West Nile Virus Activity Sheet - Don't let mosquitoes put the bite on you!

H34-128/2005
ISBN-0-662-69003-6
Publication: 3066

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Colour this Activity Sheet and put it on your wall at home.

Did you know?
West Nile is a virus that you can get from the bite of a mosquito. It can make you sick.

Tell mosquitoes to buzz off - follow these easy steps:

1) Avoid mosquito bites

Put on bug spray when you go outside. Ask a grown-up for help and always follow the directions. Wash your hands afterwards.

Wear light-coloured clothes - they are harder for mosquitoes to see you in.

Wear a long-sleeved shirt, pants and a hat in wooded or swampy areas to hide your skin from mosquitoes.

2) Clean-up standing water

Standing water is water that collects in buckets and in other objects after it rains.
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in standing water
Less standing water means fewer mosquitoes!

• Clean up and put away objects around your home and yard that can hold water.
• Empty water from toys, old tires, splash pools, and other outdoor objects.
  

Can you spot the objects on this page that hold standing water?

Test your West Nile Virus smarts
Crossword puzzle questions:

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1. Always follow the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when you use bug spray.
5. Hide _ _ _ _ from mosquitoes.
6. Put on bug spray when you go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
8. Empty water from outdoor objects like toys and old _ _ _ _ _ .
9. Mosquitoes lay _ _ _ _ in standing water.

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2. You can get West Nile virus from an infected _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
3. Avoid mosquito _ _ _ _ _ !
4. Wash your _ _ _ _ _ after putting on bug spray.
7. West Nile is a _ _ _ _ _ .
10. Clean-up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ water .
11. Wear light-coloured _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .