The Natural Disasters & Health CENTER (NDHC) is a comprehensive educational package designed to increase middle school students' knowledge of the health risks of natural disasters. The project is a perfect fit for science, health and related classes as well as in some guidance classes that include a career component. 

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   The Natural Disasters & Health (NDH) project is based at Wheeling University and is funded by a cooperative agreement with the National Institutes of Health’s Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA). 

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  The NDH CENTER includes: 

• a companion suite of problem-based learning modules (PBL) to explore real-world disaster and health topics

• PBLs with a socioscientific issues (SSI) focus that allows students to investigate community relavant problems that may be informed by science

• support curriculum

• teacher professional development resources

• extensions and activities that supplement classroom disaster preparation and response activities.

 

Students who explore these NDH Center materials will gain a better understanding of:

• health risks of disasters

• body systems and injuries and illnesses related to disasters and how to avoid them    

• immunologic responses to diseases

• how vaccines work, and

• non-disaster health risks such as vaping.

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Our Goal

     We hope you find the site engaging and informative. Our goal is to twofold: to motivate students to explore health-related topics concerning disaster-related health risks and to assist teachers in delivering effective, engaging materials that increase students’ knowledge base, critical thinking skills, and interest in science careers. 

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Contact

     We want to know what you think. If you have feedback, suggestions or questions about the Natural Disasters Health Center materials, please let us know.

                                            E-mail: mcalinger@wheeling.edu

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