BIOL-6C Schedule — Summer 2026
| BIOLOGY–006C.02y (CRN 13587) |
Synchronous Labs & Exams: |
SC-2108 |
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Asynchronous Labs: |
ONLINE |
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Asynchronous Lectures: |
VIA CANVAS |
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Instructor: |
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 2026 Schedule (pdf version for printing)
| Week | Date | Day | Lab / Field Topic | Asynchronous Lecture Topic | Text |
| 1 | June 29 | Mon |
Ex. 1A & 1B: Scientific investigation Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part A |
Introduction to ecology | Ch. 52 |
| Asynchronous Lab |
♦ EcoBeaker®: Experimental Design |
Biogeography | " | ||
| July 01 | 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 06 | Mon |
Ex. 3A, 3B & 3C: Population size & dispersal |
Community ecology | Ch. 54 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Population Growth Models | Biodiversity dynamics |
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| July 08 | Wed | EXAM 1 Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part C Form project teams |
Guest Lectures: Apex predators & keystone species |
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| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Keystone Predator |
Ecosystems — energy & water |
Ch. 55 | ||
| 3 | July 13 | Mon |
Ex. 2D: Tree diversity / ESA |
Ecosystem resource cycles | " |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Limiting Nutrients (+ workbook) | California ecological provinces | Atlas of the Biodiversity of California |
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| July 15 | Wed |
De Anza campus birds |
Watershed & stream ecology | ||
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Isle Royale |
Case Study: Wolves and moose of Isle Royale | |||
| 4 | July 20 | Mon |
Field Day: Stevens Creek Watershed |
Pollution and ecotoxicology | Ch. 56 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Fire & Succession |
Conservation & restoration | " | ||
| July 22 | Wed | EXAM 2 Ex. 4C: Macroinvertebrate diversity / Statistical analysis of diversity |
Guest Lectures: Niche partitioning and biodiversity |
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| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EcoBeaker®: Nutrient Pollution |
Behavioral biology | Ch. 51 | ||
| 5 | July 27 | Mon |
Ex. 5A & 5B: Behavioral ecology |
Origins & paradigms | Ch. 22 |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Sickle-Cell Alleles |
Mechanisms of evolution | Ch. 23 | ||
| July 29 | Wed |
Ex. 5B & 5C: Behavioral ecology |
Case Studies: Microevolution examples and mechanisms | " | |
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Genetic Drift |
Reproductive ecology & sexual selection | " | ||
| 6 | Aug 03 | 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 05 | Wed | EXAM 3 | |||
| Asynchronous Lab | ♦ EvoBeaker®: Darwinian Snails |
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