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    <title>e-Counter Plague</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/Vaccination/e-CounterPlague</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt; &lt;img style=&quot;margin-left: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;/content/sites/motivate.maths.org/files/e-CounterPlague.png&quot; alt=&quot;e-Counter Plague screenshot&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;291&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;Imagine your school. &amp;nbsp;Someone in your class comes in one morning with e-Counter Plague. &amp;nbsp;Who will get it? &amp;nbsp;Will everyone in the class? &amp;nbsp;Or will some people be OK? &amp;nbsp;How about other classes? &amp;nbsp;Will it spread to them as well?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/Vaccination/e-CounterPlague&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://motivate.maths.org/content/category/resources/set-4-animations-illustrating-refinements-mathematical-model">set of 4 animations illustrating refinements on a mathematical model</category>
 <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>R0 and herd immunity</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/Vaccination/R0_herdimmunity</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;This presentation is best shown full-screen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/ppt/Vaccination-howmanypeople.ppt&quot;&gt;powerpoint presentation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Counter Plague and Reproductive Ratio</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/Vaccination/CounterPlague_ReproductiveRatio</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;This presentation is best shown full-screen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/ppt/Vaccination-calculatingR0.ppt&quot;&gt;powerpoint presentation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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     <category domain="http://motivate.maths.org/content/category/age-range/13-15-years-old">13-15 years old</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Understanding Counter Plague</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/ModellingEpidemics/UnderstandingCounterPlague</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;This presentation is best shown full-screen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/ppt/Epidemics-Interpreting-e-CounterPlague.ppt&quot;&gt;powerpoint presentation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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     <category domain="http://motivate.maths.org/content/category/age-range/12-14-years-old">12-14 years old</category>
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 <category domain="http://motivate.maths.org/content/category/maths-topic-fine-detail/data-handling/comparing-analysing-interpreting-data">Comparing, analysing, interpreting data</category>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>e-Counter Plague</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/ModellingEpidemics/e-CounterPlague</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt; &lt;img style=&quot;margin-left: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;/content/sites/motivate.maths.org/files/e-CounterPlague.png&quot; alt=&quot;e-Counter Plague screenshot&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;291&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;Imagine your school. &amp;nbsp;Someone in your class comes in one morning with e-Counter Plague. &amp;nbsp;Who will get it? &amp;nbsp;Will everyone in the class? &amp;nbsp;Or will some people be OK? &amp;nbsp;How about other classes? &amp;nbsp;Will it spread to them as well?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/MathsHealth/ModellingEpidemics/e-CounterPlague&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://motivate.maths.org/content/category/resources/set-4-animations-illustrating-refinements-mathematical-model">set of 4 animations illustrating refinements on a mathematical model</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Further Investigation</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/Global-debt/further-investigation</link>
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&lt;!-- end LH menu --&gt;&lt;!-- end LH menu --&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#ffffff&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;smalltext&quot;&gt;Back to : &lt;a href=&quot;../conference.php?conf_id=128&quot;&gt;Global Debt: Who owes who? Main Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a id=&quot;content&quot; name=&quot;content&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a id=&quot;top&quot; name=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Global Debt: Who owes who?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Debt simulation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/Global-debt/further-investigation&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Malaria as an Infectious Disease</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/Malaria</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mark Carrington&lt;/strong&gt;, University of Cambridge&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf45/Images/mosquito2a.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Picture obtained from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/anopheles.html&quot;&gt;http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~parasite/anopheles.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;copyright held by BIODIDAC &lt;a href=&quot;http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/info/browse.htm&quot;&gt;http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/info/browse.htm&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/Malaria&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Avalanches</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/Avalanches</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ian Johnston&lt;/strong&gt;, Open University&lt;/p&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/triangle-game&quot;&gt;Triangle Game&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/simulating-avalanche-peas-raisins&quot;&gt;Avalanche Experiments&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/elasticated-cups&quot;&gt;Simulating an avalanche&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/attleborough-high-schools-project-work&quot;&gt;Project work by Attleborough High School, Norfolk, UK&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/jersey-school-girls&quot;&gt;Project work by Jersey School for Girls, Jersey, UK&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/harborne-school-birmingham&quot;&gt;Project work by Harborne School, Birmingham, UK&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/mondale-secondary-school-project-work&quot;&gt;Project work by Mondale Secondary School, Cape Town, SA&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/Avalanches&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Avalanches</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/InvestigatingAvalanches</link>
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/Avalanches&quot;&gt;Avalanches&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;!-- end LH menu --&gt;&lt;!-- end LH menu --&gt;&lt;td bgcolor=&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;smalltext&quot;&gt;Back to : &lt;a href=&quot;../conference.php?conf_id=30&quot;&gt;Avalanches Main Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a id=&quot;content&quot; name=&quot;content&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Avalanches and sandpiles&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/InvestigatingAvalanches&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Helicopters</title>
    <link>http://motivate.maths.org/content/helicopters</link>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jim Flood&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;../conferences/conf15/images/helicopter_final.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; hspace=&quot;7&quot; vspace=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This resource involves making some very simple (but effective) working paper models that provide opportunities for exploring proportion and scale. Children will need to make changes to their models, guess what effect these changes will have.&lt;/p&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/Helicopters/Construction-helicopter&quot;&gt;Construction of a helicopter&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/Helicopters/Helicopter-activity&quot;&gt;Helicopter activity&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;/content/helicopters/transcript-talk&quot;&gt;Transcript of Jim Flood&amp;#039;s talk&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/conf15/helicopters.ppt&quot;&gt;Jim Flood&amp;#039;s powerpoint presentation&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://motivate.maths.org/content/helicopters&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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