Cooties
Cooties™ is a simulation program that students use
collaboratively to examine the spread of disease. The teacher can determine
the incubation time, individual immunity levels, and how many Cooties
characters, called coodles, will start with the infection. Students meet
and possibly "infect" each other by beaming between their Palm
OS devices. The Cooties program tracks which coodles students have met
and will tell students if their coodle is sick. After students have finished
meeting each other, they collaboratively determine the initial carrier
of the disease and trace the transmission path among coodles.
Classroom Applications
virus transfer simulation, HIV/AIDS, exponential growth, epidemiology
For More Information and Downloads:
Cooties is now available as part of GoKnow's
Handheld Learning Environment.
More information on this suite of handheld computing tools, as well as
other handheld computing resources, product tutorials, and product support,
are available at GoKnow, Inc.
Hi-CE is creating handheld resources for other operating systems, including
Windows CE (Pocket PC). For information on these tools, or information
on the creation or application of our Palm OS computing tools, visit
our Handheld Computing
Website.