CDC Museum Disease Detective Camp (DDC) is an interdisciplinary educational program organized by the CDC Museum. The camp is open to upcoming high school juniors and seniors and is held at CDC's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. During camp students are immersed in the diverse field of public health.
The CDC Disease Detective Camp curriculum is based on contextual and situated cognition learning principles. By learning through hands-on activities and seminars, high school juniors and seniors at the conclusion of the camp will be able to:
Identify five careers within public health
Demonstrate an understanding of basic epidemiology terms
Calculate basic epidemiologic rates given an outbreak scenario and data
Recognize how infectious and chronic diseases are tracked in the United States
Understand the role of public health law in protecting the public′s health in the United States.
Over the course of five days, campers will take on the role of disease detectives and learn first-hand how the CDC safeguards the nation's health. Teams will probe a disease outbreak using epidemiologic and laboratory skills and report their findings to a group of CDC scientists. Activities may include short lectures by CDC experts, a mock press conference in the CDC press room, and a look behind the scenes of CDC.
Details
Listing Type:Summer Programs
Program Delivery:Day
Destination:United States
Provided By:Independent Provider
Session Start:June, July
Session Length:One Week
Entering Grade:11th, 12th
Gender:Coed
Category:STEM
Sub-Categories:Career Exploration, Public Health, Data Science/Analytics
Selective:No
Ages:16, 17
Minimum Cost:Free
Career Clusters:Health Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
CDC Museum Disease Detective Camp (DDC) is an interdisciplinary educational program organized by the CDC Museum. The camp is open to upcoming high school juniors and seniors and is held at CDC's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. During camp students are immersed in the diverse field of public health.
The CDC Disease Detective Camp curriculum is based on contextual and situated cognition learning principles. By learning through hands-on activities and seminars, high school juniors and seniors at the conclusion of the camp will be able to:
Identify five careers within public health
Demonstrate an understanding of basic epidemiology terms
Calculate basic epidemiologic rates given an outbreak scenario and data
Recognize how infectious and chronic diseases are tracked in the United States
Understand the role of public health law in protecting the public′s health in the United States.
Over the course of five days, campers will take on the role of disease detectives and learn first-hand how the CDC safeguards the nation's health. Teams will probe a disease outbreak using epidemiologic and laboratory skills and report their findings to a group of CDC scientists. Activities may include short lectures by CDC experts, a mock press conference in the CDC press room, and a look behind the scenes of CDC.
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