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  • Environmental Science
  • STEM Education

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for innovative public health surveillance methods.
  • Wastewater surveillance offers a powerful tool for monitoring infectious diseases in communities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline the development and implementation of an interdisciplinary STEM and environmental health unit for high school students.
  • To integrate wastewater surveillance concepts related to COVID-19 into secondary education.
  • To assess the feasibility and impact of hands-on public health education initiatives.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Wastewater Assessment for Coronavirus in Kentucky: Implementing Enhanced Surveillance Technology (WACKIEST) Unit.
  • Implementation in a rural Kentucky high school over 12 days, engaging 190 students.
  • Inclusion of mobile laboratory activities, wastewater treatment plant field trips, and public health report creation.

Main Results:

  • Successful engagement of students in wastewater surveillance and public health principles.
  • Positive feedback from students and teachers on the unit's effectiveness and relevance.
  • Demonstrated value of interdisciplinary, hands-on learning in public health education.

Conclusions:

  • The WACKIEST Unit effectively integrated real-world public health issues into secondary education.
  • The initiative successfully fostered community health resilience and informed students about public health decision-making.
  • The success supports the development of online modules for wider dissemination of public health education strategies.