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Days Between Billion-Dollar Natural Disasters in the US

Jenna Laib

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

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Immigrants’ Big Share of Nobel Prizes in the Sciences

Jenna Laib

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

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Cost per pound of vehicles compared with per pound of types of cheese

Jenna Laib

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

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Smoking increases the risk of death for many causes

Jenna Laib

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

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Which states have Americans visited?

Jenna Laib

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?

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US Shipping Exports (January – April 2025)

Jenna Laib

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)

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Best Selling Books in History (International)

Jenna Laib

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)

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How Couples Meet in the US

Jenna Laib

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

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The Golden Age of PG Movies: Box Office Market Share, by MPAA Rating

Jenna Laib

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

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Political ideology of US 18 to 29 year olds, by gender

Jenna Laib

Political ideology of US 18 to 29 year olds, by gendergraph by Carter Sherman/The Guardian; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Sherman, Carter. "Young women are the most progressive group in American history. Young men are checked out." The Guardian:… Continue reading Political ideology of US 18 to 29 year olds, by gender

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Canadian Voter Turnout by Province, 2004 – 2021

Jenna Laib

Canadian Voter Turnout by Province, 2004 - 2021graph by Elections Canada; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (suggested by Aleda Klassen) (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Elections Canada (elections.ca): Turnout by Province and Territory Data Source: Elections Canada (elections.ca): Turnout by Province and Territory Additional… Continue reading Canadian Voter Turnout by Province, 2004 – 2021

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Most Popular Pets in the US

Jenna Laib

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

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U.S. Presidential Election Results as Percentage of Voter-Eligible Population, 1976-2024

Jenna Laib

[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

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US Medical Debt Rates by Income, Race, and Ethnicity (2020)

Jenna Laib

Medical Debt Rates by Income, Race, and Ethnicitygraph by Kylie Murdock, Joshua Kendall, and David Kendall; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Murdock, K., Kendall, J., & Kendall, D (2023). Medical Debt Hits the Heart of the Middle Class. Thirdway:… Continue reading US Medical Debt Rates by Income, Race, and Ethnicity (2020)

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Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age

Jenna Laib

Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Agegraph by Michael Batty, Christa Gibbs, and Benedic Ippolito; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph (double y-axis) Visualization Source: Batty, M., Gibbs, C., & Ippolito, B. (2018). Unlike medical spending, medical bills… Continue reading Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age

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How Far Migrating Animals Can Travel in One Day

Jenna Laib

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

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Number of Goals Scored by Chelsea FC Players in 2023-2024 (Cole Palmer’s Amazing Debut)

Jenna Laib

Number of Goals Scored by Chelsea FC Players in 2023-2024 (Cole Palmer's Amazing Debut)graph by Jenna Laib, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line plot Visualization Source: Jenna Laib Data Source: ESPN, "Chelsea Scoring Stats." ESPN.com, accessed Oct 23, 2024 Potential Math Content: line… Continue reading Number of Goals Scored by Chelsea FC Players in 2023-2024 (Cole Palmer’s Amazing Debut)

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Number of Living Languages, by Country (2024)

Jenna Laib

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)

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Extreme Poverty, by region (1990-2017)

Jenna Laib

Extreme Poverty, by region (1990 - 2017)graph from Patricia Smith/New York Times Upfront, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: stacked area graph Visualization Source: Smith, Patricia and Brooke Ross. "Out of Poverty." Scholastic Junior: May 2022.Smith, Patricia. "Can We End Extreme Poverty?" New York… Continue reading Extreme Poverty, by region (1990-2017)

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Music Sales, by Format, 1980 – 2022

Jenna Laib

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