Sometimes children assume that the way things are in the world today are the way things have always been and the way things will always be.  Gapminder empowers the user to visually manipulate graphs to focus on elements of interest, but definitely shows that things don’t always stay the same in the world, even within relatively short periods of time!  When it comes to studying about world health, population, education and wealth, Gapminder.org offers a wonderfully interactive, dynamic graphing experience that is visually beautiful and insightful.

Hans Rosling offers inspiring videos full of fresh perspectives and provides free downloads of some of the graphs for use in presentations.  Use these graphs to get students interested in learning more about a topic or use them to introduce an idea.  If you have compelling data to share, consider exploring Google’s Motion Chart gadget!