Practice Materials

Middle School students compete in the 2015 National Science Olympiad Disease Detectives Event in Lincoln, NE.

The following materials were developed by CDC to help students prepare for the Science Olympiad Disease Detectives Event. These exercises are suitable for:

• Event supervisors to use as they prepare students to compete in the Science Olympiad Disease Detectives Event
• Teachers to use as they incorporate public health and epidemiology into their curriculum and develop lesson plans

Please see the Science Olympiadexternal icon website for the Event Supervisor Guides and additional materials for middleexternal icon (Division B) and high schoolexternal icon (Division C) events.

National Event Exercises

• Fun At The Child Care Center pdf icon[PDF – 26 pages] – Division B Exercise and Answer Key (2014)
• Fun At The Child Care Center pdf icon[PDF – 26 pages] – Division C Exercise and Answer Key (2014)
• Asthma Outbreak After the Science Olympiad pdf icon[PDF – 28 pages] – Division B Exercise and Answer Key (2014)
• Asthma Outbreak After the Science Olympiad pdf icon[PDF – 29 pages] – Division C Exercise and Answer Key (2014)
• Environmental Impact of Terrorism pdf icon[PDF – 416 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2013)
• West Nile Virus pdf icon[PDF – 5 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2003)
• Testing for Anthrax pdf icon[PDF – 6 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2002)

Regional Event Exercises

Regional Event supervisors from outside CDC contributed several exercises they developed.

• Science Olympiad Disease Detectives Division B 2016-17 Regional Event pdf icon[PDF – 47 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2016-17)
• Binge Drinking pdf icon[PDF – 4 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2000)
• A Chesapeake Parasite is Killing Fish and Making People Ill pdf icon[PDF – 4 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (1998)
• Cigarette Smoking pdf icon[PDF – 4 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2001)
• Dozens Sickened by Apparent Food Poisoning pdf icon[PDF – 6 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (1998)
• E. Coli pdf icon[PDF – 4 pages] — Exercise and Answer Key (2001)