Science education has a real problem. It doesn't involve much real science and fails to make connections to all of the wild places on our planet where science happens. Instead of learning about science, kids should be learning how to do science. We want real research based science education in the classroom, where kids (and teachers!) are excited about science, and have fun while they work. Can you picture a science classroom like this?
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thanks for all of your interest and support.
Thanks for following along with us as we worked.
Dr. Warner and I had so much fun communicating with all of you and answering your questions as we worked. We are now back home and in need of some much deserved rest. We worked extremely hard and slept very little! However, we love what we do and feel like we really did some great experiments that will give us tons of good data to evaluate our hypothesis and write conclusions to share with the scientific community.
I will continue to answer your questions and post on the blog as long as you guys are still following. This weekend I will get caught up and answer the most popular questions. If you email me a question directly at aaronmreedy@gmail.com I will make sure that I answer it. Also look for a slide show with 20-30 pictures of lizards, other animals and our work sites. I will have it all posted by Monday so you won't be bored while you are on spring break. Check back with Wide World Science soon.
Thanks again. Your posts and questions were great. You are the best.
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Welcome Home Mr.Reedy.
ReplyDeletethats good u had fun mr. reedy so wen u comin to visit us???
ReplyDeleteDo you feel any different being in Chicago and not at Florida??
ReplyDeleteSelena Romero.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking picture. :)
Keep us posted on everything. Get some real good sleep soon you's deserve it and need it if you's planned on keeping this going. :)
We support you's all the way. :)
& Honestly I never thought Biology could be this interesting. Glad I got your class this year.:)
Great job mr.reedy, best biologyst teacher yet :) ,ill be on spring break looking out to post some questions. Have a good spring break Mr.reedy
ReplyDeleteyou guys look happy
ReplyDeleteMr. Reedy please come and visit us!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen are coming back to teach us? Just wondering?
ReplyDeleteNo problem Mr.Reedy. I'll be sure to drop by and leave some more comments during break. Keep up the awesome blogs!!
ReplyDeleteMr. Reedy! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad your back, you should visit us once we get back from spring break, just saying :D
I'm glad you had fun, and yeah you do deserve some rest.
We miss you so much, hope to see you soon :))
NO problem Mr Reedy and we all had fun skyping you and you telling us what went on while you were out there that was real cool of you .
ReplyDeleteOh YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH Mr.Reeddy is back in Chi-Town
ReplyDeleteOH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ARE YOU GOING TO VIST US
ReplyDeletehow are things going? have the lizards started mating yet?
ReplyDeletethey are cool the lizard
ReplyDeletehow did the lizards do when you relase them
ReplyDeletedid u let them go now?
ReplyDeletein how many weeks do u think they well mat?
ReplyDeleteWelcome Home Mr. Reedy!
ReplyDeleteI can see you had a good time but tired one as well!
Hope you can visit us one of these days so you can tell us all about your adventure:)
We miss you!!
how many lizards do u think well live?
ReplyDeleteyou look nice
ReplyDeleteWELLL YOUR SOON TO BE DONE MR.REEDY HOPE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH THIS EXPERIMENT WAS MORE THAN YOU EXPECTED....HOPE YOU COME AND VISIT KELLY WHEN YOUR FINISH .....!
ReplyDeletewhat is the majority or population of the lizards do you think will survive
ReplyDeleteWhat do you predict is going to be the results of all your experiments?
ReplyDeleteWhats was the best part about this trip?
Did any lizards die while getting the tattoo?
What was your least favorite part of this trip?
How many islands did you go to?
are you going back to the islands? IF SO WHEN?
did you bring suvaneirs for us?
ReplyDeleteyou told us you caught some green anole.
ReplyDeleteDid you see any similar trait to the brown anole?
did you miss being back at chicago?
ReplyDeletedefinitely looking forward to the photos of the lizards. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your research Mr. Reedy.
ReplyDeleteYou are truly an inspiration for all us, your students.
Thanks Yazmin. I try my best, but you guys inspire me too sometimes.
ReplyDeleteNo, thank you for showing us the real world of science. You taught us many things that we could not learn inside of a classroom. And you should get some sleep so that you can have more energy to fight for your goal.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your hard work and you have shown us what is real science. That is working with live animals and learning from hands-on experiments. I learn a lot in your class and I can say that you are one of those few teachers who love to teach students. Have fun learning at Northwestern U. Come visit us someday! =)
ReplyDeleteYou inspire us more!
ReplyDeleteIt would be amazing to work with someone very inspiring like you. Can't wait for TREE.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! I am really glad that you were able to show us just about the whole proccess of the experiment. It was really motivating and kept everyone really interested waiting to see what would occur next.
ReplyDeleteThanks all. Really thank you.
ReplyDeleteGabriella- Did you guys get your TREE packets in the mail yet?
welcome back Mr. reedy i hope you were able to accomplish all the things you needed to get done before returning home...
ReplyDeletewe miss you alot mr. reedy, we truly do :)
ReplyDeleteSo will you write a scientific article about this trip?
ReplyDeleteYao- Yes, we will publish the results of our experiments in a scientific paper- like the papers you guys read and wrote in class this year.
ReplyDeleteDo you think the hypothesis for this experiment will be correct? (More likely than not)
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that you are still interested in the project. To answer your question, yes we think that our hypothesis will be correct. However, that is no guarantee that we will be right and if the data shows that we were wrong that will just be how it goes. That is why we do the experiments; because we don't know for sure. That is the fun part of science. You are figuring out answers that nobody knows.
I will answer your other questions too, so check those posts as well.