Build-A-Tick

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The Wisconsin Department of Health 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!

Find the parts needed to create your own LEGO tick kit!

Parts list

Booklet containing directions for building and information on Blacklegged ticks!

Build-A-Tick

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.

Questions on creating or disturbing our kit? Contact us at MCEVBD@wisc.edu.

 

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