data visualization tools

Elementary
Middle / High School
Polling and Data Collection Tools


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Graphic Organizing Tools -  All Grade Levels
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Citizen Science
C.S. projects use the general public for scientific reserch and data collection. Students can make observations in their own neighborhood, record their data and compare it with other scientists from around the world.
Gapminder
Explore this changing world using the best statistics on health, income, environment and much more.   Analyze worldwide data over time in an animated graph to identify and analyze trends.  Awesome tool!
More Gapminder graphs here
Poll Daddy
Create your surveys and polls using our custom templates or create your own.

Mind Mapping
WebspirationBubblus
Mindomo
DropMind
Cmap Tools
Spinscape
Mind42
Xmind
Mindmeister

Dezidr
Provides an analytical approach to making decisions.  Could be used for collaboration or group projects.
Dezidr
Provides an analytical approach to making decisions.  Could be used for collaboration or group projects.
Survey Monkey
Design survey, collect responses, analyse results.
Flowcharts, Charts and Diagrams
Gliffy
Creately
Diagrammr
Flowchart
LovelyCharts
amCharts
Chart Gizmo
Lucidchart
ChartTool

Boolify
This search engine creates a jigsaw puzzle of your searches.   This is a GREAT visual for young researchers to learn the importance of narrowing searches.
Many Eyes
Turn your data into a visiual masterpiece that is actually useful!  Great for all ages and subject areas!
Poll Everywhere
Results update live in your web browser or PowerPoint, they answer by text or online.
 Results update live in your web browser or powerpoint. Can use in the classroom like 'clickers'.
Visuwords
Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
Visuwords
Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.
LimeService
A survey service-platform to prepare, run and evaluate online surveys. Besides basic free usage you are always getting the full feature set with no monthly fees or subscription plans. Up to 25 free responses per month.

Graphs
Crappygraphs
Graphjam
ChartTool
Crappy Graphs
English Synonym Dictionary
Enter a word or a list of words separated by a plus sign (for example, see+look for+understand) and see a visual representation of their connections to similar word and word meanings.
SHOW Mapping Worlds
See how states in the U.S. compare to each other based on your choice of subjects and data sets.  Try the international version for free as well.
Zoomerang
Limited to 100 responses per survey. Maximum 30 questions per survey. See survey responses for 10 days.

Graphic Organizer TemplatesExploratree
Holt
Eduplace
ABCteach
Region 15
Greece K-12
ClassTools
Teachnology
Ed. Oasis


Search Me
Search Cube
Visual search engines that allow you to preview websites before visiting them. Lets students decide if a site looks appropriate for their needs and helps those who don't remember the name of a site, but remember how it looks.
English Synonym Dictionary
Enter a word or a list of words separated by a plus sign (for example, see+look for+understand) and see a visual representation of their connections to similar word and word meanings.
Google Docs
Google Docs now has a survey tool - Google Forms - which will bring your survey information directly into a Google Spreadsheet.
Create a Graph
Let your students collect data and create one of five different graphs to visualize this information.
Stat Planet
Includes the latest demographic, education, environment, health and socio-economic indicators as of February 2009*, for more than 200 countries.
Obsurvey
Create you own surveys, collect answers and analyze.

ClassTools
Templates for  jigsaw diagram, learning cycle, living graph, hamburger, venn diagram, fishbone, diamond 9, postit, dustbin game, random name picker, random timer, flash card generator and more. Embed into any webpage.
uworld
An immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools.

Kwik Surveys
Here you can create, embed, and analyze surveys. Downloadable survey results.



Crappy Graphs
Very Easy to use, but classified under midle high school solel for its name.
Make your own line graphs or 2 or 3 circle Venn diagrams.
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