to
Biology 3A
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
Website
 www.bioprof.org
 Your free e-mail account:
 First.last.@email.bakersfieldcollege.edu
 Comp commons Student Operators in red vests
Review Sessions
 Before each exam
 Led by Student Assistants
 Practice lab practicals
Student Assistants
 Earned A or B in Bio
3A
 Always Glad to help
 Recommended by
TAs
 Picked by me
Student Tutors
 Tutoring Center
 Sign up early
 Tutors all took THIS course
 Ask for a tutor who took my class
 Free
Videos
 Student ID Card
 Library Circulation
desk
 Watch in Library
 Take home overnight
Previous Field Trips
 Tidepools in
Monterey
Previous Field Trips
 Roar ‘n Snore
 San Diego Wild
Animal Park
Previous Field Trips
 Body Worlds
 CA Science Ctr
 Details To Be Announced
Previous Field Trips
 Los Angeles Zoo
 Primate Behavior
Field Trips This Term
 Bird Watching
 On campus
 Hart Park
 Great Backyard Bird
Count
Field Trips
 Desert ecology
 Mojave desert
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
Books
 Buy now
 Texts
• Lab Manuals
Textbooks
 BIOLOGY, The Dynamic Science, 2nd ed., Russell, et
al.
 Study Guide to accompany text
 A Life Science Lexicon, Wm. Marchuk (Out of
print--buy used?)
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
Lexicon
 3 copies for use in lab
 Library Circulation Desk
 Use for 4 to 5 assignments
 Buy online used
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, 10am6pm, 7 days, $25)
Attendance
 Grades are attendance related
 Labs
 are NOT optional
 more fun than the Dentist!
 No make-up labs
 Don’t leave room during lecture
 Always Silence phones!!
 No Texting during class!!
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
Exams
 Don’t even think of cheating!
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
Your Grade
Lecture = 50%
Lab = 50%
 Keep all papers
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
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
And
On with your Biological
Adventure...