On Sunday after breakfast, the Field School students climbed into the lorry for a 20 minute ride. Their destination: The Nakwaperit Primary School where they had been invited to play a fun and friendly football match against the local students. After hearing about the defeat of the previous field school in a match during the [...]
It's Thrusday of the first week of the Geology module. So far, the students have learnt about the Geological History of the Turkana Basin, as well as some of the basics of Geology, from the principles of sedimentation to the classification and formation of different types of rocks and minerals. The first field trip of [...]
To mark the end of the week and the beginning of the Geology module Dr. Martins, joined by geology professor Dr. Craig Feibel, took the students on a boat trip to Central Island. This is the middle island of Lake Turkana, which houses three spectacular crater lakes - Flamingo Lake, Crocodile Lake, and Tilapia Lake. [...]
After a fun but intense week, the Ecology module draws to an end with the student project presentations. In this session the students were honoured by the presence of a surprise guest - Dr. Richard Leakey. Carolina, Erica, Lauren, Abdi, Sarah and Janina give their presentations. Everyone did a fantastic job. Here are some [...]
For the past week the students have been working extremely hard collecting data for their research projects. Angela, Carolina, Janina, Kailie, Lauren, Robyn and Tiffany are in the Vectors Team, where they are exploring various themes surrounding malaria and mosquitoes, from the use of counterfeit drugs to the conditions that influence mosquito larvae survivability. [...]
Over the weekend the students got the opportunity to explore further afield with two trips South of TBI. On Saturday morning, after an hour's drive through the arid landscape and villages with smiling, waving children, the students arrived at the lush Kerio Delta. Setting off... Turkana children waving as we pass through [...]
We're now reaching the end of the first week of the field school and the students have been having a great time! They have also been working very hard, planning and writing their research proposals for the Ecology module. There are two main themes for this semester - Mosquitoes and Malaria; and the use Doum [...]
After a lecture on malaria, mosquitoes, and other common diseases and their carriers, the students headed down to the river for a practical on the identification of mosquito larvae and pupae. We were joined by a National Geographic film crew and the students were very excited. Female mosquitos lay their eggs in water, where they [...]