Students explore epidemics with UW Medicine in Federal Way

Middle school students at Nautilus K-8 School participated in a unique lesson on epidemics last week, with the help of staff from University of Washington Medicine. Nautilus teachers Dan Haegele and Candace Ray helped create the partnership with UW Medicine to bring the lesson to the school.

November 10, 2014 3:03 pm
Students at Nautilus Middle School learn the importance of suiting up to avoid infection and transmission at the UW Medicine researcher facility.
Students at Nautilus Middle School learn the importance of suiting up to avoid infection and transmission at the UW Medicine researcher facility.

Middle school students at Nautilus K-8 School participated in a unique lesson on epidemics last week, with the help of staff from University of Washington Medicine. Nautilus teachers Dan Haegele and Candace Ray helped create the partnership with UW Medicine to bring the lesson to the school.

Students researched historical and current epidemics and also learned how a virus attacks animal cells. UW Medicine visited Nautilus and worked with the students to help them learn how diseases spread.

Students also visited the UW Research facility to learn about the daily activities of researchers.

For their culminating project, the students will put together a Center for Disease Control panel to control an epidemic of their choice.