Percentage of a Country's Population with a Bachelor's Degree (or higher)
Author: Jenna Laib
K-8 Math Specialist near Boston, MA
Writers – Peak Age of Production (Number of Books Released, by Age and Gender)
Writers' Peak Age of Production - Number of Books Released by Authors of Each Age
Average Wingspans of the World’s 12 Largest Butterflies Species
Average Wingspans of the World’s 12 Largest Butterflies Species
Home Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)
Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)graph by Iryna Suprun; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Purpose This slow reveal is designed to support analysis and discussion of both the data and the design choices. The questions in the slidedeck invite learners to… Continue reading Home Refrigerators Correlated to Drop in Stomach Cancer Deaths (Percent Decrease)
Number of Superbowl Wins for Each NFL Team (as of 2026)
Number of Superbowl Wins for Each NFL Team (as of Nov 2025)
The Return: Population History of Humpback Whales in Oceania
Back from the Brink: Population History of Humpback Whales in Oceania
Average Song Length by Genre
Average Song Length by Genre
Comparing US Millionaires & Billionaires with the Next Top 9 Countries
America's Wealth: US Millionaires & Billionaires compared with the Next Top 9 Countries
Comparing Serena Williams’ Age with Her Opponent’s
Comparing Serena Williams' Age with Her Opponent's Making sense of association with bivariate data (*suggested by someone I met at the DS4E event at NCTM. I spoke with so many people that I can't remember which conversation this came from, so if it was you: e-mail me!)
Why video games aren’t causing America’s gun problem
Video Game Revenue Compared with Gun Deaths, by country
Continuously Erupting Volcanoes
Some volcanoes are more active than others! How long have some continuously erupting volcanoes been going off?
Number of Children in the US with Food Allergies
How many kids have food allergies in the US? This slow reveal is great for work with decimals and place value.
Number of Pandas in US Zoos
How many giant pandas are in US zoos? Learn more about panda diplomacy.
ChatGPT Use Drops Off During Summer Months (2025)
ChatGPT Use Dropped Off in Summer Months. What's caused this summer slump? What does typical usage look like for different points in the year, and what factors might impact that?
A Wind Rose Comparison: Miami vs San Diego
New data representation: a wind rose, comparing two coastal US cities
From Farm to Fork to Footprint: Teaching Food Sustainability with Real Data
Guest Blog by Matt Wilkins (from Galactic Polymath) How can we empower students as current and future changemakers to address the challenges of climate change? One way to make sense of and develop agency around issues like this is to use data. For example, help students understand the carbon footprints of food in order to… Continue reading From Farm to Fork to Footprint: Teaching Food Sustainability with Real Data
Share of Major Hurricanes Over Atlantic Rises
A greater share of hurricanes over the Atlantic are becoming category 3+ storms.
Have foreign tourists really avoided America this year? (2025)
Have foreign tourists really avoided America this summer? This graph from the Economist may look like a simple bar graph, but it asks the viewer to integrate ideas about both percentage change and also the actual change.
Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 – 2020)
Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 - 2020)graph by StaDaFa; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Statistics_Data_Facts, “Share Of University Degrees Going To Women.” StaDaFa.com: January 2023. Data Sources: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Earned Degrees Conferred,… Continue reading Share of US University Degrees Going To Women (1870 – 2020)
Blog: Digging Into Data Sources
by Jenna Laib "Data" is not neutral. When we look at a data visualization, it can feel cool and objective -- maybe even authoritative. But every graph, chart, or infographic has been shaped by a series of human decisions. Someone decided what to measure and how to measure it. Someone then decided what data to… Continue reading Blog: Digging Into Data Sources