Student Exploration: Disease Spread (ANSWER KEY)

Student Exploration: Disease Spread
Vocabulary: disease, epidemic, infect, infectious disease, pathogen
Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)
Why do you think it is important to cover your mouth when you cough?  
Why should you always wash your hands before you eat?  
Gizmo Warm-up
When a person has a disease, his or her normal body functions are disrupted. Some diseases, such as diabetes and most cancers, are not spread from one person to another. But other diseases, such as the flu and strep throat, can be spread. These diseases are known as infectious diseases. Infectious diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, and other agents known as pathogens.
In the Disease Spread Gizmo™, you will be able to
observe how various pathogens can spread through a group of people. Click Play () and observe.           
Describe what happened on the SIMULATION pane:
Look at the color key on the bottom right of the Gizmo. What is happening when a person changes color?

Activity A:

Person-to-person transmission
Get the Gizmo ready:
x Click Reset ( ). x On the CONTROLS tab under Active Diseases, turn off Foodborneand turn on Person to person.
x Set the Number of people to 5.
 

Question: What factors affect how quickly a pathogen spreads from person to person?
Predict: Some pathogens are spread directly from one person to another. This can happen when people come into direct contact or share items, such as drinking glasses. What do you think might affect how quickly a pathogen is spread from person to person?
Identify: Select the SIMULATION tab on the left and the TABLE tab on the right. (You will want the table tab open to answer question C.)
What does the purple person represent? 
Click Play, and observe the simulation for a while. What must happen for the disease to spread?
How long did it take to infect five people?
Experiment: Click Reset. Change the Number of people to 15. Click Play, and record how long it takes to infect five people. Then repeat the experiment when there are 25 people and 35 people in the room.
Interpret: Study the data you collected. What trend do you see in the data, and how would you explain it?
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Activity A (continued from previous page)
Experiment: Not all pathogens are equally infectious. Click Reset. Set the Number of people to 20. Under Probability of transmission, select Low for Person to person.
On the SIMULATION tab, click Play. Record the time it takes to infect five people. Then repeat the experiment with a medium and high probability of transmission. (Note: For the
“Medium” setting, move the slider half-way between the Low and High positions.)
Interpret: Study the data you collected in the table above. What trend do you see in the data, and how would you explain it
Analyze: On the CONTROLS tab, place the Probability of transmission slider under Person to person half-way between Low and High. Select the SIMULATION and GRAPH tabs. Click Play.
At what time did the disease spread most slowly? Most quickly
How could you explain this change in the rate of the disease’s spread?
Apply: An epidemic is the rapid spread of an infectious disease. How do you think a government could try to prevent an epidemic of a dangerous person-to-person pathogen?
Activity B:

Foodborne and airborne transmission
Get the Gizmo ready:
x Click Reset.
x On the CONTROLS tab under Active diseases, turn off Person to person and turn on Foodborne.
 

Question: How do foodborne and airborne pathogens spread?
Predict: How do you expect the spread of a foodborne disease to be similar to and different from the spread of a person-to-person disease?
Observe: Select the SIMULATION tab. Click Play and closely watch the people moving around the room.
What does each person do just before becoming infected?
How are foodborne pathogens transmitted?
If a person in the simulation never eats or drinks anything from the buffet table, is it possible for them to become sick with the foodborne disease? Explain your answer.
Analyze: Select the GRAPH tab, and wait for every person to become infected.
At what time did the disease spread most slowly? Most quickly? _The time the disease spread from person to person slowly
How could you explain this change in the rate of the disease’s spread? __________
(Activity B continued on next page)
Activity B (continued from previous page)
Compare: How does the spread of a foodborne pathogen compare to the spread of the person-to-person pathogen you studied in activity A?
Predict: How would you expect the spread of an airborne disease to be similar to and different from the spread of a foodborne disease and a person-to-person disease?
Experiment: Run a few simulations with the airborne pathogen.
What patterns do you notice in how the airborne pathogen spreads? 
How does the spread of an airborne pathogen compare to the spread of foodborne and person-to-person pathogens?
Think about it: Suppose there is an infectious disease at a party. How could doctors tell if the disease was foodborne, airborne, or transmitted person to person?

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