Infectious Respiratory Disease

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 25.05.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction and Rationale
  2. Demographics
  3. Content
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Teaching Activities
  6. Bibliography  
  7. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  8. Notes

Do Masks work?: Analyzing and Evaluating Mathematical Data

Lori Thornton

Published September 2025

Tools for this Unit:

Bibliography  

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Ciocan, Cataline, Clari, M., Luigia De Piano, D., Garzaro, G. Godono, A., Gullino, A., Romano, C. “Impact of wearing a surgical mask on respiratory function in view of a widespread use during COVID-19 outbreak. A case-series study.” Work, Environment, and Health 111(5) (October 31, 2020): 354–64. https://doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v111i5.9766.

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Simply Psychology, “Reading a Box and Whisker Plot,” March 12, 2025, https://www.simplypsychology.org/boxplots.html.

Strasser, B., & Schlich, T. (2020). A history of the medical mask and the rise of throwaway culture. The Lancet, 396(10243), 19–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31207-1

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World Health Organization. Number of new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States from January 20, 2020 to November 11, 2022, by week. November 2022. Statistica. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102816/coronavirus-covid19-cases-number-us-americans-by-day/.

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