When you get sick, you turn to your personal physician or perhaps a specialist to help determine what’s wrong and how your health issue might be remedied. But when disease occurs in not just one individual, but in large groups of people, it becomes a matter for public health experts. In this lesson, you will meet one of the many faces of public health: the epidemiologist.

In the screens that follow, you will examine a topic in environmental public health and begin to think about ways to incorporate similar topics into your high school curriculum. You will watch videos, answer questions, and take notes throughout this lesson. Be sure to record your answers in the space provided and click "Save." At the end, you will plan your own classroom activity that incorporates public health-related content into your curriculum.