Education Programs

AIBS is dedicated to improving biological science literacy at all levels of formal and informal education. AIBS is working toward meeting this goal through a number of initiatives by recognizing teaching professionals, collaborating with other organizations, disseminating information, publishing teaching resources to improve biology education, and encouraging students to pursue careers in biology.

Teaching Resources

AIBS publishes teaching resources and collaborates with other organizations to provide these resources for biology educators:

• ActionBioscience.org
• NESCent Evolution Symposium and Teaching Workshop
• Understanding Evolution

Partners' Education Programs

In addition, AIBS is a partner in the following biology education initiatives:

• American Society for Microbiology's Biology Scholars
• AAAS's BiosciEdNet (BEN)
• Botanical Society of America's Planting Science
• Cyberlearning at Community Colleges
• Ecological Society of America's Ecological Literacy Summit
• National Academy of Sciences' Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences
• PKAL's Mobilizing Disciplinary Societies for a Sustainable Future
• Unversity of California Museum of Paleontology's Understanding Science
• University of Oklahoma's Introductory Biology Project

Recent Initiatives and Reports - Improving Biology Education

A number of reports and initiatives are accelerating biology education reform at the precollege and college levels.

• Conceptual Framework for the New Science Education Standards
• A New Biology for the 21st Century
• AP Biology Course and Exam Revisions
• Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action
• AAMC/HHMI Scientific Foundation for Future Physicians

Education Awards

AIBS recognizes excellence in education through two awards:

• AIBS Education Award
• NABT Evolution Education Award

Career Information

AIBS provides information about Careers in Biology, and connects to information found on our member society websites about more specific career choices.