Standards

• Improve science education using highly engaging approaches to teaching and learning that include new technologies.
• Increase science literacy among high school students taking integrated science, biology, health, anatomy/physiology, or related classes.

Specifically, we seek to increase knowledge and understanding of:

1. Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
2. Bacterial and viral classification and structure
3. Pathogen transmission mechanisms impacting human populations
4. The human immune response

• Promote career awareness for biomedical fields among the target population.
• Create a program with the potential for widespread use.
• Create a program that considers the needs of underrepresented and underserved groups.