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Here’s what you’ll learn in this track
1️⃣ Is one of the World’s richest country also fair?
Driving Question: Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Or are the rich getting richer faster than the poor? What causes income and wealth inequality, and how can we fix it?
About the Dataset: Students will use a dataset that contains distribution of income for different household segments in the United States of America from 1967 to 2012 and draw a conclusion about economic inequality in the United States.
2️⃣ Are we living longer?
Driving Question: With all the advances in medical science, are we living any longer? How do we measure life span anyway?
About the Dataset: Students will use a dataset that includes information regarding life spans in various countries and come up with hypothesis on why people in some countries live longer than others.
3️⃣ Why are some of us still hungry?
Driving Question: Is an increasing GDP the only indicator of development? Does it mean that the access to food and clean drinking water also increases with it?
About the Dataset: Students will use a dataset that includes an array of information about countries including their population, GDP per capita, and percentage of population that has access to food and clean drinking water.
4️⃣Communication over the ages
Driving Question: How do new modes of communication technology replace the old ones? And has the pace of change accelerated over the years?
About the Dataset: Students will use a dataset that includes historical data on the use of communication technology for over 150 years.