Creator: CDC | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
While West Nile isn’t likely to be a specific curriculum element anytime soon, the Centers for Disease Control’s page about West Nile offers good content showing how public health officials monitor and respond to the emergence of new infectious diseases. Try this one in a current events discussion, asking the question, "How big a problem might this actually be?"
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Parents may find the information on who is susceptible to the virus informative.