What should be the official food of Canada? Here are the results from a survey of 1000 Canadians. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Author: Jenna Laib
K-8 Math Specialist near Boston, MA
Materials Recycled in Pounds per Person per Day (US)
How much have Americans recycled over time? How do we measure that? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Music Revenue by Format in the USA 1973-2020
How do Americans listen to (and pay for) music? How has technology changed over the years? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
How Much Governments Spend on Childcare for Toddlers
How much do different governments pay for childcare? (Focuses on European governments, but also includes a few others.) The US is an outlier... but by how much? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Age and Salary of NBA Players, 2017-2018
What is the relationship between an NBA player's age and their salary? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Rate of Left-Handedness in the US: Stigma & Society
Left-handedness has long been stigmatized in the US (and other countries). How did the rate of left-handedness seem to change over time? And what is the parallel between the rise of left-handedness and the rise of people identifying as queer? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
2019 Super Bowl Ad Category Breakdown
What ads were shown during the 2019 super bowl? What can we learn from this data? Who might be interested in this data? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Population of the New England Colonies
How many people were living in New England between 1620 and 1750? How do the demographics break down by race? What can we deduce from the shifts in population? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Prize-Winning Pumpkin Weights
How big are the world's largest pumpkins? What accounts for the rapid growth in size for years? Have we finally peaked with how big we can grow pumpkins? Go inside the world of competitive pumpkin growing... Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
ACT Scores are Strongly Correlated to Family Income
Are college admissions test fair? This graph reveals some interesting trends in the results from the ACT test, organized by family income. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Social Media and Depression
Is there a link between social media and depression? Individuals who reported having high depression symptoms also reported using social media more often. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Football & Brain Damage/CTE
How prevalent is CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy/Brain Damage) amongst football players at different levels? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Length of Years on Different Planets
What is the length of a year (one trip around the sun) for different planets? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Average Age of Olympic Athletes Over the Years
What is the average age of an Olympian over the years? How is the average impacted by outliers and the total number of athletes? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Tornadoes in Alabama, by Year
Why is the number of tornadoes increasing? How do we use statistics to look at trends? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Number of Tornadoes Recorded, by Month, in Alabama (1950-2019)
When is tornado season? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Extreme Carbon Inequality: Percentage of CO2 Emissions by Income, Globally
Carbon emissions are fueling our climate crisis, and some people's lifestyles are disproportionately responsible. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Relationship Between Points & Salaries in the NBA and WNBA
How do salaries in the WNBA and NBA compare? Is there a relationship between the number of points an athlete scores and their salary? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Total Number of Emojis Over Time
What were the most popular emojis of 2020, and why did it change over the course of the year? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Twitter’s Top Emojis Over the Course of 2020
What were the most popular emojis of 2020, and why did it change over the course of the year? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.