DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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Thank you for your interest in the Hunterdon County Department of Health's "Lyme Disease Education Program." We hope the information on this website will provide you with a few tools to teach your students and children about Lyme disease. We hope to add more to this site for upcoming seasons. Your suggestions are welcome! Please do not hesitate to call the Hunterdon County Health Department at 908-788-1351 or Office of Public Health Nursing and Education at 908-806-4570 for any questions or assistance.

LYME DISEASE EDUCATION Materials for Teachers

	LYME JEOPARDY: You can download a copy of this as a PowerPoint Presentation. If you do not have PowerPoint, you can download a copy of PowerPoint Viewer (note: PowerPoint Viewer also works on Macintosh systems).
	LYME DISEASE: Signs, Symptoms & Prevention: This is a PowerPoint document, if you do not have PowerPoint, you can download a copy of PowerPoint Viewer (note: PowerPoint Viewer also works on Macintosh systems). updated 05/11/2006
	CLASS ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS: Great ideas on class activities to learn more about Lyme disease.
	LYME DISEASE PREVENTION: A Fact Sheet for Parents & Teachers
	DOWNLOADABLE FILES: Powerpoint Presentations and links to download free software
	COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S LYME DISEASE INFORMATION: More informative materials on the Hunterdon County Health Department's website.

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LYME EDUCATION ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS:
Below are a few activity suggestions for Lyme Disease Education, depending on the age of your students:

• To convey size of ticks: Bring in bagel with poppy seeds ('nymphal ticks') to sprinkle into each child's hand; sesame seeds will show the size of adult ticks
• To demonstrate proper tick removal: A styrofoam 'tick' (made with an oval Styrofoam egg, sliced in half and colored black, with black pipe cleaners as legs) and tongs. Have students show proper removal of tick.
• Have four or five volunteers come up to the front of the class, and have remaining students how well they are dressed for 'tick safety' and why (Note things like color of pants, shorts vs. pants, sandals vs. closed shoes, light socks, etc.) Remaining students can explain why clothing is good or bad.
• See the Tick Word Find (Acrobat Reader file). This can be re-created on large flip chart for two teams to race to find a called out word; or, each team member can state something (or in a 'Jeopardy -type" question format) about the word called out before the member runs to circle it.

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If you have difficulties regarding the above, they can be addressed with Carrie Moore, County Webmaster at cmoore@co.hunterdon.nj.us or at 908-788-1123