Share of Primary Energy from Low-Carbon Sources
Data, Graphs, and Maps
Grades6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12Science, Geography, Mathematics
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What it is
- This resource contains an interactive table and map that shows the share of primary energy countries and regions use from low-carbon sources.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This resource has beautiful interactive media.
- Students will get to examine the data by continent or country.
Prerequisites
- Students should know how renewable energy sources combat climate change.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can look at countries that have been implementing the most renewables and research the infrastructure that had to go into this.
- Looking at those in the Paris Agreement, students can see if countries in this agreement are getting more of their energy from renewables compared to those who aren't.
- Students can use this resource to understand how their country's use of low-carbon energy compares to that of the rest of the world.
From the scientist review
Students can get insights into tidal and wave energy and other sources of energy. Datasets were normalized based on a conversion factor of 277.778. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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