We accomplished some of the goals, but not all. Not many scientists are necessarily comfortable with class visits, as few of them have experience with children. Dawn Lenz and Christine Szorc worked together, and Christine convinced Dawn that it would be fun to visit her first grade class. I put together a slide show which I presented to the kids. I would encourage scientist partners to consider direct classroom involvement, even if they don't initially want it.
Some scientists are already parents, so they are more comfortable with kids.
Nadja Aquino worked with Mimi Housinger in Mimi's 3rd grade class developing a worm compost heap. Meetings to get to know one another, share ideas and plan our lessons take time. Making sure we're in touch by email in between our meetings takes committment. Follow through on what we promise each other takes time and committment. For me, it was all worth it.