Spanish Influenza

Team: 21

School: Bloomfield High

Area of Science: Biology

Interim: Team Number: 21
School Name: Bloomfield High School
Area of Science: Biology
Project Title: Spanish Influenza

Proposal:
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic aka Spanish Influenza is the most deadly natural disaster in the history of humanity. It is estimated that it killed about fifty million people worldwide. In 1918, fifty million people was approximately three percent of the world’s total population. It is not known precisely where the Spanish Influenza originated even though there is much speculation. In our project, we intend to model the spread of the Influenza through the world including factors such as distance from infected agent, age, and life expectancy of an infected agent.

Introduction:
Our team is currently studying the effects of the Spanish Influenza in the 1900’s. We are researching information that can help us understand and model the spread of this deadly virus that many people do not understand. We have started modeling the USA on net logo. We plan to possibly increase our field of range depending on our data and time frame.

Problem:
The problem that we have agreed upon is that there are many influenzas which have originated or evolved from the same virus, that have come back in different forms. Our goal is to try and understand how the Spanish Influenza spread to better understand epidemics.

Plan:
We plan to set up a program on Net-Logo that will show the spread of the Spanish Influenza from 1918 to 1920. We plan to show the different steps the epidemic took.
Progress:
We have currently been researching the Spanish Influenza online and through book sources. Through our sources we have been trying to find the population of the people that died from the epidemic in the outbreak years. We have also been trying to understand each step the epidemic went through and the history of influenza. We have changed our proposal from Global warming to Spanish influenza.

Team Members:
Evelyn Gutiérrez, Alexander Jim, and Simone Valdez.

Sponsoring Teacher:
Elvira Crockett, a science teacher

Works Cited:
•“The Deadly Virus, the Influenza Epidemic of 1918.” National Archives.org. 2009. National Archives and Records Administration. 30 November 2009. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/
•Billings, Molly. “The Influenza Pandemic of 1918.” February 2005. 1 December 2009. http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
•“1918 Flu Pandemic.” Wikipedia.org. 2009.Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 2 December 2009.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic
•“Timeline for 1918 Influenza Epidemic.” Google.com. 2009. Google Search Engine. 1 December 2009. http://www.google.com/search?q=1918+influenza+epidemic&hl=en&rlz=1R2GWYE_enUS342&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=WM0dS-jvHILosQOMyv36CQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=11&ved=0CDUQ5wIwCg
•Peters, Stephanie. The 1918 Influenza Pandemic. 2005. Marshall Cavendish Corporation, Benchmark Books. 2 December 2009.

Team Members:

  Shaylin Todeschi
  Evelyn Gutierrez
  Simone Valdez

Sponsoring Teacher: elvira crockett

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