Pictured top, nine science and health teachers from Paterson attend the last of five Detectives in the Classroom workshops on campus in which they critiqued the curriculum aimed at teaching students disease prevention strategies. The program's principal investigator Mark Kaelin of HPPERLS (back to camera) discusses the curriculum with (from left) Mary Mc Clam, Debra Falek (hidden), Veva Tronci, Donna Kerwein, John Super, Lucy Mankovich, Rosa Kopic, Paul Healy, and Lynn Tarant. Above, Kaelin stands with a concept map designed to teach middle school students how to answer five essential epidemiological questions:

1. Why are some people getting sick while others are remaining healthy?
2. Is there an association between the hypothesized cause and the disease?
3. Is this association causal?
4. What should be done when preventable causes of disease are found?
5. Did the disease prevention strategy work?

The poster was presented at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Awards annual meeting. The NIH provides funding for the project.