Oil Production
Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Data, Graphs, and Maps
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Mathematics
Authors: Our World in Data
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This interactive line chart, map, and table from Our World In Data provide students the opportunity to analyze oil production in Terawatt-hours (TWh) for various countries.
- Students can:
- Hover over the line chart of data to get more detailed information.
- Select the countries to include in the chart from a provided list.
- Download the data as a CSV file to do further calculations.
- Download the graph as an image file (PNG) or vector file (SVG).
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The different visualizations help students with different needs and preferences understand the content.
- Students can easily interact with the user-friendly interface.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand that oil is a fossil fuel and a nonrenewable resource.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can discuss how burning fossil fuels like oil contributes to climate change. Students can also talk about how globalization and the exporting of oil have a role in climate change.
- Students can discuss how oil is extracted and what that means for the environment, including impacts on people living near extraction sites.
- Students can also look at oil spills like the Orange County oil spill to discuss the environmental implications. The article Orange County Oil Spill: Drilling is Killing can help facilitate this point.
Oil production is a major activity in the USA. Thus, in the chart, USA data showed a peak in 1965 and also a steady rise from 2010-2015 up until 2019. Students can visualize this to understand the rate of oil production for energy in different countries applicable to this resource.
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