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This module looks at country-specific data and interactive maps and graphs to achieve an appreciation for the diversity of the countries that make up 'Asia'. Students will use a variety of online data display software to investigate and present information about Asian countries. Key focus questions: Where is 'Asia' and what is it like?

Extremely useful website (and Android and iPad app) that is real-time flight tracking. Click on any yellow plane to pull up a side menu that gives you flight data (altitude, latitude, longitude, vertical speed, etc.). Click on 3D and it will bring up a cockpit view (you must have Google Earth installled to access this feature). 

Create Maps using the latest statistics within broad areas - eg Agriculture & Rural Development, Aid Effectiveness, Economic Policy & External Debt, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Financial Sector, Gender, Health, Infrastructure, Labor & Social Protection, Poverty, Private Sector, Public Sector, Science & Technology, Urban Development

Create maps re: Food Security using the Latest FAO Data

Shrinking stature Climate change is reducing the size of many animal and plant species, including some which supply vital nutrition, according to a new study. From micro-organisms to top predators, nearly 45 per cent of species for which data was reviewed grew smaller over multiple generations due to climate change, researchers found.

Look at the 2011 Census Data for Sydney and an analysis of equity

Hans Rosling's virtual joy of stats from the BBC