Happy Valentine’s Day from the Field School !
Students really got into the Valentine’s Day spirit, making creative and imaginative gifts and cards for each other! We wish everyone a joyous day filled with love!
Central Island Volcanoes
Students went on a day trip to Central Island, a volcanic island in the middle of Lake Turkana. After a fun and refreshing 1 hour boat ride students arrived at the island, which consists of several craters filled with water. The first lake visited is named Crocodile Lake which, you guessed it, houses a population [...]
TBI Cliffs
Students learned the concept of superposition, where the oldest sediment or rock layers are on the bottom of an exposed outcrop. However, due to various forces, such as movement of the plates that make up the Earth’s crust, or changes in water bodies, the relative position of rock layers can change. Understanding geology is important [...]
Glimpses of the Past
The students have been learning more about the geology of the Turkana Basin. Today they learned about how layers of sediment form (stratigraphy) and what these layers can tell us about the nature of past environments. Sediments are particularly useful in telling us about the topography (profile) of landscapes and the presence of rivers, lakes or [...]
A rock is a rock – or is it?
The second module - The Geology of the Turkana Basin- kicked off yesterday. Students first learned how to use the Brunton compass to map areas. Their first assignment was to map the 100 acre TBI compound. Students had to measure distances among structures such as the fence and buildings, and had to use the compass [...]