This spring the National Geographic supported Lizard Project will be back in the field and we are looking for partner classrooms who want to share in that experience. This project will give students a unique window into evolutionary biology in action. Last year we began an ambitious experiment with the brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei) to study the effect of a skewed sex ratio on natural selection in a wild setting. We introduced small populations on nine small living laboratory islands within Florida’s Intra Coastal Waterway. Four of those islands have female biased populations and the remaining five are male biased. We will be going back to capture all of the lizards again, measure and mark the new hatchlings and check the population survival and growth rates. We would like to share this process with you and interact with your class. As we prepare for the field work, your students can get familiar with our work through blog posts and assignments that reinforce the concepts of ecology and evolution that we study. Later, as we head out into the field, your class can watch our work and ask questions through a live Skype session and through the blog.
If you are interested in having your class partner with The Lizard Project or just want to hear more, drop us a line at aaronmreedy@gmail.com