BIOL-6C Schedule (Tentative) — Spring 2023
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BIOLOGY–006C: Ecology & Evolution |
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BIOLOGY–006C.01Y: CRN 00227 |
Synchronous Labs/Exams/Presentations |
SC-2116 |
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BIOLOGY–006C.02Y: CRN 48359 |
Synchronous Labs/Exams/Presentations |
SC-2116 |
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| Asynchronous Labs 1 hr/week |
ONLINE |
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Asynchronous Lectures: |
ONLINE |
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Instructor: Bruce Heyer |
Email: heyerbruce @ deanza.edu |
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Online Office Hours: Mon/Thu 10:00–11:50 |
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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/bio6csyllabus23Sp.html | ||||
- BIOL-6C: Ecology & Evolution Spring 2023 Schedule (pdf version for printing)
| Week | Date | Day/Sec | In-person Lab & Field topic | Asynchronous Lab & Homework | Asynchronous Lecture topic | Text |
| 1 | Apr 11 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Ex. 1A & 1B: Scientific Investigation Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part A |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Experimental Design | Introduction to ecology | Ch. 52 |
| Apr 12 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Biogeography | " | |||
| 2 | Apr 18 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Ex. 2: Vegetation transects Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part B |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Patchy Prairies • Ex. 3A: pre-lab |
Guest Cast: Climate zones & terrestrial biomes | " |
| Apr 19 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Population dynamics & life history strategies | Ch. 53 | |||
| 3 | Apr 25 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part C Ex. 3: Population size & dispersal |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Population Growth Models • Project pitches |
Community ecology | Ch. 54 |
| Apr 26 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Biodiversity dynamics | " | |||
| 4 | May 02 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
EXAM 1 Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part D Project Pitches due / Assemble Project teams |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Top-Down Control • Draft Project proposal |
Guest Cast: Niche partitioning and biodiversity | " |
| May 03 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Ecosystems — energy & water | Ch. 55 | |||
| 5 | May 09 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Field Day: Stevens Creek Watershed |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Isle Royale • Project proposal |
Guest Cast: Riverine ecology | |
| May 10 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Case Study: Wolves and moose of Isle Royale | ||||
| 6 | May 16 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Field Day: De Anza campus birds |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Keystone Predator • Work on projects |
Ecosystem resource cycles | " |
| May 17 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
California ecological provinces | Atlas of the Biodiversity of California | |||
| 7 | May 23 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Field Day: SF Baylands |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis • Ex. 4A: pre-lab |
Pollution and ecotoxicology | |
| May 24 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Conservation & restoration | Ch. 56 | |||
| 8 | May 30 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
EXAM 2 Ex. 4C: Bird diversity |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Limiting Nutrients ♦ EcoBeaker®: Nutrient Pollution |
Guest Cast: Apex predators & keystone species |
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| May 31 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Behavioral biology | Ch. 51 | |||
| 9 | Jun 06 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Field Day: San Francisco Zoo |
♦ EvoBeaker®: Flowers and Trees | Origins & paradigms | Ch. 22 |
| Jun 07 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Field Day: Monterey Bay Aquarium |
Mechanisms of evolution | Ch. 23 | ||
| 10 | Jun 13 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Ex. 5A & 5B: Behavioral ecology Work on projects |
♦ EvoBeaker®: Sickle-Cell Alleles | Case Studies: Microevolution examples and mechanisms | " |
| Jun 14 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
Reproductive ecology & sexual selection | " | |||
| 11 | Jun 20 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
Final research reports/ class presentations |
♦ EvoBeaker®: Genetic Drift ♦ EvoBeaker®: How the Guppy Got Its Spots |
Speciation & diversity | Ch. 24 |
| Jun 21 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
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| 12 | Jun 27 |
Tue Sec 01Y |
EXAM 3 (9:15-11:15) |
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| Jun 28 |
Wed Sec 02Y |
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