Welcome to Biology 6A for Fall 2011.

This site is designed to accompany the labs for Brian McCauley's and Bruce Heyer's Bio 6A labs (for Heyer's lectures, see his site).

Beth McPartlan has a separate Bio 6A course, with a separate web site.

Key resources for Bio 6A

You have several key sources of information for Bio 6A, and you should use them all. Each has a distinct purpose:

My De Anza home page. The standard De Anza faculty member's home page. I will post the syllabus, lecture notes, lab handouts, and other essential information there. You should check that site before every class session. On the site you're looking at now, you'll see a link to my home page, along with Bruce Heyer's page, at the bottom of every page.
Lecture notes. Download them from my De Anza site. The lecture notes aren't a good substitute for going to lecture, but they will tell you what was covered in lecture and what I expect you to learn.
Lab manual. The lab manual, which includes the course syllabus, will be available for you to download and print; you'll get more information on this in class. The lab manual is essential; it tells you what you should do each day in lab. Look it over before you go to lab, so you'll know what's going on that day. Unfortunately, I can't put high-quality color pictures in the lab manual. That's what this site is for.
Bio 6A site. The site you're viewing now. The main purpose of this site is to give you good, labeled pictures of the things you'll see in lab, along with some explanation of what it means. You should use this site along with the lab manual, both during class and for home study. We have some computers in lab, and there is a wireless network in the lab so you can use your own computer or other internet device. McCauley's calendar page will give you the schedule for his class, along with lab chapter downloads.
Biology, by Campbell et al.: the textbook for this course. Your best source for understanding both lecture and lab material.

How to contact me

On this site, there's a link at the bottom of each page so you can email me at: mccauleybrian@deanza.edu. If you're in Bruce Heyer's lab, you should contact him with your lab questions. Use the link at the bottom of this page to go to his site.

For office hours and more contact information, check my main home page.

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This page updated September 25, 2011