What human behaviors caused wildfires in California in 2016? How can we stop future forest fires? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Author: Jenna Laib
K-8 Math Specialist near Boston, MA
Where Tattoos are Most Popular
Where are tattoos popular internationally? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Price and Popularity of Solar Panel Installation
The cost of solar installation has plummeted over the last decade. How has that impacted solar power's popularity? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Koalas Clinging to a Tree: A Novel Way to Cool Off
Why do koala hug trees? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
World Population Living in Extreme Poverty, 1820-2015
How many people are living in extreme poverty across the world? How has that changed over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Colors per National Flag
How many colors do different flags use? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Corn Lobby: Corn Production and Land Use in the US
The US is so much more efficient at growing corn in 2021 compared with decades gone by! What does that mean for the country? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Comparing Number of Births & Number of Deaths in the US
Births have declined over the years, whereas number of deaths have gone up with the population. Still, the number of births generally outnumber the deaths. When did that change? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Racially Diverse Book Authors
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) tracks the backgrounds of authors of books of childrens and teens. What does this data show over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Books with Queer Representation
Every year, Malinda Lo tracks the number of books published each year with queer representation. What trends do you notice? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Sex Ratio by Industry (US)
Are there more women than men working in particular industries in the US?* Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections. As a caution, this presents data about gender as male/female binary, and is not inclusive of other identities.
Cost of Minting US Coins: Pennies, nickels cost more than their face value
Pennies and nickels cost more to produce than their face value! How much more? (Includes a follow-up task about calculating how much it costs to make a dollar's worth of each coin) Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
US Coins Produced in 2017
How many of each US coin did the treasury mint in 2017? How much was all of that money worth? (Giant numbers!) Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Fidget Spinner Search Popularity in 2017
Fidget toys were seemingly everywhere in 2017! What do google search trends reveal about their popularity? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
The Deadliest Weather: Fatalities Due to Extreme Weather in the US (2018)
What are the deadliest weather vents in the US? And why is 'wind' separate from 'hurricanes' and 'tornadoes'? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Baseball: Exit Velocity as a Measure of Hitting Potential
In 2015, MLB started measuring player's "exit velocity" as a way to predict power hitters. What is this stat, and how does it work? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
In America, UFO Sightings Peak on July 4th
When do Americans report sighting UFOs? Are there are patterns? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Cost of Tuition at a Public University in Ohio Compared with Potential Minimum Wage Earnings, 1981 – 2020
How does the cost of tuition at a public university in Ohio compare with what a student might earn working a minimum wage job? How has this relationship changed over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Most Eaten Cereals in the US Per Week (2018)
What are the most popular cereals in the US? (2018) How do we measure popularity? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Google Trends: When do people want to know how many tablespoons are in a cup?
When do people google the conversion from tablespoons to cups? What trends do you notice? What does this mean about what Americans are doing? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Slow Reveal Graphs 