World Gap Minder

& CIA World Fact Book

Friday May, 8th
www.gapminder.org

Go to Gapminder World

Hit Play

Questions
What do the dots represent?

Why do all dots move to the top and to the
right during the 200 year period?


Why are the blue dots closest to the bottom
left corner?
Find the United States
What countries have a higher life expectancy?

What countries have a higher GDP/capita?
Find Haiti in the Select menu

Why might Haiti have a similar life expectancy
and GDP/capita as many Sub-Saharan
Countries?

Google CIA World Factbook

Find Haiti in the Factbook

What data supports the claim that Haiti is a
developing country?


Go to Open graph menu in
Gapminder
Select Does Geography Matter?

Read the summary on the left,
then hit play
Does Geography Matter?

Take several minutes and find five items to
support your answer from the question above.
Free Learn
You may now use the remainder of the hour
to look at different graphs. You must create a
Google Document, share it with Mr. Wizner
and right down anything you learn as you
explore Gapminder.org