Percentage of a Country's Population with a Bachelor's Degree (or higher)
Category: bar graph
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.
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?
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.
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)
Most Popular Pets in the US
Most Popular Pets in the USgraph by Jenna Laib and Scholastic News; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Jenna Laib & Scholastic News (Dec. 2, 2024) Data Source: Menga, Michelle. "Pet Ownership Statistics 2025." Forbes: January 2, 2025. Potential Math… Continue reading Most Popular Pets in the US
U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024
[OC] U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024graph by Peter Sylwester; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (suggested by Sara Rezvi) (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: stacked bar graph Visualization Source: Sylwester, Peter. "[OC] U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024." Reddit: April… Continue reading U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024
Percentage of People that Identify as Trans/Nonbinary in Canada and the US
Percentage of People that Identify as Trans/Nonbinary in Canada and the USgraph by Michelle Munk, slow reveal by Michelle Munk (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)La Diversité de genre – en Français (par Michelle Munk)L’activité comprend des notes et des questions pour provoquer le discours Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Michelle Munk… Continue reading Percentage of People that Identify as Trans/Nonbinary in Canada and the US
How Far Migrating Animals Can Travel in One Day
How Far Migrating Animals Can Travel in One Daygraph by Steve Jenkins, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck - standard units/miles includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)(Slide deck - metric units/kilometers includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Steve Jenkins, "One Day: By The Numbers." Clarion… Continue reading How Far Migrating Animals Can Travel in One Day
Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)
Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)graph from 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: Our World in Data, "The number of languages, indigenous and non-indigenous, that are still used." Our World in Data: July 17, 2024.“Data… Continue reading Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)
Music Sales, by Format, 1980 – 2022
Music Sales, by Format, 1980 - 2022graph by Scholastic Math, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: stacked bar graph Visualization Source: Scholastic Math Data Source: Recording Industry Industry Association of America (RIAA) Perry, Mark J (2022). "Animated Chart of the Day: Recorded Music Sales… Continue reading Music Sales, by Format, 1980 – 2022