Activity 2: Infection (Modeling & Simulation)

An infectious disease that can spread from one organism to another.

• contagious

• communicable disease

• infectious disease

• susceptible

Capable of becoming infected by a disease.

• contagious

• communicable disease

• infectious disease

• susceptible

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Able to be passed from one organism to another.

• contagious

• communicable disease

• infectious disease

• susceptible

An illness caused by germs that harms an organism’s health.

• contagious

• communicable disease

• infectious disease

• susceptible

A computer program that is designed to simulate what might happen or what did happen in a situation.

• scientific inquiry process

• simulation

• computer model

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Something that changes or can be changed.

• scientific inquiry process

• simulation

• computer model

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A process that scientists use to explore observations and answer questions.

• scientific inquiry process

• simulation

• computer model

• variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Using a computer model to see a situation happen, without testing it in real life.

• scientific inquiry process

• simulation

• computer model

• variable

Able to be passed from one organism to another.

• contagious

• infected

• recovered

• paramater

A value that helps to define how a computer model works in a simulation. Parameters can be changed for each simulation to show how the parameter affects the model.

• contagious

• infected

• recovered

• paramater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4