How likely is an NBA player to drive to the basket once they touch the ball? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Author: Jenna
K-8 Math Specialist near Boston, MA
Worldwide box office revenue of the highest grossing movies of 2019 — by studio
What do the top grossing films of 2019 have in common? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Age of Academy Award Winners for Best Acting (1929-2020
How old were the winners of the Academy Award for Best Actor/Actress when they received it? What patterns do we notice? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Best Selling Video Game Super Genres
What are the top selling genres for video games? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
New Blog Posts featuring Slow Reveal Graphs (August 2020)
Recent blog posts by Kassia Wedekind and Andy Cotgreave spotlighted Slow Reveal Graphs.
Forbes Highest Paid Athletes – International (2019)
Who were the highest paid athletes in 2019? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Music Industry: 40 Years of Sales by Platform
How has the music industry made its money over the last 40 years? How has it changed? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Food Deserts: 14 States have Greater than 15% of their Population Living in Food Deserts
More than 39 million Americans live in "food deserts" -- places where residents do not have ample access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Use these graphs to explore this urgent issue. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Average Size of Major League Baseball Players by Debut Decade (1870s – 2010s)
Why are baseball players getting 'bigger' over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Correlation or Causation: Chocolate & Nobel Laureates
Does eating chocolate make you smarter? Or does being smarter give you a sweet tooth? Explore correlation and causation with this graph.
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Victims of Fatal Police Action in Canada
Black and Indigenous people are disproportionately victims of fatal police action in Canada.
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Reports of Racial Profiling by Police by Sector in Ontario
How does race and employment impact who gets profiled by police in Ontario?
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Cost of thriving vs typical wages for full time workers
How is the New York Police Department (NYPD) funded, in comparison to other service departments in New York City?
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What Graphs Reveal (If You Give Them Time) — by @benorlin
In a recent blog post, Ben Orlin (@benorlin) takes a playful walk through some slow reveal graphs, sharing some of what makes the routine so powerful.
Police Funding: NYC Budget Priorities, 2014-2019
How is the New York Police Department (NYPD) funded, in comparison to other service departments in New York City?
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Blog: Asynchronous Slow Reveal Graphs (Desmos)
Slow Reveal Graphs is a social thinking routine. It's discourse-heavy, and much of the magic comes from communal sensemaking.
So can slow reveal graphs be done asynchronously?
Daily Screen Time (ages 0 – 8) in the US
How have young children's mobile habits changed over the last few years?
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Incarcerated Americans, 1920-2014
How many Americans have been incarcerated over time? Check out this stacked area graph...
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World Religions
These circle graphs, layered on top of a map, help show how religion spread and is practiced throughout the world. (Also includes a stacked bar graph.)
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Blindspots
In January, I chaperoned a field trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. We took in the larger-than-life portrait of George Washington and troops crossing the Delaware. We inspected the replica of a Colonial American bedroom. We considered the craftsmanship of Paul Revere's silver. ...and then we stumbled upon this empty picture frame. "Was the… Continue reading Blindspots
