Video Game Revenue Compared with Gun Deaths, by country
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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
Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the US
Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the USgraph by Climate Central; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Climate Central, “U.S. Billion-Dollar Disasters: 1980-2024.” Climate Central: July 16, 2025. Accessed at https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/billion-dollar-disasters-2025 Data Source: NOAA/NCEI, “Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters.” National… Continue reading Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the US
Immigrants’ Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences
Immigrants' Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciencesgraph by Katharina Buchholz/Statista; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Buchholz, Katharina. “Immigrants' Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences.” Statista: October 8, 2020. Accessed at https://www.statista.com/chart/19646/science-nobel-prizes-by-country-and-immigrant-share/ Data Source: Nobel Prize… Continue reading Immigrants’ Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences
Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese
Cost (in USD $) per pound of Vehicles compared with per pound of Types of Cheesegraph by Andrew McCalip/Norma Gordon; slow reveal by Norma Gordon (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Original graph - McCalip, Andrew (@andrewmccalip). “Since we're talking manufacturing this week... I think… Continue reading Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese
Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
Smoking increases the risk of death for many causesgraph by Saloni Dattani/Our World in Data; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Dattani, Saloni. "Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes." Our World in Data BlueSky: July 2, 2025.Also… Continue reading Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes
Which states have Americans visited?
Which states have American visited?graph by David H. Montgomery/YouGov; slow reveal by Jeremy Knight (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: choropleth map, bar graph Visualization Source: Montgomery, David H. "Which states have Americans visited?" YouGov: June 6, 2025. Data Source: YouGov survey, April 21 - 25, 2025. (Survey results)Methodology: The… Continue reading Which states have Americans visited?
US Shipping Exports (January – April 2025)
US Shipping Exports (Jannuary - April 2025)graph by Visual Capitalist; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Visual Capitalist, "Charted: The Slump in U.S. Shipping Exports." VoronoiApp: May 15, 2025. Data Source: LaRocco, Lori Ann. "Trump trade tariffs slump widens to… Continue reading US Shipping Exports (January – April 2025)
Best Selling Books in History (International)
Best Selling Books in History (International)graph by James Eagle; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Eagle, James. "Best Selling Books in History." Voronoi: May 20, 2025. Data Source: Wikipedia. "List of best-selling books." Accessed May 25, 2025."Counts are drawn from… Continue reading Best Selling Books in History (International)
How Couples Meet in the US
How Couples Meet in the USgraph by worldlyweb; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: "How Heterosexual Couples Meet," by user/worldlyweb on reddit: r/dataisbeautiful Data Source: "How Couples Meet and Stay Together," a long-running national US phone survey by M. J.… Continue reading How Couples Meet in the US
The Golden Age of PG Movies: Box Office Market Share, by MPAA Rating
Box Office Market Share, by MPAA Ratinggraph by Chartr/Sherwood News; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Jones, Tom. "Kid-friendly films are the backbone of the box office these days." Sherwood News: December 6, 2024. Data Source: The Numbers Potential Math… Continue reading The Golden Age of PG Movies: Box Office Market Share, by MPAA Rating