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Mar

TAHMO on World Wildlife Day

Categories: sister schools, Technology, Weather Stations

Every year on the 3rd March the world commemorates World Wildlife Day. We celebrate the wide diversity of animals and plants across the globe while raising awareness about threats facing them.

This year’s theme, “Life below water: for people and plants” is inspired by goal 14 of UN sustainable goals which aims to conserve the oceans while also sustainably extracting resources from within them. TAHMO is one of many initiatives contributing to the wildlife and water agenda.

Shimba Hill National Park (Photo Credit – Kenya Wildlife Service)
TAHMO Station at Shimba Hill National Park (Photo Credit – TAHMO Kenya)

TAHMO has installed 10 stations within 22 km of the Kenyan coastline, and distributed along the entire coastline. In all national parks, you will find a TAHMO weather station with close range. Shimba Hills National Park hosts one of many TAHMO stations in Kenya. There are 9 stations close to Maasai Mara national park, 11 stations circling Mount Kenya national park, 5 stations near Aberdare national park, 2 stations near Chyulu national park and the list continues. Initiatives like the Maasai Mara citizen observatory and TWIGA, which TAHMO is part of, will contribute to the sustainability of wildlife.

TAHMO stations on Kenya’s Coastline. Source

We understand the world today is seeking better ways to conserve and sustainably use the forests, oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and weather data is a critical component of it. Are you working in the wildlife conservation sector and in need of weather data? Reach us at: info@tahmo.org.

Written by Gilbert. Twitter: @mwangilbert

Jan

4 steps on how to involve schools in using TAHMO weather data

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TAHMO places its weather stations at schools so the instruments and data can be used in the classroom. The goal for this is to enhance the climate change curricula. Our TAHMO Field Engineer Kwame Duah went to the Accra Girls Senior High School in Accra to train them in using the weather station. These sessions are great fun. Students are eager to learn about ” what that weather station in their school playground does” and how it can be used in climate change. Here we show 4 different steps on how students learn about climate change through TAHMO.

First is a session on how the teachers and students perceive climate change and how it affects their lives. Students explain how irregularity in rainfall makes it difficult for the farm management on their family farm. Teachers tell how it was 20, 30 or even 40 years ago which is a great example of how our climate has evolved in such a short time period. This session creates a direct involvement of everyone in the class. It excites both students, teachers, as well as the TAHMO representative.

Second, we go outside, and stretch our legs! After discussing it, we are going to see it. Students are brought within the enclosure of the weather station to see it up close. It is explained how the surroundings of the weather station are of great influence. We should not have trees grow next to it or allow trucks to park in the vicinity of the weather station since it will affect the data.

Third, we open the weather station. Every little detail and every sensor is thoroughly discussed. What does it do? How does the sensor work? Students can touch and feel it. It is shown how important maintenance is. That it should be checked every month to see if there are no leaves or insects in it.

Fourth, we bring out a laptop and show the students how they can log in and access the data. What they can do with it and how it is used by researchers all over the world. This illustrates the importance of everything we did before. How good maintenance provides accurate data, how the environment affects the weather station, and how the data can be used for the farmers to improve their yield.

Are you a student, teacher or involved in any other way with a school anywhere in the world and you want to join the TAHMO school2school program? Then be sure to contact us through info@tahmo.org.

**Written by Kwame Duah

Sep

School2School update Fall 2018

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The School-2-School Team would like to highlight two schools as the winners of the S2S September Challenge. Namanga Mixed Secondary School and Kibisi Secondary School have been exceptional in their monthly TAHMO station cleaning and using the weather data in their classroom.

Namanga Mixed Secondary School has focused on temperature and wind speed & direction data from their TAHMO station. Students have learned how to calculate the daily mean temperature and the daily temperature range. Using the wind speed and direction data, students have learned how to draw wind rose to show the distribution of wind directions
Kibisi Secondary School has involved their students and geography club in cleaning their TAHMO Station. During a routine cleaning, students noticed that the rough middle surface (splash guard) was very dirty. They used their problem-solving skills and found a method to clean it using a toothbrush without interfering with the glass plate or the temperature sensor. The students have learned how important maintaining a clean weather station is to recording accurate results. The teacher in Charge Mr. Edalia Wycliffe uses the data in his classroom and has taught his students how to download the data from the School-2-School website. He uses the data in spreadsheet form to calculate mean, mode, range, and standard deviation and says using real data has enriched his classroom lectures

Sep

Training of St. Paul’s SHS Students

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The TAHMO Initiative regards training and education of both teachers and students of schools with a TAHMO station as a very crucial ingredient of the Initiative. This is done through the school2school program which is created to serve the important purpose of educating, training, and support with teaching and learning materials.

Students and Geography teachers of St. Paul’s SHS, Denu in the Volta Region of Ghana had an interactive session to understand TAHMO’s school2school program. The students joined Mr. Kwame Anhwere – the TAHMO regional coordinator – to carry out maintenance work and understand all the ins and outs of the weather station. This attracted students from other departments who found the session quite interesting.

During the sessions, the main discussion was about how the environment supports life and the importance to take good care of it. It was about the activities and responsibilities that individuals and governments have to minimize their impact on the environment. The last part of the discussion centered on the various sensors on the station, how they work, the parameters being measured, and how data could be accessed and visualized for lesson plans.

The students had the opportunity to see the real-time measurements when the station (logger) was connected to the computer as well as near real-time measurements online via the school2school.net platform. Some of them had the opportunity to check the data online.

The school expressed its appreciation and was happy to be among the selected schools in the country to host a TAHMO station.

**Written by Kwame Duah**

May

School 2 School SLICEIT program in Idaho, USA

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The Students Local and International Collaboration for Environment through Innovative Technology (SLICEIT) is launching a donation program to seek funding to install further TAHMO weather stations in schools. Please check out their website

Jun

Sister schools

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List of sister schools.

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Koyoo Mixed Day School: -0.581579, 34.607620

Ntumu Boarding Primary School: -0.244139, 37.672970

Voi Girls Secondary School: -3.394089, 38.362198

East Jr High: 43.566050, -116.113406

TVMSC, Treasure Valley Math and Science Center at Riverglen: 43.680105, -116.280099

St. Williams Osodo School: -0.524297, 34.257094

Homa Bay High Station: -0.537930, 34.460027

Ngouye Town Station: 14.519806, -16.444817

Thies Town Station: 14.922867, -16.940231

Binaba Town Station: 10.872002, -0.468464

Navrongo Town Station: 10.923157, -1.081467

UKZN AIM: -29.372635, 30.252914

Potshini Village Station: -28.811870, 29.379440

University Toukra Station: 12.096033, 15.056763

N\'djamena Airport station: 12.129056, 15.034215

St. Joseph Senior High/Technical School: 6.656213, -0.669630

Asesewa Senior High School: 6.408892, -0.142908

Mountain High Senior High School: 6.650677, -1.517658

Ofoase Senior High Technical School: 6.166068, -1.141299

Bompata Presby Senior High School: 6.619653, -1.057853

Obuasi Senior High Tech School: 6.201207, -1.691251

Bodwesango Senior High School: 6.281433, -1.421356

Dompoase Senior High School: 6.312391, -1.532968

Asante Akyem Technology Institute: 6.666985, -1.184807

CRIG JHS: 6.083333, -0.250000