LESSON PLAN FOR CHAOS AND THE COMPUTER The student will explore
a model of the travels of Victim Alpha of the AIDS disease. Each
student will deal with probability and random numbers to develop
this study. Methods of protection and ignorance of the disease
will also be discussed. Safe behavior by our students may very
well be the ultimate goal of the exercise. During the earliest
indication of the AIDS epidemic a strange pattern was identified
by the medical detectives. Young Gay men were being infected in
many cities around the country, at seemingly almost the same
time. A new disease normally will only show up in an isolated
area. Why was it only showing up in cities thousands of miles
away from each other? The answer was traced to a Male Flight
Attendant , who was Gay and had tremendous stamina . In the age
of ignorance, unprotected Sex and promiscuity the epidemic was
well begun. Other factors have now taken over the spread of
AIDS, we will also address them. Perhaps this topic is too
strong for some clas