Outreach Program Opportunities for Middle and High School Students

The Ixodes Outreach Project at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth is offering a FREE 40 to 50-minute Zoom presentation for students (grades 6-12).

 

The presentation will cover:

• What causes Lyme Disease
• How we can prevent Lyme Disease
• How we can make a difference in our community through research
• Research being done at UMD
• Citizen science efforts

We encourage audience participation using polls and a mock case study of a hypothetical student who experiences a tick bite to stimulate chat and group discussion.  

 

  

The number of presentations we are able to give is limited, so sign up your class today:

https://z.umn.edu/IOP_2021_SchoolOutreachProgram

 

More information on available dates and times for presentations are available at the above link.  Additional questions can be forwarded to us at:

ixodesoutreach@gmail.com

 

We look forward to working with you and your students!

Free Outreach Program via Zoom

 

 

As the temperatures rise and the snow melts, we are entering tick season and approaching Earth Day (April 22nd).  We here at the Ixodes Outreach Project feel this is a great time to engage our community members in timely distribution of science and public health related material and to prepare to get out and celebrate Earth Day!  

 Please join us for our FREE 45 to 50-minute Zoom presentation.

The presentation will cover:

• What causes Lyme Disease
• How we can prevent Lyme Disease
• Debunking common Lyme disease myths
• How we can make a difference in our community through research
• Research being done at UMD
• Citizen science/community participation opportunities
  

 

More information on dates and times is available at the link below: 

https://z.umn.edu/IOP_2021_CommunityOutreachProgram

 

 

Anyone interested in attending the Zoom presentation can sign up with this link.  Sets may be limited, please sign up early.

Questions about ticks? Get answers from the Minnesota Department of Health!

 

This March the Minnesota Department of Health will be hosting a free webinar series about ticks and mosquitoes.  Can't make it to the webinar?  Recordings will be archived for later viewing.

Click here to find out more and to register!

 

Post by C. Fisher