Per Capita Electricity Consumption
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- Students can use this map, graph, and chart to see the annual energy consumption per capita.
- The resource has data going back as far as 1985.
Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Students can isolate locations to look at their data.
- Students can play a time-lapse to see how the energy consumption has changed.
Prerequisites
- Students may need the term kilowatt-hour defined.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Art students can use this data and map to create data art.
- Students can put their country's per capita energy consumption in the global context by comparing it to use in other countries.
- Students can discuss how climate change and energy production and consumption are linked.
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