Toss-Up

Posted March 30, 2017 by turtle
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This activity uses dics and various rounds of play to simulate the spread of a disease and allows students to examine the effect of three variables:  transmission rate (determined by dice roll); duration (determined by number of rounds of play) and virulence (determined by infecting 4 or 8 neighbors).  This activity fits well with the epidemiology model to discuss these variables before beginning to model a specific disease.  

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