12th May
12th May: Resources for Disease Dynamics
Welcome,
We hope these resources may be of some use to you and your students in the coming days.
This page outlines some resources for a topical maths unit or project on “Disease Dynamics”. It could be suitable for your TY students or other year groups. It also has lots of links to yesterday’s page on “Indices and Logarithms”, especially “Exploring Exponential Functions”.
The nrich page under “Activities” is a good starting point for this area.
We've picked materials from a variety of sources which may help you when planning for supporting your students in their learning. As teachers, you're in the best place to judge which materials are most useful for your students and to design activities around these resources.
If you have any questions email us at postprimarymaths@pdst.ie.
History of Major Epidemics and Pandemics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7ivFcGbFJM Added: 11 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Audio / VideoTwelve minute YouTube video clip detailing the history of major epidemics and pandemics by Geo History Channel.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- TY
- TY Core Subjects
Strand: Mathematics
Strand unit: 1. Functions
Suggestions for use: Could be used to give some historical context to how diseases spread over history
Exponential Growth and Epidemics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg Added: 11 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Audio / VideoEight minute Youtube video clip exploring the concept of exponential growth and epidemics. This video could be used to give some real-world context to exponential growth.
View full descriptionHow it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- Mathematics
Strand: 5. Functions
Strand unit: 1. Functions
