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Bowland

Outbreak: Infection Detection

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Explore the mathematics of infection outbreaks with activities that ask learners to use coordinate grids to locate infected patients. They calculate amounts of ingredients for antidotes and determine which groups of people should be...
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Mathalicious

Pandemic

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
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...
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Curated OER

Outbreak!

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the spread of a disease through a population.  In this Algebra II lesson plan, 11th graders analyze graphical data representing they spread of a disease.  Students produce a graph of the virus data,...
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Curated OER

Outbreak!

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students examine the spread of a disease.  In this Algebra II/Biology lesson plan, students collect and analyze data as they simulate the spread of a virus.  Students brainstorm ways in which people can help to stop the...
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Curated OER

Finding the Flu

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work to determine when the flu is most prevalent in the United States. They gather data on their own, create calendar, charts, and graphs, analyze their findings and present them. This is a very appropriate winter lesson!