Category: line graph

*social justice, line graph

Cost of Tuition at a Public University in Ohio Compared with Potential Minimum Wage Earnings, 1981 – 2020

Jenna

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.

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Google Trends: When do people want to know how many tablespoons are in a cup?

Jenna

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.

*social justice, line graph

Rate of Left-Handedness in the US: Stigma & Society

Jenna

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.

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Population of the New England Colonies

Jenna

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.

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Twitter’s Top Emojis Over the Course of 2020

Jenna

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.

#savetheplanet, *social justice, line graph, stacked area graph

Taiji Cove Hunting Season (Annual Slaughter of Dolphins)

Jenna

Each year, hundreds of dolphins are killed and captured in Taiji, Japan. What has impacted the annual hunt? (Notice/wonder/feel/act, with resources to encourage activism) Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, line graph

Homelessness Among US Veterans and the Impact of Targeted Voucher Programs

Jenna

How did the US government address the major issues of homelessness amongst its military veterans? ...and what's happening now? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

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Comparing Ionospheres of Mars and Earth

Jenna

What can measuring the amounts of plasma on Mars and Earth tell us about characterizing the environment and evolution of the atmosphere on different planets? This slow reveal graph comes from Dr. Angeline Burrell, from her own research and a paper she co-authored. There are beautiful connections to trigonometry, and this slow reveal is also an example of one that focuses on natural rather than social science. Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, line graph, stacked area graph

Cost of thriving vs typical wages for full time workers

Jenna

How is the New York Police Department (NYPD) funded, in comparison to other service departments in New York City?

Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, bar graph, line graph

Vaping Up a Storm 3: E-cigarette ads and teen e-cigarette use

Jenna

As more dollars were spent on e-cigarette advertising, e-cigarette use amongst teens rose dramatically. This double y-axis graph, that is both a bar and a line graph, reveals a disturbing trend.

Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.