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Essential Resources and Tips for Success in Biology 3A

Welcome to Biology 3A! This guide offers key strategies for student success, including managing course load, reducing job hours, and accommodating family obligations. Utilize review sessions led by student assistants, take advantage of tutoring from students who excelled in this course, and explore engaging field trips such as tidepools and the Los Angeles Zoo. Access free online resources including podcasts and videos to enhance your learning. Be proactive in seeking help and remember to participate in labs, as attendance is crucial for your overall grade. Enjoy your biological adventure!

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Essential Resources and Tips for Success in Biology 3A

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  1. Welcome!! to Biology 3A Inez Devlin-Kelly 2007

  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 • www.bioprof.org • Get your free e-mail account • Computer center help desk or • https//intranet.kccd.edu.aacms/ • Click on “create account”

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

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

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

  8. Videos • Gades Card • Library Circulation desk • Watch in Library • Take home overnight

  9. Field Trips • Tidepools in Monterey

  10. Field Trips • Los Angeles Zoo • Primate Behavior

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

  12. Field Trips • Bird Watching • On campus • Hart Park • Great Backyard Bird Count

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

  14. Field Trips • Desert ecology • Mojave desert

  15. 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

  16. Books • Buy now • Texts • Lab Manuals

  17. Textbooks • BIOLOGY, 7TH ed., Campbell & Reece • A Life Science Lexicon, Wm. Marchuk (Out of print--buy used?) • Dictionary of Roots and Combining Forms, D. Borror

  18. Textbooks • Used for both Bio 3A and 3B • Use as reference • Use Index and Table of Contents

  19. Lexicon • 3 copies for use in lab • Library Circulation Desk • Use for 4 to 5 assignments

  20. Lab Manuals • A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory, 5th ed. VanDeGraff & Crowley (4th OK) • INVESTIGATIONS: A Critical Thinking Approach to the Biology Laboratory, I. Devlin-Kelly (Day-glo yellow) 4th Edition

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

  22. Always turn off phones!! • No Texting!!

  23. Examinations • Tests and Practicals announced • Pop quizes (no make-ups) • No Lab Practical make-ups • Lecture make-ups • arrange within 1 week • essay • returned last week of semester

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

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

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

  27. To contact me: • OFFICE HOURS: 43c S&E Bldg • (Blue door in breezeway) • Mon: 4:30-5:30pm, 8:50-9:20pm • Tues: 11:04am-12:50 • Wed: 10:00am-11:00 • Sun: 7-8pm Virtual Office Hour at • home: bcbioprof@mac.com

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

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

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