The Wisconsin Department of Health Services and The Midwest Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease have teamed up to create a fun and educational tool to teach people about ticks!
Dr. Xia Lee and colleagues have created an engaging toy to teach people of all ages about ticks and tick borne diseases.
Want to make your own tick?
- Check your LEGO collection to see if you have the parts!
- Pick up a kit at a local outreach event!
- Order the parts online using our parts list!
Interested in creating and distributing your own Build-A-Tick kit? More information can be found here.
Special thanks to Dr. Xia Lee for leading this project and Dr. Karen Fuenzalida Araya for her amazing artwork. We would like to thank Adam Shumate, Bailey Donahue, Eliza Lacoursiere, and Teddy Theodoris for their contributions to the design and creation of this kit.
Questions on creating or disturbing our kit? Contact us at MCEVBD@wisc.edu.
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