What’s Going On in This Graph? | Sept. 16, 2020
The New York Times reports that in the United States there have been more than 6.3 million Covid-19 cases and more than 190,000 deaths.The two maps above use data as compiled by The Times as of Sept. 9, 2020. Definition: Per capita cases is the number of cases per person and is usually expressed as…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | May 6, 2020
This graph and map, showing immigrants’ share of the U. S. population, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com.By Friday morning, May 8, we will provide the “Reveal” — the graph and map’s free online link, additional background and questions, shout outs highlighting student comments and headlines, and Stat Nuggets.After looking closely at the graph and map above,…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 29, 2020
This graph above and map below, both showing the global temperatures since 1880 as compared to the average global temperature for the mid-20th century years of 1951 – 1980, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. All temperatures are in degrees Celsius.By Friday morning, May 1, we will provide the “Reveal” — the graph and map’s free online…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 8, 2020
The interactive graph above, showing the bus ridership among the 15 largest transit agencies for 2011 to 2020, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. The graph below shows bus ridership for four additional cities.By Friday morning, April 10, we will provide the “Reveal” — the graphs’ free online link, additional background and questions, shout outs highlighting student…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 1, 2020
This graph appeared elsewhere in The New York Times.By Friday morning, April 3, 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 the graph above (or at this full-size image), think about these three questions:What do…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 25, 2020
This graph shows a possible model for the number of coronavirus cases over time, with and without protective measures including social distancing. It appeared elsewhere in The New York Times.By Friday morning, March 26, we will provide the “Reveal” — the graph’s free online link, additional background and questions, shout outs highlighting student comments and…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 18, 2020
This graph, showing the percentage of American teenagers, ages 13 – 17, who feel certain problems are major or minor among people their age in their community, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. The data is from a representative sample of 920 teens surveyed from September to November 2018.By Friday morning, March 20, we will provide the…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 11, 2020
This graph, which shows the number of New York Times front-page articles by war, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com.After looking closely at the graph above (or at this full-size image), think about these three questions:What do you notice? If you make a claim, tell us what you noticed that supports your claim.What do you wonder? What…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | March 4, 2020
These graphs, which show the support by voters of different age groups on four political questions, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com.By Friday morning, March 5, we will provide the “Reveal” — the graphs’ free online link, additional background and questions, shout outs highlighting student comments and headlines, and Stat Nuggets.What do you notice? If you make…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Feb. 26, 2020
This graph, showing the new coronavirus as compared to other infectious diseases, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. It uses a log scale, the same type of scale used for measuring earthquakes, where an increase of 1 on the log scale represents a 10-fold increase in the original scale.By Friday morning, Feb. 28, we will provide the…
