our mission
For too long, biology classrooms have reinforced oversimplified thinking due to outdated curricula. The Better Biology Network is an alliance of educators, committed to building new foundations for teaching reproduction, sex, gender, sexual behavior, and orientation in biology classrooms.
Because we believe in a better biology education.
Rethinking biology teaching in light of modern research and human diversity
Modern biology reveals the incredible variation in reproduction, sex, gender, sexual behavior, and orientation, yet biology classrooms have not caught up.
Our goal is to provide resources for instructors looking to update their curricula to bring this variation into the classroom.
Are you a biology educator?
Here you’ll find cutting-edge biology and education research to inform curriculum design and well as example curriculum and activities to use in the classroom.
Biology Research
Explore modern understandings of reproduction, sex, gender, etc.
Education Research
Explore the value of teaching that emphasizes complexity in biology
Curriculum Resources
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why this work matters
We are building biology classrooms that nurture better conversations about reproduction, sex, gender, sexual behavior, and orientation.
Because biology classrooms should teach the current state of our knowledge. They should be a place for accurate information that facilitate discovery and new conversations about biological systems and processes.
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