Top States By Jobs Created/Saved as Reported by Recipients

State	Jobs Created/Saved	Unemployment Rate
1. California	110,185.36	12.2%
2. New York	40,620.04	8.9%
3. Washington	34,517.13	9.3%
4. Florida	29,320.78	11%
5. North Carolina	28,073.32	10.9%
6. Georgia	24,681.1	10.1%
7. Illinois	24,447.55	10.6%
8. New Jersey	24,108.81	9.8%
9. Michigan	22,513.86	15.3%
10. Texas	19,571.84	8.2%

From http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx

Make a graph to show the information above.

Alberta Taxes

 From http://www.finance.alberta.ca/calc-script/graphs_all_graphs.htm

What type of tax generates the most income for the government?

Does Tobacco Tax or Fuel Tax generate more income for the government?

Infant Mortality in Georgia

From http://www.gafcp.org/kidscount/kcmaps3.htm

In 1994, which group had the highest infant mortality rate?

In 1994, which group had the lowest?

In 1996, how many babies born to black mothers died per 1,000?

Reasons People Use the Internet

From http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/Comms_Freedom

What percentage of people use the Internet because they can use it from multiple locations?

Do more people use the Internet because it is convenient or because it is cheap?

Facebook Application Use

From http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/Comms_Freedom

What is the most common use of facebook?

Do more people play with digital pets or send gifts on facebook?

How Workers Connect

From http://digiteen09-2.flatclassroomproject.org/Comms_Freedom

What type of communication is most popular among workers?

What percentage of workers use Instant Messaging to communicate?

Make up your own question about this graph.

Sweeteners vs Time

From http://healthy-family.org/caryn/1186/dangerous-levels-of-mercury-found-in-brand-name-products-made-with-high-fructose-corn-syrup

Since 1970, has our use of sweeteners gone up or down?

As the use of high fructose corn syrup has gone up, what has happened to the use of refined sugar?

How many pounds per year of sweetener did we consume in 1970? In 2005?

Weather Fatalities

From http://www.sportssafety.org/articles/lightning-safety-game-plan/

What type of weather causes the fewest fatalities?

What type of weather causes the most fatalities?

Which is more dangerous, hurricanes or lightning?

Wind Speed and Height

From http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/smallscalewindenergy.html

Does wind power increase or decrease as the height of the wind turbine increases?

At 90 feet tall, what is the percentage increase in wind power?

U.S. Wind Resources

From http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/maps/map2.html

Name a few states that have large areas suitable for wind power.

If you live in the U.S., is there an area in your state that would be good?

Would you be able to generate more wind power on the coast of Alaska or inland?

Online Gambling

From http://getpokernews.com/poker-news/online-poker-revenue-statistics/

What was the revenue from online gambling in 2003?

In 2008?

By how much did the revenue increase from 2001 to 2010?

Gambling by Country

From http://www.noapparentmotive.org/2007_09.html

In which of the countries shown do adults gamble the highest percent of their income? The lowest?

If someone in Ireland had a disposable income of $1000 per month and gambled at the average rate for Ireland, how much would they spend on gambling that month?

Distance Time Graph

This graph represents a hike taken by some students:

From http://www.deliamalta.com/physics/students%27_notes.htm

What was the distance traveled after 2 hours?

What happened from point P to point R?

Was the students' speed greater during the first part or the second part of the hike?

Safe Roads in Australia

This is the The National Road Safety Strategy (NRSS) in Australia's plan to improve road safety:

From http://www.aaa.asn.au/saferroads/get_the_facts.asp

How many lives can be saved each year by improved roads?

How many lives can be saved by new technology?

About how many times more lives will improved driver behavior save, compared to new technology?

Now It's Your Turn

Look at yesterday's Health vs Spending graph. Find a different way to represent some or all of the information on it.

Health vs Spending

From http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/12/the-cost-of-care.html

Which countries have the highest number of doctor visits per year?

Which 6 countries have the lowest amount of health care spending per person?

Which 6 countries have the highest amount of health care spending per person?

Do you think it is better to have a line that goes up to the right or down to the right?

Age Profile of Nurses in Australia

From http://www.health.sa.gov.au/Default.aspx?tabid=258

Which age group has the highest number of nurses?

Which age group has approximately 2000 nurses?

About how many more nurses does each age group have between age 20-24 and age 45-49?

Sleep vs Age

From http://www.odec.ca/projects/2005/rich5a0/public_html/sleep2.bmp

Which age groups sleeps the most per day?

How many hours a day would you expect an 11-year-old to sleep?

As people get older, they need _________ sleep.

Sleeping vs Working

From http://www.metronaps.com.au/australia_files/images/pages/faq/workmore-sleepless-graph.gif

In 1975, how many hours a day did an average Australian spend working? Sleeping?

In 2003, how many hours a day did an average Australian spend working? Sleeping?

In which year did the average Australian work and sleep the same amount?

Food Price

From http://www.catholicregister.org/images/stories/bioethics/FoodGraph.png

Which foods have increased most in price?

Which foods have increased in price about the same amount as inflation?

Have any foods gone down in price?

Bear Attractants

From http://nsb.techsys.tv/img/bear_attractant_graph.gif

What is most likely to attract bears?

Which is more likely to attract bears, Bird feeders or fruit trees?

African Hungry Season

From http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ar2004/images/storyPic_FruitCropGraph.jpg

When does Malawi experience the peak of its hungry period?

Which country has the least severe hungry period?

Name a few fruits that are available during the bungry period.

Reading for Pleasure

From http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/thechild/_images/child/3school/31rp.gif

Do more children read for pleasure or not read for pleasure on an average school day?

In a group of 50 children, about how many would read for pleasure on a school day?

Soft Drink Production

From http://www.cspinet.org/liquidcandy/images/graph.gif

Approximately how many regular soft drinks were produced per person per year in 1947? in 1998? 2004?

About how many diet soft drinks were produced per person in 2004?

About how many soft drinks are Americans drinking per day on average?

Asthma Prevalence

From http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/images/newprevalence_graph_asthma_2006lg.jpg

Do more males or females have asthma?

Is asthma more common in children or adults?

Particles from Coughing and Sneezing

From http://www.camfilfarr.com/cou_camfil/industries/care/images/SneezeCoughTalkGraph.gif

Does coughing, sneezing or talking produce the most particles?

What is the approximate size of the particles produced most frequently by coughing, sneezing or talking?

Whooping Cough

From http://www.passporthealthusa.com/images/photos/whooping-cough-passport-health-graph.jpg

Before 2005, which other years had spikes in the number of cases of whooping cough?

G20 Debt

From http://reflectionof.me/how-does-dubais-debt-compare-0

Which of the countries shown has the least debt? The most?

How much has the U.S. borrowed from the United Kingdom?

How much has the United Kingdom borrowed from the U.S.?

Relative Prices of Different Liquids

From http://reflectionof.me/relative-prices-of-different-liquids-1

Which liquid costs the most per miiliter?

Which liquid costs approximately $0.07 per milliliter?

Singapore Budget Opinions

From http://app.reach.gov.sg/reach/Portals/0/Graph%20on%20Post-Budget.JPG

Do more Singaporeans agree or disagree that budget measures are sufficient to preserve jobs for them?

Which question had the most Singaporeans disagreeing with it?

Which question got the most neutral replies?

Nebraska Weather on New Years

From http://www.crh.noaa.gov/Image/lbf/climate/pastevents/HolidayStudies/VTN/NewYearVTN/TempNewYearVTN.jpg

When were the lowest New Years Day temperatures recorded?

When were the highest?

Approximately what was the high temperature 100 years ago?