Community Partnership Designed to Promote Lyme Disease Prevention and Engagement in Citizen Science

The goal of this project is to promote Lyme disease prevention and to cultivate an interest in science through a citizen-science project coordinated by researchers at a public university and teachers at rural high schools. The lesson plan is designed to increase student interest in pursuing a scienc...

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Autores principales:	Veronica A. Seifert, Shane Wilson, Samantha Toivonen, Benjamin Clarke, Amy Prunuske
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2016
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bfb7b65df96846d0a145ebe7ee72eb882021-11-15T15:16:53ZCommunity Partnership Designed to Promote Lyme Disease Prevention and Engagement in Citizen Science10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.10141935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/bfb7b65df96846d0a145ebe7ee72eb882016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v17i1.1014https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885The goal of this project is to promote Lyme disease prevention and to cultivate an interest in science through a citizen-science project coordinated by researchers at a public university and teachers at rural high schools. The lesson plan is designed to increase student interest in pursuing a science career through participation in an authentic research experience, utilizing a topic that has implications on the health of the surrounding community. Students are introduced in the classroom to zoonotic diseases transmitted by the Ixodes tick, the health risks of Lyme disease, and disease prevention strategies. Students then participate in a research experience collecting field data and ticks from their community, which are used in university research. To measure changes in student knowledge and attitudes toward Lyme disease and science careers, students completed surveys related to the learning objectives associated with the experience. We found participation in the activity increased student confidence and ability to correctly differentiate a deer tick from a wood tick and to recognize the symptoms of Lyme disease. In addition, students reported increased interest in pursuing a science degree in college or graduate school. Authentic research experience related to a disease relevant to the local community is effective at enhancing high school student engagement in science.Veronica A. SeifertShane WilsonSamantha ToivonenBenjamin ClarkeAmy PrunuskeAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 63-69 (2016)
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description	The goal of this project is to promote Lyme disease prevention and to cultivate an interest in science through a citizen-science project coordinated by researchers at a public university and teachers at rural high schools. The lesson plan is designed to increase student interest in pursuing a science career through participation in an authentic research experience, utilizing a topic that has implications on the health of the surrounding community. Students are introduced in the classroom to zoonotic diseases transmitted by the Ixodes tick, the health risks of Lyme disease, and disease prevention strategies. Students then participate in a research experience collecting field data and ticks from their community, which are used in university research. To measure changes in student knowledge and attitudes toward Lyme disease and science careers, students completed surveys related to the learning objectives associated with the experience. We found participation in the activity increased student confidence and ability to correctly differentiate a deer tick from a wood tick and to recognize the symptoms of Lyme disease. In addition, students reported increased interest in pursuing a science degree in college or graduate school. Authentic research experience related to a disease relevant to the local community is effective at enhancing high school student engagement in science.
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title	Community Partnership Designed to Promote Lyme Disease Prevention and Engagement in Citizen Science
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Community Partnership Designed to Promote Lyme Disease Prevention and Engagement in Citizen Science

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