BIOL-6C Schedule (Tentative) — Summer 2023
| BIOLOGY–006C.02y: CRN 13587 |
Synchronous Labs/Exams/Presentations: M & W; 9:30–2:20 |
SC-2118 |
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Asynchronous Labs: |
ONLINE |
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Asynchronous Lectures: |
VIA CANVAS |
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Instructor: Bruce Heyer |
Email: heyerbruce @ deanza.edu |
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Online Office Hours: By arrangement |
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| BIOL 6C class homepage: http: // www.deanza.edu/faculty/heyerbruce/bio6c.html | ||||
| BIOL 6C course syllabus: http: // www.deanza.edu/faculty/heyerbruce/bio6csyllabus23Su.html | ||||
BIOL-6C: Ecology & Evolution Summer 2023 Schedule (pdf version for printing)
| Week | Date | Day | Lab / Field Topic | Asynchronous Lecture Topic | Text |
| 1 | July 03 | Mon |
Ex. 1A & 1B: Scientific investigation Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part A |
Introduction to ecology | Ch. 52 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Experimental Design | Biogeography | " | ||
| July 05 | Wed |
Ex. 2A & 2B: Vegetation transects Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part B |
Guest Lectures: Climate zones & terrestrial biomes | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Patchy Prairies (+ workbook) | Population dynamics & life history strategies | Ch. 53 | ||
| 2 | July 10 | Mon |
Ex. 3A, 3B & 3C: Population size & dispersal Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part C |
Community ecology | Ch. 54 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Population Growth Models | Biodiversity dynamics |
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| July 12 | Wed | EXAM 1 Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part D form project teams |
Guest Lectures: Niche partitioning and biodiversity | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Isle Royale | Case Study: Wolves and moose of Isle Royale | |||
| 3 | July 17 | Mon | Field Day: De Anza campus birds Ex. 4A & 4B: Bird diversity |
Guest Lectures: Apex predators & keystone species | " |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Keystone Predator |
Ecosystems — energy & water | Ch. 55 | ||
| July 19 | Wed | Field Day: SF Bay Refuge / Baylands |
Ecosystem resource cycles | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Top-Down Control | Watershed & stream ecology | |||
| 4 | July 24 | Mon | Field Day: Stevens Creek Watershed | California ecological provinces | Atlas of the Biodiversity of California |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (+ workbook) | Pollution and ecotoxicology | Ch. 56 | ||
| July 26 | Wed | EXAM 2 Ex. 4B: Bird diversity - habitats 1 & 2 |
Conservation & restoration | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Limiting Nutrients (+ workbook) | Behavioral biology | Ch. 51 | ||
| 5 | July 31 | Mon | Ex. 5A, 5B & 5C: Behavioral ecology |
Origins & paradigms | Ch. 22 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Darwinian Snails |
Mechanisms of evolution | Ch. 23 | ||
| Aug 02 | Wed | Ex. 5A, 5B & 5C: Nominal data statistics |
Case Studies: Microevolution examples and mechanisms | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Genetic Drift |
Reproductive ecology & sexual selection | " | ||
| 6 | Aug 07 | Mon | Final research reports / class presentations | Speciation & diversity | Ch. 24 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: How the Guppy Got Its Spots (+ workbook) | Guest Lecture: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems |
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| Aug 09 | Wed | EXAM 3 | |||
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Sickle-Cell Alleles | ||||