1. MODULE 4 INTERPRETING DATA
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MODULE 4 INTERPRETING DATA

2. You Will Learn: Tips for general chart creation
Create graphs based on research data

3. Chart Tips
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Question to get them thinking about link between flooding and potential health effects beyond just drowning.

4. Start with an Explanatory Title

5. Include the Measurement in the Title

6. Pie Chart Slices Should Add Up to 100%
The percentage contribution to total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by sector (2013)
= 100

7. Line Charts Are Used to Show Trends

8. Bar Charts Should be Arranged by Size

9. Include Value Inside or On Top of Each Bar

10. Interpreting Charts
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Question to get them thinking about link between flooding and potential health effects beyond just drowning.

11. Are extreme events getting more frequent?

12. Questions
In what year did the combined total of geophysical, meteorological, hydrological and climatological extreme events exceed 200?
In what year did geophysical and meteorological events together total 100?
According to the graph, how many years have seen a total of more than 150 events?

13. Are recent storm events getting worse?

14. Question
Create a bar graph of overall loss by storms (in US millions) versus year. You may need to combine amounts from multiple storms occurring in the same year.

15. Ocean Heat Content

16. Question
Describe the what is happening to the heat content in the ocean as time goes by, according to the line graph.

17. Arctic Sea Ice Loss

18. Question
Describe the trend of arctic ice sea loss shown in the graph.

19. Future Sea Level Rise

20. Question
According to the graph, what is the range of sea level rise scientists are predicting by 2100?