West Nile Virus
School Programs
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| Morrow BioScience
Ltd. provides education programs designed to create awareness
about mosquitoes and preventative and protective measures that children
and their families can take to help prevent themselves from being
bitten. The presentations are generally directed to students in grades three to seven and are of approximately half an hour duration. Depending on the age of the group, the presentations are altered to make sure that the information is presented at the appropriate level. The visual aides are portable and presentations can take place within multiple individual classrooms. The topics generally consist of an introduction, general facts about mosquitoes, the life cycle, habitat and natural predators of the mosquito, followed by mosquitoes as vectors of disease and the West Nile Virus, the control measures that the municipalities and Morrow BioScience are taking against West Nile Virus, environmental considerations and the preventative measures that can be taken by the students at and around their own homes. The presentations are interactive and engage the students in discussing the topics and contributing their own knowledge to the presentation. Informational handouts are provided for the students to take home to their parents. Contact Morrow BioScience Ltd. if you wish to organize a presentation at your school. |
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