How to Teach Kids about Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions
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Purpose: The intent of the Flu Math Games tool is for students who have completed the exercise to educate parents and siblings about Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPI's) and reducing the spread of influenza Toolkit Description: The Flu Math Games tool is an interactive educational video for high school math classes. The video lesson shows students that math can play a role in understanding how an infectious disease spreads and how it can be controlled. During this lesson, students will see and use both deterministic and probabilistic models and learn by doing via role-playing exercises. The primary exercises between video segments of this lesson are class-intensive simulation games, in which members of the class 'infect' each other under alternative math modeling assumptions about disease progression. There are also occasional class and local discussions with classmates. In addition to the video, the following online simulations are also provided to supplement the tool. - Simulation 1: Exponential Growth, Sampling without Replacement - Simulation 2: Sampling with Replacement - Simulation 3: Super Spreaders - Simulation 4: R0 =1.5 - Simulation 5: Initial Immunity - Simulation 6: Statistical Flu Spread Simulation Too Who should use it?: The tool is intended for use by high school and middle school students. There are no formal prerequisites, as students in any high school or even middle school math class could enjoy this learning video. In addition, more advanced classes can go into the optional applied probability modeling that accompanies the module in a downloadable pdf file. Benefits: By teaching high and middle school students about the spread of infectious disease and proving an education about non-pharmaceutical intervention, this tool could potentially reduce the spread of influenza.
Program: Community Health
Submitted Date: Sep 05, 2017 | Modified Date: Sep 30, 2025
Primary Toolkit: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Toolkit | Secondary Toolkit: Community Resilience Toolkit
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Institution Type: Academic,
Keywords: Epidemiology, School Safety, Communications, Immunization