Gapminder

The attached presentation and document guide teachers through the use of Gapminder, a free online interactive graph tool which looks at international statistics over a period of time.

Watch the presentation.

Read the document.

This could stimulate debate and investigation in:

• Geography
• Citizenship
• Government and Politics
• Economics
• History

Hans Rosling has used Gapminder at TED. This video is 22.5 minutes long although you might just want to watch the first five minutes which adequately shows the use of Gapminder.

The teacher can quickly show the students how to use the tool. The students should then be encouraged to investigate (individually or in small groups); the teacher can set them questions or they can choose their own depending on how sophisticated their independent enquiry skills are.

Tell us how you are using Gapminder by adding a comment below.