For Teachers
Do you want to use Gapminder tools in your classroom? Participate in one of the upcoming webinars leads by Mr Bob Lang, a UK teacher willing to share his tips and tricks. Read more
Featured examples of Gapminder in education
- Teachers TV: Looking at statistics with Year 8 students
Thanks to: Bob Lang - Gapminder and Worldmapper
Geography for a changing world resources from the Geographical Association, UK.
Thanks to: Paula Cooper - Gapminder course at the NYC iSchool
An experimental high school course that challenges 10th and 11th grade students to use a quantitive lens to analyze the last 200 years of global history.
Thanks to: Jesse Spevack
Featured resources
Gapminder World
Gapminder’s main interactive graph.
Now with a “graph menu” that makes it easy to find interesting stories.
Go to Gapminder World | Download guide (pdf)
Gapminder Tools
Play with our income moutains, bubble charts and maps.
Still alpha version, but works pretty well already.
Open source and touch screen support.
Gapminder World Offline
You can use Gapminder World without an Internet connection! Install Gapminder World Offline on your computer. It automatically updates the data when and if you go online.
Teacher’s guide: Lesson on 200 years that changed the world
This teacher guide explains how you can use Gapminder World to lecture about global development from 1800 until today.
Life Expectancy PowerPoint
Life expectancy is a very important measure when we compare the health of different countries. Teach your students what it measures.
Teacher’s guide: Quiz about Global Development
A teacher’s guide to a quiz about global development.
The quiz uses Gapminder World. All you’ll need is the Internet, a computer and a projector.
Human Development Trends 2005
A thematic package of animations for your lecture.
Click and choose which of the 9 sections you will use. (Available in many languages.)
Gapminder’s card game
This card sorting game challenges students’ perceptions about the contemporary world.
