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2022-2023 Educators
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Left: Five teachers participated in a refresher academy during National Mosquito Awareness Week. 
Top: Ms. Yates refamiliarizing herself with Survey123.
Participating Schools & Educators!
  • Ms. Butterfield @ Bearden Middle School (BMEB)
  • Ms. Jones @ Powell High School (PHCJ)
  • Ms. Meyer @ Powell High School (PHSM)
  • Ms. Reynolds @ South Doyle High School (SDSR)
  • Ms. Sluss @ Robertsville Middle School (RMSS)
  • Ms. Waldron @ Bearden Middle School (BMSW)
  • Ms. Yates @ Northview Academy (NACY)
Quick Cheat Sheet
  • Survey123
  • GoogleForms
  • paper label (22-codeTrap#-wk)
  • Help! Email... 
    • Becky for logisitics
    • Corey for mosquitoes​
    • Brian & Michael for GIS
      • Michael for Survey123​
      • Brian for GoogleForms
    • Josh for CoDap

2022 Surveillance schedule 

  • August 22 - 28 (calendar week 34, study week 0)

    • Finalize your question, hypothesis, & treatments 6 cups x 6 weeks (3 cups/trmt)  

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk1

  • August 29 - September 4 (calendar week 35, study week 1)

    • Set your traps at locations that answer your question 

    • With Silver sharpie, label cup with trap id

    • With pencil, label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 35

    • Use Survey123 to georeference your trap locations

    • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 1 study wk 1

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk2

  • September 5-11 (calendar week 36, study week 2) 

    • Collect wk35 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag) 

    • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions 

    • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 36

    • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 2

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 3

  • September 12-18 (calendar week 37, study week 3)

    • Collect wk36 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

    • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

    • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 37

    • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 3

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 4

  • September 19-25 (calendar week 38)

    • Collect wk37 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

    • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

    • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 38

    • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 4

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 5 

  • September 26-October 2 (calendar week 39)

    • Collect wk38 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

    • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

    • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 39

    • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 5

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 5 

  • October 3-9 (calendar week 40)

    • Collect wk39 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

    • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

    • Replace infusion water & label egg paper with trap id & calendar wk 40

    • NEW: Set ovitrap 7 adjacent to ovitrap 6

    • Dechlorinate your water & then add liver powder for study wk 6

  • October 10-16 (calendar week 41)

    • Collect wk40 egg paper & store in provided bag (label bag)

    • Use GoogleForms to report trap & site conditions

    • Remove trap from the field and return egg papers to University of Tennessee

Key Dates
  • * NEW * Molecular Biology Workshop: March 25 & 26, 2023 on the UT AgCampus
  • ​Science Communication Workshop: April 15, 2023 on the UT AgCampus
  • **NEW** Science Communication Fair May 6, 2023​ on the UT AgCampus
    • Students will present their ​project (science/communication/both!) to one another and to the community. 

Molecular Biology Workshop!

Using mosquitoes collected by educators and their students, participants will....

1) Identify mosquitoes to species & sex

2) Extract DNA from them

3) Use PCR to amplify a gene

4) Use gel electrophoresis to identify the genotype

5) Assess their science

Science Communication Workshop!

Educators will bring their student-derived

  • question and hypothesis

  • data and results

to the workshop and craft a message for an audience.

Educators will bring their message back to their classroom and challenge their students to do better. Those students will be able to present their message to the community at the Science Communication Fair.

Science Communication Fair!

NEW this year!

Educators, their students, and their families will present their science to one another at our First Science Communication Fair.

 

Categories:

  • Scientific Research Poster

    • based on YOUR classroom hypothesis develop a scientific poster

    • parts of the poster should include:

      • question with hypothesis,

      • background

      • methods

      • results (graph or map?!)

      • discussion 

  • Scientific Communication Messaging

    • based on the results of YOUR classroom hypothesis craft a media campaign to target 5 different audiences

    • audiences might include

      • a family member​

      • a friend

      • your principal

      • your mayor

      • general community member 

 

Prizes for Middle School & High School

  • Educator with the greatest percent of participants

  • top individual scientific poster

  • top group scientific poster 

  • top individual media campaign

  • top group media campaign ​

Medical Entomology & Geospatial Analyses:
Bringing Innovation To Teacher Education & Surveillance Studies

Preventing La Crosse Infections in Tennessee Children

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