Primary Energy Consumption by Source

Provided by: Our World in Data |Published on: July 20, 2021

Graphs/Tables Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

This resource contains an interactive chart and table that shows the world's primary energy consumption by sources starting in 1965.
Students can compare the use of coal, oil, gas, hydropower, wind, solar, nuclear, and biofuels.

Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics

Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser

Region: Global

Languages: English

Positives

Students can easily see how data has changed over time by pressing the play button.
The interactive resources are very user-friendly, and it is easy to isolate data based on your needs.

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Differentiation & Implementation

Students can analyze the large jump between renewable energy and nonrenewable energy and what that means for climate change.
Teachers can give each student a country to study and analyze their energy consumption. Teachers can also show students the countries that are in the Paris Agreement and determine if this appears to influence their use of renewables.
Teachers can make health connections by looking at the health impacts of fossil fuel energy. Students can use the resources Youth Climate Story: Coal Ash in North Carolina, Your Gas Stove, Your Health, and Climate Change, and Orange County Oil Spill: Drilling is Killing to see some impacts of coal, gas, and oil, respectively.

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