Ebola and Exponential
Functions, Scary? Not!!!
a unit authored and presented by, Robin cochran dirksen and betty fink, at the 2015 technology in education conference, rapid city, south dakota, april 19-21.
It is important for students to come to reason about data- by engaging in instructional activities that allow them to examine current events from a data-based viewpoint, they appreciate the power of math to support or negate what is reported in the media. They also gain an appreciation for how the media may neglect to illustrate the scope of societal health problems in various countries.
This unit uses GoogleCharts to graph data from WHO Situation Reports of the 2014-2015 African ebola outbreak. They also use algebra to determine function type (linear vs. exponential vs. polynomial); and plot linear regressions on Texas Instrument graphing calculators. Links to how-to videos can be found on my YouTube Channel for the components of the unit.
This unit uses GoogleCharts to graph data from WHO Situation Reports of the 2014-2015 African ebola outbreak. They also use algebra to determine function type (linear vs. exponential vs. polynomial); and plot linear regressions on Texas Instrument graphing calculators. Links to how-to videos can be found on my YouTube Channel for the components of the unit.
Files for the Unit
Datafile for students
|
|
Washington Post Article, October 9, 2014
|
|
Student Timeline Exemplar of Google LucidChart
|
|
Ebola PowerPoint from Baylor University School of Medicine
|
|
Working with ebola data How To videos on my YouTube channel
Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btv-HmUuCTM