BIOL-6C Schedule (Tentative) — Summer 2021
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BIOLOGY–006C |
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BIOLOGY–006C.01z: CRN 00079 |
Synchronous Labs/Exams/Presentations |
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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/bio6csyllabus21Su.html | ||||
- BIOL-6C: Ecology & Evolution Summer 2021 Schedule (pdf version for printing)
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Jun 28 |
Mon |
Ex. 1A & 1B: Scientific Investigation |
Introduction to ecology |
Ch. 52 |
Finish 1A & 1B |
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Jun 29 |
Tue |
Ex. 2A & 2B: Vegetation transects Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part A |
Biogeography |
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Finish 1C. pt. A |
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Jun 30 |
Wed |
Ex. 2A/B class data Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part B |
Guest Cast: Climate zones & terrestrial biomes |
" |
Finish 1C. pt. B Ex. 2A/B report |
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Jul 01 |
Thu |
Ex. 2A+B Report due ♦ EcoBeaker®: Experimental Design |
Population dynamics & life history strategies |
Ch. 53 |
Project pitches |
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Jul 05 |
Mon |
holiday |
Community ecology |
Ch. 54 |
Project pitches & comments Ex. 3A pre-lab |
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Jul 06 |
Tue |
Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part C Ex. 3A pre-lab |
Biodiversity dynamics |
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Finish 1C. pt. C Project pitches & comments |
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Jul 07 |
Wed |
Ex. 3B & 3C: Population size & dispersal Project pitches due / Form project team ♦ EcoBeaker®: Population Growth Models |
Guest Cast: Niche partitioning and biodiversity |
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Jul 08 |
Thu |
EXAM 1 |
Case Study: Wolves and moose of Isle Royale ♦ EcoBeaker®: Isle Royale |
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Project proposal |
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Jul 12 |
Mon |
Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part D Project proposal draft due ♦ EcoBeaker®: Keystone Predator |
Guest Cast: Apex predators & keystone species |
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Ex. 3 report Finish project prospectus |
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Jul 13 |
Tue |
Ex. 3 report due. Ex. 5A & 5B: Behavioral ecology ♦ EcoBeaker®: Top-Down Control |
Ecosystems — energy & water |
Ch. 55 |
Finish 1C. pt. D Start projects |
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Jul 14 |
Wed |
Ex. 1C. pt. D report due Project prospectus due |
Ecosystem resource cycles |
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Work on projects |
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Jul 15 |
Thu |
Project plan: materials, logistics, & schedule ♦ EcoBeaker®: Limiting Nutrients (+ workbook) |
Guest Cast: Riverine ecology |
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Ex. 5 report Work on projects |
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Jul 19 |
Mon |
Ex. 5 report due Ex. 6A: Creek & riparian ecology ♦ EcoBeaker®: Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (+ workbook) |
California ecological provinces |
Atlas of the Biodiversity of California |
Ex. 6A report |
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Jul 20 |
Tue |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Patchy Prairies (+ workbook) |
Pollution and ecotoxicology |
Ch. 56 |
Work on projects |
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Jul 21 |
Wed |
Ex. 6A report due ♦ EcoBeaker®: Nutrient Pollution |
Conservation & restoration |
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Work on projects |
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Jul 22 |
Thu |
EXAM 2 |
♦ EvoBeaker®: Flowers and Trees (+ workbook) |
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Ex. 4A pre-lab Work on projects |
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Jul 26 |
Mon |
Ex. 4C: Bird diversity – habitats 1 & 2 |
Behavioral biology |
Ch. 51 |
Work on projects |
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Jul 27 |
Tue |
♦ EvoBeaker®: Darwinian Snails |
Origins & paradigms |
Ch. 22 |
Ex. 4C report Work on projects |
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Jul 28 |
Wed |
♦ EvoBeaker®: Sickle-Cell Alleles |
Mechanisms of evolution |
Ch. 23 |
Finish Ex. 4C Work on projects |
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Jul 29 |
Thu |
Ex. 4C Report due ♦ EvoBeaker®: Genetic Drift and Bottlenecked Ferrets |
Case Studies: Microevolution examples and mechanisms |
" |
Final work on project & presentation |
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Aug 02 |
Mon |
♦ EvoBeaker®: How the Guppy Got Its Spots (+ workbook) |
Reproductive ecology & sexual selection |
" |
Final work on project & presentation |
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Aug 03 |
Tue |
Final research reports/ class presentations |
Speciation & diversity |
Ch. 24 |
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Aug 04 |
Wed |
Final research reports/ class presentations |
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Aug 05 |
Thu |
EXAM 3 |
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