Format
The chief epidemiologist and three specialist teams work collaboratively to:
-review case reports
-write a case definition
-make an initial diagnosis
-analyze histograms with demographic and epidemiological information
-confirm a final diagnosis, and
-write a public health report.
Objectives
The Pandem-Sim project addresses these important goals:
-Improve science education using highly engaging approaches to teaching and learning that include new technologies.
-Increase science literacy among high school students taking integrated science, biology, health, anatomy/physiology, or related classes.
Specifically, we seek to increase knowledge and understanding of:
1. Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
2. Bacterial and viral classification and structure
3. Pathogen transmission mechanisms impacting human populations
4. The human immune response
-Promote career awareness for biomedical fields among the target population.
-Create a program with the potential for widespread use.
-Create a program that considers the needs of underrepresented and underserved groups.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
The science standards addressed appear on the Pandem-Sim website at http://pandemsim.com/Standards.html and include the following:
• National Standards
• Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• West Virginia Standards
• Pennsylvania Standards