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Visit our website www.wyoea.org to view the year-long WEA calendar. Enter the Contest & Encourage Children to Develop Healthy Habits! It is important to educate students about healthy habits, both in the classroom and at home and to support this message, Lysol has developed the Healthy Habits program. This nationwide effort provides teachers, students and families with materials and tools to help them lead healthy and happy lives. One exciting piece of the program is the Healthy Habits contest which is open now through July 31, 2014. The contest encourages teachers and parents to nominate their school for a chance to win: 1. Three school grant opportunities tiered at $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000 2. One-year supply of Lysol products for the school 3. Grand Prize winner also receives a Healthy Habits Day, featuring a visit from the Healthy Habits Bus – a science museum on wheels that teaches students about germs and hygiene Lysol® Healthy Habits Bus: "A Science Museum on Wheels" Germs are a tough concept for children since they can't see them or smell them. The Lysol Healthy Habits Bus is the first-ever, educational bus that helps make germs more understandable and real. A series of interactive stations on the bus encourage students to engage with germs and understand how they can make them sick – and how thorough hand washing and other healthy habits can help to keep them well: Clean Hands Germ Scan. Children put their hands in the Hand Scanner and see their hands projected on a screen in front of them – with animated "germs" wriggling all over them. A video then teaches the proper way to wash hands and get rid of germs. Anatomy of the Sneeze. An animated nose on a screen sneezes – accompanied by a burst of air so children feel like they have been "sneezed on." They then see themselves surrounded by animated "germs," simulating how sneezes spread germs around a small area. When to Wash. A touchscreen game shows a class in progress. Children tap the students who need to wash their hands (after sneezing, before unwrapping a snack, etc.). Correct answers get a reward; missed chances prompt videos that explain how germs spread when hands aren't washed. Defeat the Germs! In this Kinect™-style augmented-reality game, students use wipes with the goal of preventing germs from getting past them. To learn more about the Healthy Habits program, visit Lysol.com/HealthyHabits . SUMMER 2014 | WEAnews 24 ICI WEA.indd 26 6/26/14 3:21 PM