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Slow Reveal Graphs

An Instructional Routine to Promote Sensemaking about Data

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Koalas Clinging to a Tree: A Novel Way to Cool Off

March 4, 2022February 28, 2022 Jenna Laib

Why do koala hug trees? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

Tagged #savetheplanet, animal adaptations, animals, bar graph, biology, climate change, developing theories about why, double bar graph, jennalaib, noticing trends, proportional reasoning, scienceLeave a comment
bar graph

Speedy Animals

March 29, 2021July 30, 2021 Jenna Laib

How fast are different animals in the air, on land, and in water? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

Tagged @amanda_renard, Amanda Fox, animal adaptations, animals, determining values, elementary, horizontal bar graph, rate, scale, steve jenkinsLeave a comment
bar graph, Desmos

How Many Teeth?

February 12, 2020June 25, 2020 Jenna Laib

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.

Tagged animal adaptations, animals, asynchronous, bar graph, Desmos, diet, scale along the y-axis, science, teeth1 Comment
bar graph

How long can animals hold their breath underwater?

November 26, 2019May 28, 2025 Jenna Laib

From Simon Rogers/Nicholas Blechwell's "Infographics: Animal Kingdom." How long can animals hold their breath underwater? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

Tagged alligator, animal adaptations, animals, bar graph, breathing, elementary, estimating values, jennalaib, mammals, science, steve jenkins, visualizing fractions1 Comment
bar graph

Horns

December 21, 2018September 21, 2020 Jenna Laib

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

Tagged @heidifessenden, animal adaptations, animals, bar graph, elementary, jennalaib, measurement, patterns, scale, scale along the y-axis, steve jenkinsLeave a comment

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