Making Visual Sense of Data–What Does 7 Billion Look Like?

At our foundation, we’re always on the lookout for innovative ways to express data visually. So following the United Nation’s recent announcement that  world population has reached the seven billion mark, we took note of this National Public Radio video to help audiences visualize this mind-boggling population growth:

Using just water, food colors, and glass vials, the video employs volume to help audiences understand changes over time in global population growth. A simple, innovative visualization translates and humanizes these data into a story of our species over several centuries.

What stories do you want to tell with data measures on kidsdata.org?

We have many options for you to communicate data visually:

• bar graphs
• trend  graphs
• pie charts
• maps

So get creative and play around with the various ways that Kidsdata offers visualized data to discover the way that best conveys pressing issues –and victories!– in child health. Just leave a comment, and let us know what you’ve come up with.

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