The Deadliest Weather: Fatalities Due to Extreme Weather in the US (2018)
graph from Scholastic Math; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@JennaLaib)
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: bar graph
Source: Young, Lauren J. “Watching the Weather.” Scholastic Math, February 17, 2020.
Additional Paired Texted/Resources:
- Young, Lauren J. “Watching the Weather.” Scholastic Math, February 17, 2020.
- Weatherbug Meteorologists, “The Top Weather Killers in the US.” WeatherBug: July 17, 2016.
Potential Math Content: bar graphs, reason about labels of the bars, predicting categories, data collection methodology
Potential Content Connections: weather, extreme weather, hurricanes, tornadoes, storms
