Children should be taught that Mathematics is just abstraction hence
N.B. The info tab contains the rules for the other two implementations. Unlike most epidemic models this one has been validated, in fact it has one plot to compare the averaged reproduction number of the ABM with that of the standard SIR model thus allowing the user to perform the validation.
Nice model!
Have you done this sequence with children? First playing a game of “epidemic tag,” then a card game (I’m assuming you have an epidemic card game?), then using the NetLogo model?
I’m not a teacher but have suggested it to a friend from playing football who is. I was chatting to a trainee teacher about it two nights ago at a Meetup and they use Scratch and Python. Being able to run the model in a web browser rather than having to install NetLogo is a distinct advantage.
We have NetLogo Web which runs in the browser: https://www.netlogoweb.org/ (I wasn’t sure if you were saying that it’s an advantage of NetLogo that it runs in the browser or if you thought it doesn’t)
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I referring to NetLogo Web when saying the model would run in the browser. No need to get a physical install past any school IT department.