Thought Well Math

I created this project as a way for my 6th graders to practice their statistical skills. They loved it! They get to pretend to be epidemiologists studying a virus outbreak that is turning people into zombies. It's a fantastic way for students to see how statistics is used in the "real world" - they were also very interested to learn about the field of epidemiology. The Project: Students are given data about infected people who are quarantined in an airport. They are also given two maps of the U