BIOL-6C Schedule — Summer 2025
| BIOLOGY–006C.02y: CRN 13587 |
Synchronous Labs/Exams/Presentations: |
SC-2108 |
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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/bio6csyllabusSummer.html | ||||
BIOL-6C: Ecology & Evolution Summer 2025 Schedule (pdf version for printing)
| Week | Date | Day | Lab / Field Topic | Asynchronous Lecture Topic | Text |
| 1 | June 30 | Mon |
Ex. 1A & 1B: Scientific investigation Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part A |
Introduction to ecology | Ch. 52 |
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♦ EcoBeaker®: Experimental Design |
Biogeography | " | ||
| July 02 | 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 07 | 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 09 | Wed | EXAM 1 Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part D Form project teams |
Ecosystems — energy & water |
Ch. 55 | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®:Top-Down Control |
Ecosystem resource cycles |
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| 3 | July 14 | Mon | Field Day: De Anza campus birds Ex. 4A & 4B: Bird diversity |
California ecological provinces | Atlas of the Biodiversity of California |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Limiting Nutrients (+ workbook) | Watershed & stream ecology | |||
| July 16 | Wed |
Field Day: Stevens Creek Watershed |
Guest Lectures: Apex predators & keystone species | ||
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Isle Royale |
Case Study: Wolves and moose of Isle Royale | |||
| 4 | July 21 | Mon |
Field Day: SF Bay Refuge / Baylands |
Guest Lectures: Niche partitioning and biodiversity |
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| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Keystone Predator |
Pollution and ecotoxicology | Ch. 56 | ||
| July 23 | Wed | EXAM 2 Ex. 4B: Bird diversity - habitats 1 & 2 / Statistical analysis of diversity |
Conservation & restoration |
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| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Nutrient Pollution |
Behavioral biology | Ch. 51 | ||
| 5 | July 28 | Mon |
Ex. 5A & 5B: Behavioral ecology |
Origins & paradigms | Ch. 22 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Sickle-Cell Alleles |
Mechanisms of evolution | Ch. 23 | ||
| July 30 | Wed |
Ex. 5B & 5C: Behavioral ecology |
Case Studies: Microevolution examples and mechanisms | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Genetic Drift |
Reproductive ecology & sexual selection | " | ||
| 6 | Aug 04 | 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 06 | Wed | EXAM 3 | |||
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Flowers and Trees (+ workbook) |
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