Picture this!

I love stats – even those that disturb. Watch this video to see how one can visualize some very challenging and important statistics about modern American life.

I would like to show this to every student I teach and perhaps present them with, or even better allow them to research, some Australian stats and visually represent these to emphasise the impact on our world.

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