Pandemics

"DANSE MACABRE" adorning one of the walls of the old abbey church of Saint- Robert de la Chaise-Dieu (Haute-Loire)

Table of Contents

Introduction ...................................................

Part 1: Who we are

Our countries - Our cities..............................

Our Logo ........................................................

Students' self- presentation on Padlet .......

Let's get to know our schools ....................

Part 2: The pandemics in history

What is a pandemic? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pandemics that changed the course of history

The infectious diseases by maths and ICT ......

"...for dealing with a pandemic" ........................

Part 3: The social consequences of covid-19

Our research ......................................................

Thoughts and feelings about the lockdown....

Project evaluation...............................................

Project's contributors......................................

04-05

06-07

08-11

12-19

20-21

22-25

26-27

28-37

38-65

66-81

82-95

96-97

98-111

112-113

114-125

126 -129

Introduction

Despite the rich information about the risks to humans by the covid-19 pandemic, it has been found that students are not sufficiently sensitized on this matter and get often caught up in misinformation. So our project aims to raise their awareness of the health and social consequences of a pandemic.

The Aims of the project were for students to:

- be informed from reliable sources about the meaning of terms we use when we refer to pandemics
- realize that pandemics are a timeless phenomenon
- engage them in inquiry learning processes and mathematical models
- comprehend the importance of the good practices against a pandemic depending on how it is transmitted
- adopt non-medicinal ways of protection against communicable diseases
- understand the implications of the pandemic's spread for a society
- learn to share, help and cooperate with their school mates and students of other schools
- enhance ICT skills by using the Twinspace and other apps/tools

Introduction

Methodology
The participating schools worked according to an agreed calendar. The work produced was communicated to the partners through twinspace and other web applications (timeline, videos, presentations, etc). Students worked in national and international teams for the activities that were assigned to them. At the end of the year an evaluation of the project by the students was carried out. The dissemination of the project took place on the websites and events of the schools, as well as on the blogs of the participating teachers.