SIMIODE

This modeling scenario guides students to simulate and investigate the spread of the common cold in a residence hall. An example floor plan is given, but the reader is encouraged to use a more relevant example. In groups, students run repeated simulations, collect data, derive a differential equation model, solve that equation, estimate parameter values by hand and through regression, visually evaluate the consistency of the model with their data, and present their results to the class.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Richard Corban Harwood (2016), "1-037-S-CommonColdSpread," https://www.simiode.org/resources/3171.

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1. common cold
2. data
3. disease
4. hands-on
5. residence hall
6. simulation