Steve Coxon's Malawi, Africa Page

In the summer of 2004, Mrs. Dunn, Ms. Brehl, and Mr. Coxon traveled to Malawi, Africa on a Fulbright Scholarship through Virginia Tech. We taught at primary schools for four weeks and then went on safari and traveled along Lake Malawi for a fifth week before heading home.

See a detailed map of Malawi here: malawimap.jpg

I taught my Standard 7 (like our 6th grade) the scientific method using a paper airplane experiment. Most had never seen a paper airplane before! mairplanes.jpg

Mrs. Dunn, Ms. Brehl, and me in front of an amazing baobab tree: mbaobab.jpg

Malawi is famous for its bird populations: mbird.jpg

We were worried that a croc would turn our boat over and rip us apart, but the guide assured us that only the hippos do that: mcroc.jpg

Hippos, the giant attack cows of the Shire River (why does an herbivore need giant fangs?): mhippo.jpg

Seeing elephants in the wild made me realize how awful it is to keep them in zoos and circuses: melephant.jpg

MMM! Fresh veggies: mmarket.jpg

Keep your distance from monitor lizards: mmonitor.jpg

Some kids who tried teaching me Chichewa: mschool.jpg

A very, very big spider that places berries in its web to attract tasty insects: mspider.jpg

 

Learn more about Malawi at the links below:

African Studies Center: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Malawi.html

allAfrica.com: http://allafrica.com/malawi/

 

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