April

Here is the April 2019 edition of Teenagers in The Times. This roundup of news and feature stories about young people that have recently appeared across sections of NYTimes.com appears on the first Thursday of each month during the school year. For ideas about how to use Teenagers in The Times with your students, please…

Note: This is our final “What’s Going On in This Graph?” for the 2018-19 school year. To receive next year’s schedule, and learn about our first graph of the 2019-20 school year, be sure to sign up for our free newsletter. Students 1. This graph compares the relative value of highly-paid baseball players using salary…

Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…

Students 1. These graphs show the sonic “fingerprints” of the Top 10 summer hits for eight years, selected from the fingerprints for 1988 - 2018. Use the example for Gloria Estefan’s “1-2-3” below to understand how to read the fingerprints. Image The graphs originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 4,…

Students 1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions: • What is going on in this picture? • What do you see that makes you say that? • What more can you find? 2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and…

Students 1. This graph shows the average date of the “first leaf” appearance — a sign that spring has sprung. The graph originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, we will provide additional background about the graph as well as relevant statistical concepts. After looking closely at the graph above,…