Math shows how human behavior spreads infectious diseases
The article I chose was an article telling about how there was a study on how human behavior during an infectious disease can spread the infectious disease. It talks about how they modeled it by putting different scenarios and different disease in to the model to see the social effect. This is important because it gives more options and a better idea on what will happen and how people will react in a time of a infectious disease. In the article it gives more backing to the study then any results of the model. It gives the average out come of the model.
What diseases spread the fastest by social interaction?
Does human behavior directly effect the spread of infectious diseases?
How can human behavior effect the spread of infectious diseases?
The grand challenge that this would pertain to would be Understanding and sustaining a bio-diverse planet and Understanding the American Experience. It is sustaining a bio-diverse planet because it is talking about human behavior and how it effects the spread of infectious diseases. Understanding how it does would help with sustaining the planet. The understanding the american experience because have to understand how Americans behavior effects the spread of diseases in their society.
Montana Mathematics Content Standards for Mathematical Practice: Grades 9–12 Explanations and Examples: HS.MP.4. Model with High school students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. mathematics. By high school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem or use a function to describe how one quantity of interest depends on another. High school students making assumptions and approximations to simplify a complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those relationships mathematically to draw conclusions. They routinely interpret their mathematical results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
The technique I would use for this would be close reading. I would open a class with handing out the article to each student and have them read the article a couple of times with a pencil. The pencil would be used to write down notes as the read through the article. The teacher would explain what kind of notes to be taken. They would main points, interesting passages, and questions about the article. Have a class discussion answering a variety of the students questions about the article. This activity would take up the beginning of class before going in to the lesson for the day. This would be beneficial because it would show the students the influential uses mathematics can have in the real world. This would show the teacher who read the article carefully and who is interested in the real life application of mathematics.
