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Welcome to Biology 3A with Professor Inez Devlin-Kelly - 2012-2013 Student Success Resources

Welcome to Biology 3A! Join Professor Inez Devlin-Kelly for an engaging year of study. This course emphasizes student success through tailored resources: decrease your course load, reduce job hours, and align family obligations. Take advantage of our class website, review sessions led by student assistants, and gain insights from free videos and podcasts. Explore exciting field trips focused on ecology and wildlife. Access essential textbooks and lab manuals, and remember that attendance is crucial for grades. Communicate with me via office hours and email for support throughout your biological adventure!

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Welcome to Biology 3A with Professor Inez Devlin-Kelly - 2012-2013 Student Success Resources

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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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