Talking with kids about log-linear plots and the corona virus part 2

Yesterday we did a project designed to help kids get a better understanding of some of the log-linear plots relating to the spread of the corona virus. That project is here:

Talking with kids about log-linear plots to help them better understand how the corona virus is spreading

Today we looked at a NYT data visualization to see if the boys were able to understand the plots a bit better:

The NYT’s Corona virus data visualization

My older son went first:

My younger son went next:

I was happy to hear that they were able to see and understand a bit the exponential growth in the graphs.

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