This summer, the CancerEd team has made progress in a few different areas. First, CancerEd has created a number of new lesson plans that will be posted to the website soon. These lesson plans will cover a wide range of topics ranging from cancer prevention to cancer treatments.

Along with developing lesson plans, CancerEd has been working on social science research. Just recently, both a parent and a teacher survey were launched. The goal of the teacher survey is to gain a better understanding about what resources teachers need to educate kids about cancer as well as to gauge teacher interest in using these resources. The teacher survey received 124 responses and the CancerEd team is working on data analysis with the results.

The goal of the parent survey is to find out how parents are communicating with their children about cancer and what resources they need. The CancerEd team is still looking to gain more responses to the survey. The survey is directed toward those who have parented children between the ages of 5-18 while having cancer.

CancerEd will continue working hard the rest of the summer to meet the needs of educators and families around the country. We appreciate your support!