The seventh-grade science classes are doing monthly “tick drags” through 4 different habitats (field, forest, forest edge, and knotweed patch) to see where and when ticks are present. The information will be entered into a database and students will analyze the data in the spring and following school years. This work is being done as part of the 4-H Tick Project, a community science project engaging K-12 youth and educators, made possible through a partnership between 4-H Youth Development, UMaine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, Maine Forest Tick Survey, and members of the Learning Ecosystems Northeast project. On Nov. 22 they did the November collection, and no ticks were found in any of the locations. Students did find some deer ticks in October.