a. Epidemics: Past & Present

• In Part A, students will research and learn more about how epidemics have impacted the human population throughout history. The impact of group behavior on human survival will also be reviewed. In Part B, students will investigate current epidemics and trends.

b. Group Behavior and Epidemics / Outbreak! A Group Behavior Simulation

• Students then simulate the breakout of an Ebola epidemic in the classroom setting. Each student will take a saliva swab and be tested for the Ebola virus. Students will then debate and decide as a class what should happen in this situation.

Items included in this lab are listed below.