Coal Production
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- This resource from Our World in Data includes a map, graph, and table to demonstrate each country's coal production.
- Students can see data as far back as 1900.
Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Students have a lot of options for viewing the data.
- The map gives a great, quick visual for understanding which countries are the major producers of coal.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand how coal is used as energy. Students should also understand that coal is a fossil fuel and nonrenewable resource.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Health classes can talk about the respiratory issues that arise from coal use. The Combating Coal Ash Lesson can help facilitate this discussion.
- Students can compare the greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal to other renewable or nonrenewable sources of energy.
- Students can compare the coal production to other data, like Coal Consumption or Share of Primary Energy from Coal, to hypothesize how much coal is being exported.
- Math and science teachers can use this in a practical lesson for the measurement and conversion of energy from one unit to another.
- Teachers can also use this resource in an economics lesson to discuss the role of globalization in fossil fuel use.
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