This resource allows students to explore interactive charts, data, and maps that show energy use, access, sources, and production for countries all over the world.
Teaching Tips
Positives
This one-stop-shop for global energy data provides a plethora of information for any country.
The data presented in graphs, maps, and charts are easy to read and use.
Additional Prerequisites
Students should know how to read a line graph, bar graph, and map.
Differentiation
There could be many uses for this resource in a variety of courses, including cross-curricular connections for math, social studies, and economics.
Social studies classes could discuss the connection between access to energy and a higher standard of living.
Science and math classes could use the data tables to create their own graphs that combine groups of countries to see regional information.
Scientist Notes
The resource displays energy country profiles. Students can check their country's profile to gain knowledge on energy needs. The resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Science and Engineering
ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
HS-ESS3-2 Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.
ETS1: Engineering Design
HS-ETS1-1 Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
