Welcome to Fall 2022
Dear Fall M-20 Students:
WELCOME TO MICROBIOLOGY at LACC!
Monday, you will receive an email alerting you that our Syllabus and Canvas sight is active. Please peruse the website (click on the links) and look over how the course is organized: HINT: BY EXAM number..
Until then there are a few things that you could do now to prepare; some of them may be found on my "old" website" at hicksmicro@blogspot.com (ignore any not safe or unsafe "site" notifications).
Lecture: YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TEXTBOOK or LAB MANUAL! Go to YouTube and subscribe to our hicksmicro YouTube site. Read page 1 of the old website . "My philosophy of Education & How to get an "A" in Microbiology" then move down the page & click on the BLUE button for the MicroDropBox. Inside MicroDropbox go to "Tests & Ancillary Materials." Download a copy of an old edition of our Textbook "Microbiology: Principles & Explorations" by Black and read the textbook Introduction, Chapter 1 "Why Study Microbiology" & Chapter 2 a review of Chemistry - dont panic! We just need you to know basics like: atoms, elements, the Periodic Chart, bonds, molecules & compounds. This is OYO (On your own - no lecture but it will be expected).
Laboratory Needs:
1. Go to the LACC Bookstore and purchase the Microbiology-20 Lab Packet.
2. Buy a long sleeve and long torso (to the knee area) WHITE cotton or cotton mix Lab coat (on Amazon for $10 and up). REMEMBER BECAUSE OF BUNSEN BURNERS, IT GETS HOT IN LAB EVEN WITH A/C... the more cotton in the coat the better it "breaths" the more poly material the more you will sweat.
3. Buy a set of colored Pencils
4. Buy a can of "Bon Ami" scouring powder (or "Bartender's Friend" NO OTHER BRANDS, in supermarkets near Ajax etc.
5. Buy a Small hand-held battery fan
6. Buy a small box of matches.
7. Buy a binder for 3 holed papers - NOT A BINDER WITH METAL RINGS, 1 the can hold 1 inch of handouts and worksheets ands has metal tabs the you "bend" to close it.
8. Buy a small bottle of hand sanitizer
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY LAB FACEMASKS,FACE SHIELDS,or a LAB MANUAL AS WE PROVIDE THEM for you as "loaner materials."
Thanks for
OPTIONAL: a box of Nitrile Gloves (that fit you) a broad/wide point (NOT FINE POINT) BLACK SHARPEE that clicks closed/no cap.
Thanks for taking my class! if you are dedicated and keep trying I will "drag you" to success in Microbiology 20!
Emails: hicksmicro@gmail.com in the Subject put last name 1st ID # and a "hook" that indicates the question
Text: 213-246-3783 The same as above regarding the info 1st in the text
