
Biology, Lesson Plans

Comparing Animal Anatomy: A Visible Biology Lesson Plan

Through learning about the differences and similarities between animals, biology students think critically about anatomical structures and what makes ...
News, Biology

Visible Body Releases New Biology Mobile App

Visible Body, producer of worldwide best-selling iOS and Android human anatomy apps, has released Visible Biology, a mobile app that makes learning ...
Biology, Lesson Plans, Technology in Education

4 Ideas for Teaching Earthworm Anatomy with Visible Biology

Biology classrooms across the globe use earthworms to introduce invertebrate anatomy to students, and Visible Biology is here to help! Visible ...
Biology

Phylogenetic Trees, Cladograms, and How to Read Them

Scientists have identified and described about 2.16 million species so far—figuring out how those species are related to each other is a huge ...
Biology, Lesson Plans

How to Teach with Visible Biology’s Dissectible Virtual Frog Model

With Visible Biology’s 3D interactive frog model, students can learn about frog anatomy without any prep, cleanup, squeamishness, or clumsy scissor ...
Anatomy & Physiology, Biology

How Humans Speak—and Why Chimps Don’t

We humans think we’re pretty special as far as animals go, and one thing that makes us unique is our ability to communicate super complex ideas ...
Biology

Visible Biology’s Visual Guide to Pig Anatomy

In the biology classroom, students can learn a lot from examining pig anatomy. The pig’s major systems are similar to humans’, and students think ...