A slow reveal graph is a teaching tool that starts with a numberless graph (or map, diagram, etc.) without labels. As the class notices and wonders about the graph, the teacher slowly reveals the original text and numbers until the class is looking at the complete original graph. The process allows students and teachers to focus on specific parts of the graph and do a close reading and analysis.

For more information about slow reveal graphs, please visit Slow Reveal Graphs | CollectEdNY. (For more graphs you can use in the classroom, please visit the CUNY data, graphs and maps collection)

New graphs are being added to the collection all the time!

This collection of slow reveal graphs was originally created by Tim Berrigan, a NYSED Teacher Leader from the Brooklyn Public Library, to respond to the fact that mathematical reasoning is required on the Social Studies and Science sections of the GED. While working with slow reveal graphs, students practice the following skills: fact vs. opinion, evidence and conclusions, using data to make predictions, dependent and independent variables, correlation and causation, mean, median, mode, and range in statistics.