Ziekte Serangan

Team: 91

School: Media Arts Charter School

Area of Science: Epidemiology

Interim: Problem Definition/Analysis:
Our project will be focusing on the effects and spread of a new disease, Ziekte serangen. The project will follow the pattern of the spread and the reason for the spread of the disease. The disease is a virus that is transmitted by insects and rodents. Ziekte serangen is also airborne. This disease attacks the immune system in particular, causing long term effects such as a fragile immune system, loss of motor skills, and in some cases death. The symptoms of this horrible disease are sneezing, coughing, fever, vomiting, body sores, depression, ataxia (diminishing of the motor skills), hemorrhaging (excessive bleeding from the blood vessels), and hypersensitivity (damage reactions produced by the immune system). There is no cure for Ziekte serangen and no one is able to make a full recovery. Also, the disease has no immunity considering no one fully recovers and is apt to get the virus again. This virus targets young adults and people with recurring health problems, making it even worse when the elderly and young children are infected. The disease is also spread by skin to skin contact and bodily fluids. The virus is drug resistant; the only service the drug can give is to ease the pain and to reduce the suffering. The incubation period for the virus is seven days. Victims are most contagious from two days after infection until they begin to show symptoms. Ziekte serangen patient zero was a middle-aged man engaged in relief efforts in Africa. He was bitten by an insect carrying the disease and spread it throughout Northern Africa. From Northern Africa the disease spread to South Africa, back to the man’s home in Canada, next to Greenland and Europe, on to Asia and Australia. From there Ziekte serangen infected South America, Mexico, and lastly hitting the United States. Ziekte serangen avoids Antarctica citizens, other than the three deaths caused by the disease.

Problem Solving:
We plan to use a combination of Biology and Statistics to solve our problem. The biology will help us with calculating the spread of the disease and the effect it will have on the world’s population. Statistics will help us determine the number of deaths per day, survival rate, and infection rate. We will also create a computer program that will simulate the spread of our disease and give a visual representation to help others understand our concept. We will be creating the program in either Java or C++.

Progress:
So far we have gone into great detail in exploring our disease and its components. We have researched similar diseases and the immune system so we can better understand how diseases function and spread. We have looked at diseases such as HIV and the plague to give us a better understanding of how epidemics spread and how we can model our epidemic correctly. We have also been working on improving our Java and C++ skills so that our program will model epidemics correctly. We have been working with our Biology teacher and Computer Science teacher collaboratively to reach all of our goals and be able to accurately complete our project.

Expected Results:
We expect that at the end of our project we will have successfully created a model of a disease that will annihilate most of the world. The final project will represent our disease and be an easy to understand model of the spread, infection, and the eventual triumph of our disease. Another desired outcome we have is to improve our biology and supercomputing skills. This project will definitely test our teamwork and our ability to commit to a project and accomplish it.

Team members: Katie Quesnell, Raena Garcia, Chris Coyne, Justis Biggart

Sponsoring Teacher: Jim Carlton

Team Members:

  Katie Quesnell
  Chris Coyne
  Raena Garcia
  Justis Biggart

Sponsoring Teacher: James Carlton

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