Stimulating Understanding of Computational science through Collaboration, Exploration, Experiment, and Discovery for students with Hearing Impairments
a collaboration of the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf, Barton College, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Interpreters, Inc.

For Teachers!

Flu Model

Activities:

The students use a computer model (SIR) to explore the characteristics of a flu outbreak. By adjusting sliders they determine the effects of starting with one or multiple infected people. They evaluate the impact of sick leave policies on the productivity of a company that is affected by the flu outbreak. They recommend a policy for vaccinating the employees and/ or the their families.

Materials needed:

Computer with Internet access or CD with this lesson. 

Preferred but not required: Stella model downloaded from this lesson. Stella Runtime a free download or Stella Research. 

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The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.

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This project is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Science Foundation.