Day 8

After staying up until 2am, rolling out of bed at 5am and scrambling to finish our projects, we all gathered in the classroom to present our final presentations.  My group, Los Zompopos, presented last.  Overall, every group had a fascinating presentation.  I was both sad and relieved that our research projects are done.  I enjoyed every part of the field research.  Watching hundreds of leaf cutter ants devour G. Aborea leaves we placed on the foraging trail was unbelievable to watch.  Our presentation went very well and our results were very promising. 

When we finished our presentations, we helped with a community service project painting a community center and afterwords got ice cream and Cokes. 

The rest of the evening was spent with leisure activities as we celebrate our last day at Finca La Anita before we head out to the beach for sea turtle research.

Annabelle Kindig

(The petri dishes for one of the team's experiments)

 (Some of our students on the bus ride to Colonia Libertad  for community service)

(Our lead scientists posing for a picture before their goodbye)

Note: Other pictures will be posted upon return; we have limited access to WiFi to upload many photos