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June 29th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Health

Economic costs of Obesity

More and more information is coming out about our growing obesity epidemic, and why it is unhealthy to be such. We all know it increases the risk of diabetes, heart problems, joint problems, and more, but how does it affect our wallet? This is a great visual for students to think about when creating[...]

June 25th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, STEM

Nuclear Weapons

For those who do not follow the news to closely, when one thinks of nuclear weapon possession, they usually think of the end of WW2, and the following three decades. At the end of WW2 nuclear weapons had been developed and released to end the war. For the next three decades the Cold War ensued, [&he[...]

June 20th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

Visual Democracy

Our government is run by a system of checks and balances. Make sure your students understand this. I once had a pop quiz (one of the only ones ever) after I was supposed to read a chapter for homework, and put that checks and balances was our financial system. Wrong! Our systems involves the three [[...]

June 19th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Humanities

Wednesday – Humanities

The New Marketing Trifecta As consumers, it is probably important to understand how marketers, those who endeavor to influence our buying, accomplish this, by integrating into our normal communications. In April 2010, eROI conducted a study of more than 500 marketers. The focus of the survey was two[...]

June 18th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Humanities

Wednesday – Humanities

Web Design Evolution: Two Decades of Innovation Socially, how we communicate with each other over the web has had an enormous impact on us, how we communicate, do business, and play. The web has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee created the first website way back in 1991. Here’s an infographic[...]

June 14th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities, STEM

Thursday – Data Source

2011 MLB Team and Player Stats – Major League Baseball One realm that has almost always been rich with data is sports, and probably more than any, it is American Baseball.  I can remember playing baseball on the ground, as a boy, using baseball cards, and processing the game based on the stat[...]

June 12th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, STEM

Some Like it Hot

Every with more than a basic education knows some things about the sun. It is hot, it is big, and when it is hidden, it is dark outside. But how hot is it, how big is it, and how exactly does light the Earth, especially from that far away? This infographic shares this information, and […][...]

June 11th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities, STEM

Online Student Demographics

Today’s infographic may be a bit outdated. It is based off of information gathered in 2010, but I believe that it is still relevant today. It explores the demographics of students who procure their information online. It explores their age, race, income, and reason for using distance learning.[...]