Thursday, March 14: Disease Tracking

Hey All-Stars!

Today we will be looking at the spread of disease.

Warm up: 

Warm up Part 1: 
1) Copy these definitions:
Epidemic: A disease that is widespread in its impact and exists during a certain time period
Pandemic: In simple terms - an epidemic on a global scale
2) List all the epidemics you can think of.

Social Media and Epidemics

Warm up Part 2:

I use social media (twitter, facebook, etc.) to _________________.

I think social media could be used to track disease by ________________________.

Discuss: How is social media useful for public health?

How are pandemics spreads?

What other technology helps track disease?

Watch: "Swine Flu: Anatomy of a Pandemic - Computer Models of the Pandemic's Spread"

Summarize in complete sentences in your notebook how disease is spread and how disease is mapped, especially on the epidemic/pandemic scale.

Spend the remainder of class working on your CDC project.

Ms. Nickel