Be Active!

Being physically active is both fun and important to create good health and well-being for our bodies and minds.

Let’s begin by tracking our own activities and see what other people around the world are doing.

What’s your favourite activity?

INPUT YOUR DATA

What is your favourite physical activity or type?

Let us know what it is?

What country do you live in?

What province do you live in?

Please select you favorite activity to continue.

Okay, we have some data. Now let’s display it on a map!
That’s you on the map! We picked our favourite activity, now let’s add in the frequency - or how often we do our favourite activity. This will make our data a bit more complex.
*Once you’ve added your frequency you can see it via the tooltip when your pointer is over the activity icon.

number of times per
Visualizing your data is a great first step. Kinda lonely on the map though! So let’s see what everyone else is doing!
We're not alone!

Wondering how we did that? Don’t worry! We'll show you how to code this activity later.

Why do you think different regions may enjoy different activities, or do them more or less often?

Do you personally feel you are being physically active enough for your own well-being?

We’re not alone, but it’s getting quite crowded!

Explore the filters in the drop-down menu to help us focus on one part of our data.

Filter by: Focus:

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Click on the “most popular activity by country” filter. Does each country have their own favourite activity?
Do you think things like climate, culture or location would affect someone’s favourite activity?

How do you prefer to do your physical activities?

There are countless ways to display data - Welcome to the world of data visualization!

Here are just a few ways we can visualize our data:

Have a look at what our data looks like using a bar, pie and polar area chart filtered by global popularity.

Which way of displaying data do you like the most?