Educator Guide: COVID-19 On Campus

Health & Medicine
Science & Society
Coronavirus
Data Analysis

February 27, 2021

masked students on the UC Boulder campus — At the University of Colorado Boulder, students pick up campus maps and pandemic protocols on August 18. Each school that opened for the fall semester had its own patchwork of safety measures in place to try to keep students and staff safe from COVID-19.

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About this guide

In this guide, students will learn about strategies that five universities used to monitor coronavirus cases on campuses, analyze the strategies’ effectiveness at minimizing spread and reflect on the strategies used at their own school.

This Guide Includes:

Exercise type:Comprehension
Topic:Health & Medicine
Category:Coronavirus
Category:Data Analysis

COVID-19 goes to college

Students will answer questions about the online Science News article “How 5 universities tried to handle COVID-19 on campus,” which explores five universities’ strategies for monitoring and stemming the spread of the coronavirus on campuses. A version of the story, “COVID-19 on campus,” appears in the February 27, 2021 issue of Science News.

Exercise type:Discussion
Topic:Health & Medicine
Category:Coronavirus
Category:Data Analysis

COVID-19 lessons for colleges

Students will explore and analyze various approaches some universities have taken to manage the COVID-19 pandemic on their campuses before comparing the strategies to those used at their own school.