Share of Electricity Production from Coal
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- This interactive data resource from Our World in Data provides a map, graph, and table to illustrate the percentage of electricity each country gets from coal.
- Students can see data from as far back as 1985.
Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Color coding helps students clearly see data in the graph and map.
- The graph includes a line for the world's usage of coal, so students can easily use this as a baseline for comparison.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand that coal is a fossil fuel and a nonrenewable resource.
- Students should also know some alternative forms of energy.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can compare coal usage to other sources of energy in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Students can also talk about the extraction process and compare it to extractions for other fossil fuels.
- After looking at this data, students can view the Youth Climate Story: Coal Ash in North Carolina to illustrate the environmental justice implications associated with coal.
- Teachers can pair this resource with the Combatting Coal Ash Lesson to teach about the health impacts of coal.
Absolute electricity production from coal has been converted by share to total electricity production in each of the selected countries under study. This method is appropriate to explore absolute percentage of electricity production from coal in the countries. The resource is recommended for students to examine these changes in electricity production from coal.
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