New online course engages middle, high school students in The Science of COVID
Through short content lectures and interaction with embedded online tools, students and other users can develop a better understanding of how pandemics are studied, modeled, prepared for and mitigated
A new and freely available online course aims to expose students to some of the practices being used by experts who are working on COVID-19.
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New online course engages middle, high school students in The Science of COVID
Sara LaJeunesse
February 12, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting so many aspects of their lives, it is perhaps more important than ever for middle- and high-school students to understand how scientific knowledge is created and how this knowledge is translated into policy. A new and freely available online course created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Penn State and Northwestern University aims to expose students to s