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Curb the Epidemic!
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Jenkinson, Garrett Goutsias, John Frennesson, Susan Jenkinson, Debbie Stuart |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Using a website simulation tool, students build on their understanding of random processes on networks to interact with the graph of a social network of individuals and simulate the spread of a disease. They decide which two individuals on the network are the best to vaccinate in an attempt to minimize the number of people infected and "curb the epidemic." Using a website simulation tool, students build on their understanding of random processes on networks to interact with the graph of a social network of individuals and simulate the spread of a disease. They decide which two individuals on the network are the best to vaccinate in an attempt to minimize the number of people infected and "curb the epidemic." Since the results are random, they run multiple simulations and compute the average number of infected individuals before analyzing the results and assessing the effectiveness of their vaccination strategies. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado The Johns Hopkins University |
| Subject Keyword | Biology Life Science Problem Solving Science and Technology Medical Disease Epidemic Probability Simulation Randomness Complex Networks Network Social Network Vaccine Sir Model Spread of Disease Interaction Vaccination |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VII Class VIII Class IX Class X |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Biology Technical |
