Tag: estimating values

#savetheplanet, *social justice, bar graph, stacked bar graph

Share of the Population With Access to Clean Drinking Water (by location and income)

Jenna Laib

Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, bar graph

How comfortable are people with women as leaders of government or major companies? (by country)

Jenna Laib

How comfortable is society with a female leader in business and politics? This graph features four countries, but it's important to note that with only four countries represented, there are many, many people who are not represented. How might that change how we interpret and analyze the data? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, scatterplot

The Importance of Religion Compared with the Level of GDP per Capita

Jenna Laib

How does the importance of religion within a country compare with their level of GDP per capita? What do the outliers tell us about correlation vs causation? What DOES cause a country to get richer? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

#savetheplanet, line graph

The Price and Popularity of Solar Panel Installation

Jenna Laib

The cost of solar installation has plummeted over the last decade. How has that impacted solar power's popularity? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, stacked area graph

World Population Living in Extreme Poverty, 1820-2015

Jenna Laib

How many people are living in extreme poverty across the world? How has that changed over time? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, line graph

Comparing Number of Births & Number of Deaths in the US

Jenna Laib

Births have declined over the years, whereas number of deaths have gone up with the population. Still, the number of births generally outnumber the deaths. When did that change? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.

*social justice, infographics

Sex Ratio by Industry (US)

Jenna Laib

Are there more women than men working in particular industries in the US?* Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections. As a caution, this presents data about gender as male/female binary, and is not inclusive of other identities.

bar graph

Cost of Minting US Coins: Pennies, nickels cost more than their face value

Jenna Laib

Pennies and nickels cost more to produce than their face value! How much more? (Includes a follow-up task about calculating how much it costs to make a dollar's worth of each coin) Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.