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AT THE END OF TERM 2 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, students embarked on a barge trip that took them down the Chao Praya river. On this week-long journey, the 25 students were extended a challenge to compete against each other in a film competition. Asked to use their iPhones (or other cameras) and weXplore experiences, they created short films that covered a journey, whether in the style of the Odyssey,...

While visiting the Golden Triangle in northern Thailand, we had the joy of visiting Think Elephants International, where Dr. Joshua Plotnik explained how they study domesticated elephants in order to promote elephant conservation. In this video, Dr. Plotnik explains some of the basic understandings about elephants on our visit to their grounds in Chiang Saen.   After watching their many experiments on behavior, Dr. Joshua Plotnik and Dr. John...

TGS students took the initiative while at PTIS to explore the campus farm and develop their own pre-CAS activities related to farm improvements. Utilizing elements of science, experience gained from Me to We, their own ingenuity, our students created various teams each dedicated to a different project on farm improvement, all while closely working with Chrissie Bleach, the Farm Coordinator for PTIS. Not only was it an excellent training opportunity...

On the very first day of classes in Cuenca, Ecuador, 9th grade students read an excerpt from from The Native American Broadcasting System, which begins with the line "I am the essence of Pow-Wow." Students were tasked to write their own "I am" poems. Fast forward to this week in Thailand, where 9th-grader Russell was looking back at old work for material while writing his memoir. He found this artifact...

  AS OUR 9TH AND 10TH grade students move through their studies and creep closer to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP), THINK Global School is providing opportunities like this one to help prepare them for the task ahead. Matthew Albert visited TGS and PTIS on February 17th, 2012 to talk about his experience with the IBDP and how his CAS project directed his life goals from that point...

  “Ow! Why in the world did I bring heels!” utters Alice, leaning against the wall as we climb up the stairs. Her hair is pinned up, her make-up impeccable. I look down at my own red, three-inch, suede ones. They stuck out from the black and white flats in the crowd. Carrying a briefcase and a backpack, everyone trudges to the different committee rooms. A nervous chatter fills the...

  LAST SATURDAY was an eventful day. Together, Gawa, Ambika, and I formed a tennis tournament within a week's time! We had twelve people participating through out the whole tournament. We decided to create doubles teams and split them up into two different pools. In the end we had our final match under the lights: Ambika & Liam vs. Gawa & Gijs. Battling for third place, we had Willem &...

Not every geography class covers Antarctica in as much depth and detail as to specify this seemingly obvious answer. How many south poles are there? What does Antarctica even look like? Who has dared to journey to the South Pole in the past, and what compels someone to endure one of the world's most extreme environments? Dave Martin of Extreme World Races recently spoke to the students in Thailand about...

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D WALK into a temple in Thailand and say, “Look at the Angry Birds dive-bombing the World Trade Center!” but that is exactly what I said upon visiting the shrine inside the Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai. The assignment was to use our trip to the Golden Triangle as a text through which to explore the concepts of Cultural Diffusion, Cultural Assimilation and Cultural Imperialism. The...

BOTH TEA AND OPIUM have been produced in Thailand's northern Chiang Rai province for thousands of years, just as elephants have been a constant. This past week, TGS took advantage of the opportunity for place-based learning on these subjects, venturing three hours north to the Chiang Rai province. In Mae Salong, the area's largest producer of tea, students walked through tea plantations before taste testing several different types of tea....