High school biology students have begun a unit on the Pandemic Flu. We have read and talked about how viruses are spread, and we have visited various government websites to track the spread of H1N1 and seasonal flus, and to investigate the best ways to prevent students at Clark from catching or spreading them.
Each High School Biology student has been assigned a classroom in the lower school which they will observe during a Tuesday morning class period in order to collect data regarding: surfaces touched by students and how many times they are touched; how many students exhibit signs of illness (coughing, sneezing, feeling nauseous) and how many times each occurs; how many students touch their eyes, nose, mouths; how many students use Purell after sneezing or coughing; how many students wash their hands before or after eating; how many students cover their mouths and noses when sneezing or coughing; and observations about what areas could be cleaned by students on a daily basis versus those areas which could be cleaned by adults.
After collecting and analyzing data, high school students will make recommendations to teachers, and they will swab and culture various high-traffic areas before preventitive measures have been made and after they have been put in place.
A public health presentation to lower school students during Morning Meeting will be made, and High School Biology students will develop hands-on activities for younger groups and a powerpoint presentation and lesson plan will be developed for older groups. Posters will be put up in bathrooms and in each building to remind students of what they have learned.
The goal is to have High School Biology serve as the repository of preventive health information for the Clark School community, and to help all of us stay as healthy as possible this winter.
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