Annual CO2 Emissions
Data, Graphs, and Maps
Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Earth and Space Sciences, Geography, Mathematics
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Provided by Our World in Data
What it is
- This interactive resource allows students to explore a map, chart, and data table of annual CO2 emissions globally and by country.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This resource is easy to use and provides a lot of data to work with.
- Students can view data for groups of countries based on income per capita (i.e. low-income countries, lower-middle-income countries, upper-middle-income countries, and high-income countries).
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should know how to read a line graph and be familiar with the term relative change.
- Images of customized graphs, tables, and maps can be downloaded.
Differentiation
- Cross-curricular connections could be made with social studies and history classes when discussing the reasons for increasing emissions and why certain countries experienced more or less change in emissions over time.
- Cross-curricular connections can be made with economics classes by drawing connections between income per capita and emissions levels.
- Other resources that are related to this topic include the interactive graph for Drivers of CO2 Emissions, and the lesson plan Greenhouse Gases: A Closer Look.
From the scientist review
The resource displays annual CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and cement production. Method used involved converting data from tonnes of carbon sources to tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) using a conversion factor of 3.664. The resource is valid ad recommended for teaching.
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