Google Data

Key Gaming Idea: Show the power of data through games focusing on comparisons, trends, and options.

• Google Correlate. Read the comic to learn about this tool. Use Google Correlate to find real-world data, compare time series, and compare US states in terms of searches.
• Google Moderator. This tool allows people to post a series of questions and answers. This item requires a personal account to participate.
• Google Public Data. Contains data from lots of government resources.
• Google Hotel Finder. Locate hotels in cities around the world.
• Google Flights
• Google Fusion Tables. Visualize and publish your data as maps, timelines and charts.
• Google Trends. Use this tool to find out what people are searching around the world.

Design a game involving one of these data sites. Spend some time playing with Google Public Data.