CDCM PHA STEM Lesson – Hand Hygiene

In Hand Hygiene, student scientists learn how proper hand sanitation can reduce illness and deaths worldwide. Students learn when and how to sanitize hands by performing a handwashing experiment. Students explore the art exhibit, Watching Hands: Artists Respond to Keeping Well, and then create a piece of handwashing-inspired art to share with others.

Topics included in Hand Hygiene:

• Health consequences of hand hygiene
• Diarrheal and respiratory diseases
• Sanitation
• Antibiotic resistance
• Public health and art
• Engineering design process
• Scientific and health communication