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Young scientists use exponential growth and logarithms to model how a virus spreads through a population. Pupils watch a news clip about the 2012 outbreak of Ebola. Scholars then manipulate inactive graphs to see how various factors influence the spread of the disease.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have groups chart how lockdowns, social distancing, hand washing, and wearing masks influence the spread of the CORONA virus
Classroom Considerations
- Learners should be familiar with the formula for the sum of a finite geometric series
- Spreadsheets are required to perform some calculations recursively
- While the focus is on the Ebola virus, the principles apply to COVID-19 as well
Pros
- Demonstrate how mathematical principles can be applied to medical science
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- None