How has Taylor Swift's lyrics changed over time? Why might someone want to know how many curse words appear in the lyrics of an album? A Swiftie teacher that I work with wanted to use this in the classroom, and her students had some interesting insights.
How do the climates of London and Singapore compare? How do the actual average temperatures compare with the perceived temperatures? When would you want to visit either place?
Extensive river cleanup in Singapore means that the wild otters have returned! How is this impacting the city-state?
Make a list of the countries where people live the longest. Would the list just read as a list of richest countries? Why or why not? Check out these scatterplots: one that focuses on comparing Latin America with other nations, and one that shows the whole world.
Who are America's breadwinners? How has this changed in the last 50 years?
Where Pets are Acquiredgraph by Best Friends Animal Society; slow reveal by Lori Rosales (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Best Friends Animal Society, "Lifesaving by the Numbers: Animal Welfare Statistics." Best Friends website, accessed December 13, 2023. Data Source: American Pet Products Association, 2021 Survey.… Continue reading Where Pets are Acquired
Where Bullying Occurs at Schoolgraph by Alexa Kurzius, Scholastic/DynaMath; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@jennalaib) (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Kurzius, Alexa. "Beyond Bullying: Learn some ways adults and kids stand up to bullying." DynaMath, September 2018. Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Potential… Continue reading Where Bullying Occurs
A line graph from Chartr's newsletter illustrates a decrease in teenagers' recreational reading, according to 2023 data from the National Center for Education Statistics. The graph presents a potential discussion about literacy, reading, and education, with mathematical elements including percentages, value estimation, and y-axis scaling.
How does the number of points NBA players score compare with their number of minutes played? Who has the most impressive ratio to minutes to points?
When do deer get hit by cars in Massachusetts (USA), and how can the state help put a stop to this?
How much did Qatar spend on the World Cup? And why is it such a big deal that this is the most expensive World Cup ever?
It's essential to attend the the scale along the y-axis. When we're dealing with different scales, how do we measure change?
Are prospective parents influenced by the names of princesses in Disney movies? How much of an influence do these movies have over naming trends? Check out the slide deck and questions on slowrevealgraphs.com
Top.Five States for Refugee Resettlement within the US (2020-2021)graph from the Time for Kids; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@jennalaib) (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: bar graph Visualization Source: Time for Kids, “New Friends and Neighbors.” Time for Kids: October 6, 2021. Data Source: Refugee Processing Center (2021) Paired Texts: SaveTheChildren.org: “What is a Refugee?”… Continue reading Top Five States for Refugee Resettlement within the US (2020-2021)
How Halloween overtook the Day of the Dead in Mexico
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Instances of the Words "Love" and "Hate" in Song Lyrics in the Billboard Top 100 (1960-2019)graph from an article in the Evolutionary Human Sciences; slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: scatterplot Visualization & Data Source: Brand, C. O., Acerbi, A., & Mesoudi, A. (2019). Cultural… Continue reading Instances of the Words “Love” and “Hate” in Song Lyrics in the Billboard Top 100 (1960-2019)
Do you know someone named "Alexa"? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Domino's has quietly become the biggest pizza chain in the worldgraph from Chartr; slow reveal by Lori MacKenzie (Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line graph Visualization Source: Chartr, "Pizza: Domino's couldn't convert in Italy — a rarity for the pizza giant." Chartr.co, August 12, 2022. Data Source: Company Filings… Continue reading Domino’s Has Quietly Become the Biggest Pizza Chain in the World
