What is the Science Ambassador Program?
The Science Ambassador program invites science teachers from middle and high schools nationwide to compete for the chance to collaborate with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientists on epidemiologic-based lesson plans. Together, CDC and science teachers craft relevant and up-to-date lessons that engage students by bringing discussions and activities regarding real public health problems into the classroom. By introducing students to public health at a young age, science teachers are able to nurture and foster future public health professionals. Topics covered in the Science Ambassador program afford teachers excellent educational opportunities to explore well-documented scientific issues and to learn more about different public health-related topics, including epidemiology, nutrition, surveillance, birth defects, developmental disabilities, hereditary blood disorders, and skin cancer. Although CDC has the scientific expertise, current and future teachers have the ed
