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Epidemic Proportions

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Students research epidemics that have devastated world population at various points in history. They share and calculate statistics obtained in their research and develop graphs comparing and contrasting how different epidemics affect global population

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epidemics, communicable disease, global population

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epidemics, world population, math
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
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Project-Based Learning
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