Thursday, December 31, 2009
Directed Graph
From http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~simhaweb/cs151/lectures/module7/module7.html
Starting from the circle with a 1 in it, make as many different 4 digit numbers as you can.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Lake Alfred Water Elevation
From http://www.sflorida.er.usgs.gov/ddn-cgi/run.pl?sites=((281008081441801))&map=sfl&mapuse=A
Compare the daily maximum water elevation of this year and last year.
When was the water level lowest during the 2001 drought?
Compare the daily maximum water elevation of this year and last year.
When was the water level lowest during the 2001 drought?
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Reliability of Hotel Information
What is the most reliable source of information about hotels?
What is the least reliable?
Monday, December 28, 2009
Knowledge of Concepts
What happened to students' knowledge as the the number of modules the teachers used increased?
Sunday, December 27, 2009
NIH Trends
What type of project was most likey to get NIH funding in 2003?
In 2009?
In what year did the trend change?
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thermal Radiation Curves
If you graph the intensity (that is, the amount) of thermal radiation given off by a star as a function of wavelength, you will get a graph like this:
Use this graph to fill in the blanks:
Stars with higher temperatures produce _____________ light.
Stars with lower temperatures have _____________ peak wavelengths.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Two Stars
You can use the x-axis from the top graph for the bottom graph as well.
Which graph shows peak wavelengths for a blue star?
Which graph shows peak wavelengths for a red star?
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Filter Wavelength
Filter | Wavelength (Angstroms) |
Ultraviolet (u) | 3543 |
Green (g) | 4770 |
Red (r) | 6231 |
Near Infrared (i) | 7625 |
Infrared (z) | 9134 |
Represent the information in the table above using the type of graph that you think represents it best.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Which type of electromagnetic energy has the biggest wavelengths?
Which type of electromagentic energy has the smallest wavelengths?
How big are the wavelengths that we can see?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
School Zone Citations
Which month had the most school zone speed citations?
Which month had the fewest?
Monday, December 21, 2009
School Test Scores
Dark blue = W B Saul High School For Ag Sciences
Light blue = Philadelphia City School District
Gray = Pennsylvania
Which school had the highest overall scores?
Which subject are more students proficient at?
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Life of a Star
What do all stars form from?
What type of star will become a Red Giant?
What Type will become a Red Supergiant?
Which type of star will end its life by becoming a black hole?
Our sun is an average star. Will it eventually become a neutron star or a white dwarf?
Saturday, December 19, 2009
H-R Diagram
What color are the hottest stars?
What color are the coolest stars?
What type of stars are the most luminous?
What type are the least luminous?
Friday, December 18, 2009
Minard's Map
This chart describes Napoleon's march to and from Moscow and is famous for representing a large amount of information in a small space.
The thickness of the lines represents the number of soldiers.
What happened to the number of soldiers over the course of their march to and from Moscow.
What relationship can you see between temperature and the number of soldiers?
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Different Types of Religious Services
From http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/12/14/pew-half-of-americans-who-attend-religious-services-go-to-more-than-one-place.html
Choose some or all of the information above and make a chart or graph to represent it.
Choose some or all of the information above and make a chart or graph to represent it.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Carbon Emission and Transportation Mode
From http://mobikefed.org/2008/04/reduce-your-carbon-emissions-to-zerop.php
How many pounds of CO2 per passenger mile are emitted by the average car with a solo driver? By a carpool with 3 people?
Compare the emissions by buses and intercity trains.
How many pounds of CO2 per passenger mile are emitted by the average car with a solo driver? By a carpool with 3 people?
Compare the emissions by buses and intercity trains.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Fertility vs Age
Which age group is most likely to get pregnant?
As women get older, they are _____ likely to be able to get pregnant.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Cerebral Palsy and Cesarean Sections
Approximately how many cases of cerebral palsy per 1000 birth were there in 1970? 2000?
Approximately what was percentage of babies born by cesarean in 1970? 2000?
From this graph, does it seem that an increase in cesarean births has affected the number of cases of cerebral palsy?
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Health Problems in Cloned Animals vs Conventional
From http://www.endanimalcloning.org/animalwelfare.shtml
Approximately what percentage of cloned cows suffer from late-term pregnancy loss?
Approximately what percentage of conventional cows suffer from late-term pregnancy loss?
Which type of animal has the lowest overall mortality rate?
Approximately what percentage of cloned cows suffer from late-term pregnancy loss?
Approximately what percentage of conventional cows suffer from late-term pregnancy loss?
Which type of animal has the lowest overall mortality rate?
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Most Popular Christmas Toys by Year
Click on the graphic if you need to to view it larger.
What was the most popular Christmas toy the year you were born?
Friday, December 11, 2009
Anatomy of an Infographic
According to this infographic:
What are some of the best ways to travel?
What are some ways to use less?
Thursday, December 10, 2009
School Holidays
What does the creator of this graph spend the least time doing over school holidays?
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Food Stamps
Approximately what percentage of Americans used food stamps in 2009?
Approximately what percentage of Americans used food stamps in 1969?
At what other times had food stamp use peaked?
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Michael Jackson Google Searches
Which song was the most popular over the time span of this graph?
When were the most Google searches for Michael Jackson songs?
Monday, December 7, 2009
Evolution of Storage
From http://www.geekologie.com/image.php?path=/2009/11/29/storage-full.jpg
How many minutes does a 12 inch record hold?
How many cassette tapes' worth can an Ipod store?
How many 5.25 inch floppy disks' worth of data can a flash drive store?
How many minutes does a 12 inch record hold?
How many cassette tapes' worth can an Ipod store?
How many 5.25 inch floppy disks' worth of data can a flash drive store?
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Gantt Chart
From: http://www.me.utexas.edu/~me302/Project/Pencil/intro.html
When does computer modelling start and finish?
Which tasks take the longest and shortest amounts of time?
When does computer modelling start and finish?
Which tasks take the longest and shortest amounts of time?
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Polar Area Diagram
This "Diagram of the causes of mortality in the army in the East" was published in Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army and sent to Queen Victoria in 1858.
This graphic indicates the number of deaths that occured from preventable diseases (in blue), those that were the results of wounds (in red), and those due to other causes (in black).
Which month had the most deaths from preventable diseases?
Which month had the most deaths from wounds?
In case you are interested, the legend reads:
This graphic indicates the number of deaths that occured from preventable diseases (in blue), those that were the results of wounds (in red), and those due to other causes (in black).
Which month had the most deaths from preventable diseases?
Which month had the most deaths from wounds?
In case you are interested, the legend reads:
The Areas of the blue, red, & black wedges are each measured from the centre as the common vertex. The blue wedges measured from the centre of the circle represent area for area the deaths from Preventable or Mitigable Zymotic diseases, the red wedges measured from the centre the deaths from wounds, & the black wedges measured from the centre the deaths from all other causes. The black line across the red triangle in Nov. 1854 marks the boundary of the deaths from all other causes during the month. In October 1854, & April 1855, the black area coincides with the red, in January & February 1855,(*) the blue coincides with the black. The entire areas may be compared by following the blue, the red, & the black lines enclosing them.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Renewable Energy Consumption in the Nation’s Energy Supply, 2008
What percentage of energy came from nuclear power in 2008?
What fuel was used most?
What type of renewable energy generated the most power?
Approximately what percentage of the total energy generated was generated by biomass?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Cost of Healthy Eating
What type of food has decreased most in relative price since 1980?
What type has increased most?
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Music and Oil
From http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/09/23/the-hubbert-peak-theory-of-rock-or-why-were-all-out-of-good-songs/
Which year had the greatest number of Rolling Stone's greatest hits of all time?
Which decade or decades had the greatest number of greatest hits?
Which decade had the highest oil production?
Do you think this graph shows a relationship or a coincidence?
Which year had the greatest number of Rolling Stone's greatest hits of all time?
Which decade or decades had the greatest number of greatest hits?
Which decade had the highest oil production?
Do you think this graph shows a relationship or a coincidence?
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Hybrid Car Energy
From http://www.futurecars.com/news/hybrid-cars/2011-buick-regal-to-be-a-hybrid-even-a-plug-in
What type of power does this hybrid use when going very slowly?
What type does it use when going quickly?
Describe when regenrative braking happens.
What type of power does this hybrid use when going very slowly?
What type does it use when going quickly?
Describe when regenrative braking happens.
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