What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 10, 2019
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,…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 20, 2019
Students 1. This graph, which originally appeared in The New York Times, shows more than 500 jobs, their required skills and how likely they are to be automatable. You can enter a job in the “Find a job ...” field to find where it is on the graph. You can also hover the cursor over…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Oct. 30, 2019
This graph of annual number of tickets sales for three sports — baseball, basketball and football — originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. By Friday morning, Nov. 1, we will provide the “Reveal,” the graph’s free online link, additional background and questions, shout outs highlighting student comments and headlines, and Stat Nuggets. After looking closely at…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 31, 2021
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.This map shows the world’s top climate risks by 2040 if greenhouse-gas emissions are not cut drastically.After looking closely at the map above (or at this full-size image), answer these four questions:What do you notice? What do…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Jan. 22, 2020
This graph and map showing water stress levels around the world appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com.By Friday morning, Jan. 23, we will provide the “Reveal” — the graphs’ free online link, additional background and questions, shout outs highlighting student comments and headlines, and Stat Nuggets.After looking closely at the graph and the map above (or at…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Dec. 4, 2019
This graph of the change in the number of violent crimes and the change in the number of undocumented immigrants for the period 2007 to 2016 appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. The data is from 180 metropolitan areas in the United States. Both the change in the number of violent crimes and the change in the…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Feb. 13, 2019
Students 1. This graph shows the relative size of military budgets by country in 2015. It originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. After looking closely at the graph above, think about these three questions: • What do you notice?• What do you wonder?What are you curious about that comes from what you notice in the graph?•…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Nov. 20, 2019
These graphs of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States by sector and by type of transportation originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. By Friday morning, Nov. 22, we will provide the “Reveal,” the graphs’ free online link, additional background and questions, shout-outs highlighting student comments and headlines, and Stat Nuggets. After looking closely at the…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 17, 2019
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…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Feb. 27, 2019
Students 1. This graph shows the length of daily delays on one woman’s 40-minute commute between Munich and a town in the German countryside during 2018. The graph originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. The commuter knitted two rows each day. Gray for delays under five minutes, pink for up to 30 minutes, and red for…
