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October 16th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities

US Elections- 100 years

In recent years, elections have been extremely close, the final results often not being known for days, and even weeks after the election. Recounts have been common, and debates over the true winner have lasted for months. This infographic takes an unbiased look at elections passed and shares the ou[...]

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October 15th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities, STEM

Tsunami Smart

There are many types of natural disasters that can damage the way we live. Between storms from the sky, and a constantly moving Earth, it is nearly impossible to escape these natural disasters. A tsunami is one that is particularly devastating. It begins with movement of Earth, and ends with a large[...]

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October 8th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, Humanities, STEM

World Earthquakes 2011 Visualization

This infographic is fairly intense. It is a time lapse map of all the earthquakes that occurred in 2011. It was created by someone in Asia, and has I think Japanese writing on it, so much of it can’t be read, but it still is very interesting. It is a great way to show this […][...]

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October 4th, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities

Is Barack Obama the President

I believe that this infographic is mistitled. I believe that it should be titled Is Barack Obama the Next President. But in light of the presidential debate this evening, I thought an election related infographic would be a good idea. This infographic does a great job of visualizing the electoral vo[...]

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October 1st, 2012 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, STEM

Real Estate Market Today

Part of teaching economics is preparing your students for being good at managing their money today, and tomorrow. Part of this is real estate. Now, according to this infographic, it is a good idea to go ahead and buy today, if you are able. Unfortunately, it is doubtful that any of your students are[...]

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