{"id":50,"date":"2020-06-18T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/dataclubs\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2022-12-22T20:23:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T20:23:30","slug":"ticks-and-lyme-disease","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/dataclubs\/modules\/ticks-and-lyme-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticks and Lyme Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ticks and Lyme Disease Module<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lyme disease is on the move, but where is it heading and why? Deer ticks, the primary carriers of Lyme disease, have spread to some areas of the US, but not to others. Why is this the case?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this module, Data Clubs participants put themselves in the shoes of epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control who use large data sets to track the spread of this dangerous disease. Participants investigate geographical data about Lyme, trends in its spread over time, and factors that make it likely that ticks will thrive and transmit the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using CODAP<\/a>, a free online data platform for exploring big datasets, students look at trends over time, threshold values and ranges associated with Lyme, and relationships among several attributes that may be associated with the rate of Lyme disease. The datasets include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n