Average Wingspans of the World’s 12 Largest Butterflies Species

Average Wingspans of the World’s 12 Largest Butterflies Species
graph by Jenna Laib; slow reveal by Jenna Laib

(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: dot plot/line plot

Visualization Source: Jenna Laib

Data Sources: Spanner, Holly. “World’s Largest Butterflies.” BBC Science Focus: October 31, 2022.

Potential Math Content: dot plots, line plots, meaning of a point, scale along the x-axis, fractions, average, size, measurement

Potential Content Connections: animals, insects, butterflies