What exactly is a vaccine? Can vaccines prevent outbreaks? How effective does a vaccine need to be to help a population during an outbreak? Students will explore these questions and more in this lesson plan by first learning the biology behind vaccines. They will then use Science Buddies' SimPandemic, a free online tool, to model different vaccine parameters to understand how vaccines affect both individuals and populations during a COVID-19 outbreak. Remote learning adaptation: This lesson plan can be conducted remotely. Students can work independently on the Explore section of the lesson plan using the Student Worksheet as a guide. The Engage and Reflect sections can either be dropped entirely, done in writing remotely, or be conducted over a video chat.
- Subject:
- Biology
- Health, Medicine and Nursing
- Information Science
- Life Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Lesson
- Lesson Plan
- Simulation
- Student Guide
- Author:
- Science Buddies
- Date Added:
- 09/09/2020