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Welcome!!. Biology 3A. to. Professor Inez Devlin-Kelly 2012-2013. Student Success. Decrease course load Reduce job hours Schedule family obligations Attend Class. Student Success. Website Review Sessions Student Assistants Student Tutors Videos Field Trips Podcasts!!. Website.

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  1. Welcome!! Biology 3A to Professor Inez Devlin-Kelly 2012-2013

  2. Student Success • Decrease course load • Reduce job hours • Schedule family obligations • Attend Class

  3. Student Success • Website • Review Sessions • Student Assistants • Student Tutors • Videos • Field Trips • Podcasts!!

  4. Website

  5. Website • www.bioprof.org • Your free e-mail account: • First.last.@email.bakersfieldcollege.edu • Comp commons Student Operators in red vests

  6. Review Sessions • Before each exam • Led by Student Assistants • Practice lab practicals

  7. Student Assistants • Earned A or B in Bio 3A • Always Glad to help • Recommended by TAs • Picked by me

  8. Student Tutors • Tutoring Center • Sign up early • Tutors all took THIS course • Ask for a tutor who took my class • Free

  9. Videos • Student ID Card • Library Circulation desk • Watch in Library • Take home overnight

  10. Previous Field Trips • Tidepools in Monterey

  11. Previous Field Trips • Roar ‘n Snore • San Diego Wild Animal Park

  12. Previous Field Trips • Body Worlds • CA Science Ctr • Details To Be Announced

  13. Previous Field Trips • Los Angeles Zoo • Primate Behavior

  14. Field Trips This Term • Bird Watching • On campus • Hart Park • Great Backyard Bird Count

  15. Field Trips • Desert ecology • Mojave desert

  16. PODCASTS!! • Posted on website by date • .mp3 format • Downloadable to your computer • Can be transferred to your iPod or other .mp3 player • www.bioprof.org

  17. Books • Buy now • Texts • Lab Manuals

  18. Textbooks • BIOLOGY, The Dynamic Science, 2nded., Russell, et al. • Study Guide to accompany text • A Life Science Lexicon, Wm. Marchuk (Out of print--buy used?)

  19. Textbooks • Used for both Bio 3A and 3B • Read indicated pages • Use Index and Table of Contents • Use as reference • Do questions in Study Guide

  20. Lexicon • 3 copies for use in lab • Library Circulation Desk • Use for 4 to 5 assignments • Buy online used

  21. Lab Manuals • A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory, 6th ed. VanDeGraff & Crowley (5th OK) • INVESTIGATIONS: A Critical Thinking Approach to the Biology Laboratory, I. Devlin-Kelly, 6th Ed., (Great American Antique Store, 19th & R St, 10am-6pm, 7 days, $25)

  22. Attendance • Grades are attendance related • Labs • are NOT optional • more fun than the Dentist! • No make-up labs • Don’t leave room during lecture

  23. Always Silence phones!! • No Texting during class!!

  24. Examinations • Tests and Practicals announced • Pop quizes not announced (no make-ups) • No Lab Practical make-ups • Lecture make-ups • arrange within 1 week • essay • returned last week of semester

  25. Exams • Don’t even think of cheating!

  26. Exams • Pencil with good eraser • Take off hat, sunglasses, .mp3, hoody • Turn off cell phones & put away • #882E scantron (6) Hand in to T.A. during lab • Answer key available in labs

  27. Your Grade • Lecture = 50% • Lab = 50% • Keep all papers

  28. To contact me: • OFFICE HOURS: 43c S&E Bldg • (Blue door in breezeway) • Mon: 4:00-5:00pm • Tues: 11:00am-12:50pm • Wed: 8:30-9:30 am • Sun: 7:00-8:00 pm Virtual Office Hour at • home: bcbioprof@me.com

  29. To contact me: • OFFICE: 43c S&E Bldg (Blue door in breezeway) • PHONE: 661.395.4449 • EMAIL: • school: ikelly@bakersfieldcollege.edu • home: bcbioprof@me.com

  30. And • On with your Biological Adventure...

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