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?
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Time to catch more lizards.
So our projects are going well. Yesterday we weighed, measured and marked more than 200 lizards. It was a long day that started at 6:00am and ended at almost midnight. We have to work hard to get the data while we have the chance. We are now driving north to check out some new lizard collecting sites. We still have 550 animals to go to reach our goal of 850 lizards.
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Thats alot of lizards for the time you and Dr. Warner have been there.
ReplyDeleteDo you spend more time catching lizards or researching/recording data?
This might be off your research, but how is the research that Ms. Harrison doing going along?
Do you have an expected time frame for when you'll be done collecting and marking all the lizards? Are you in any rush?
ReplyDeleteHas your team and yourself, gotten faster and better in catching the lizards? Are there any special techniques that your team has obtained in catching lizards?
ReplyDeleteHow many lizards do you catch in a day ?
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of tools do you use to catch them ?