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Bemidji Middle School presents 'Medical Detectives' STEM elective to District 31 board
Summary
Bemidji Middle School Assistant Principal Kyle McMartin and STEM teacher Jeff Ostrom described a nine-week elective, "Medical Detectives," to the Bemidji Public School District 31 School Board on March 17, highlighting hands-on labs, case files, and a final community-facing outbreak project.
Kyle McMartin, the assistant principal at Bemidji Middle School, and Jeff Ostrom, the school's STEM teacher, presented the middle school's STEM offerings to the Bemidji Public School District 31 School Board during its March 17 meeting.
The presentation focused on a nine-week elective titled "Medical Detectives," which Ostrom described as organized around three units: disease detectives, mysteries of the human body and outbreak. "This medical detectives class is a 9 week elective class," Ostrom said, and he walked board members through representative lessons and student activities.
In the disease detectives unit, students measure vitals such as pulse, temperature, respiratory rate and blood pressure and…
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