Resources

For 4-H leaders and ag educators: Below are activities that can be done in local clubs with youth participants to help them learn more about zoonoses and One Health; plus extend on what they learned in the on-line courses. We recommend at least Mutation Nation and Mucus Swap. The other activities can be used by the leaders as they see fit. 

Activities for kids

• COVID-19 Training - For Kids!
• Mucus swap: Use the adaptation for a shorter activity - RECOMMENDED
  • Instructor guide
  • Participant guide
• Mutation Nation - RECOMMENDED
• Disease Transmission and Biosecurity Activity
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Activity
• What is a pathogen?
• Diseases that animals and humans share: The words you need to know
  • Use the beginner version of the game and the adaptations for younger or less experienced participants.
  • Vocabulary cards
• Health for One, One Health for All

Activities for teens

• Mucus swap: Use the adaptation for a shorter activity - RECOMMENDED
  • Instructor guide
  • Participant guide
• Mutation Nation - RECOMMENDED
  • Video
• Disease Transmission and Biosecurity Activity
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Activity
• Basics of Biosecurity
• Diseases that animals and humans share: The words you need to know
  • Use the advanced version of the game and the adaptations for older or more experienced participants.
  • Vocabulary cards
• Building on Biosecurity: Reducing the Risk
• Health for One, One Health for All
• Bridging Human and Animal Health

Activities & Training Evaluation Tools for Extension Educators

• Sign-In Unique ID
• Summary evaluation tools
• In-person activities
  • Post training evaluation
  • Pre training evaluation
  • Training instructions and form

Easy to share, display, and print, these resources and infographics demonstrate how to safely handle and exhibit livestock. Topics include hand washing tips, preventing swine influenza spread, checklists for being safe around animals, and many more.

Materials for Fairs, Farms, and Handling Live Animals

• How to be safe at a petting zoo
• Key facts for people exhibiting pigs at fairs
• Reduce your risk of becoming sick
• How to be safe around animals (K.N.O.W.)
• What people who raise pigs need to know about influenza (flu)
• Stay healthy around animals
• Wash hands when leaving animal exhibits
• Checklist - Minimizing influenza transmission during exhibitions
• Flu can spread between pigs and people
• Q Fever safety at livestock birthing exhibits: Information for operators and managers