General questions/prompts:
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What do you think this graph shows us?
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What does this graph make you wonder?
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Does any part of this graph surprise you?
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How would you describe the relationship between the different variables involved?
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What title would you give this graph?
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Can you think of any further questions or future investigations? How would you go about getting the data you need for answers?
Specific questions/prompts:
Image 1: Graph showing fertility rate against gross domestic product (GDP) per person, for
GDP is the amount of money that a country makes each year. What do you think GDP per person indicates?
What does fertility rate mean?
What does each data plot represent?
What is the trend shown in the graph?
Why do you think this trend exists?
Image 2: Graph showing South Korea GDP per person over time
Why do you think South Korean GDP per person increased over time?
When did growth start?
What kind of growth is shown (steady, logarithmic, exponential)?
What do you think may have happened in 1979 that affected growth?
Image 3: Graph showing South Korean fertility rate over time
What was the average fertility rate in 1900-1920? How do you think this rate affected the population?
When did the fertility rate start to fall?
Why did the fertility rate suddenly fall so sharply?
What is the most recent fertility rate? If each woman has that many babies on average, how might the population change?
Image 4: Graph showing number of South Korean children over time
How might the pattern shown here affect the future of South Korea?
We can't predict the future, but how can we look for evidence to make a reliable prediction?