As I write this, I'm waiting for our students to return from their weXplore, a five-day excursion that takes students beyond their host city for immersive cultural experiences. For the past two months, we as a school have called Maun, Botswana, our home. It's a small town on the edge of the Okavango Delta and, for many travelers, a doorway into Africa. But Maun is only one perspective, and it...
Read MoreEntranced by Biology in the Amazon
The TGS classes of 2014 and 2015 will forever remember the color of the Tiputini river that snakes through Yasuní National Park, the sound of a rainforest storm, and the squish of the nutrient-rich, clay-like dirt on the floor of this ecosystem.
For four days, THINK Global School experienced the learning potential of a remote research station in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Being the first high school group to visit Tiputini Biodiversity Station, it was a real honor to meander the hiking trails with expert guides, observing the most biodiverse ecosystem in the world. Here, biology doesn’t just engage; it entrances.