An interactive mapthat contains data on primary energy consumption. Students can:
View the chart, map, or table at the bottom.
Add or remove countries on the left side when viewing chart mode.
Click "Select a source" in the top left, and then select fossil fuels, coal, oil, gas, low-carbon, nuclear, renewables, hydropower, solar, or wind.
View primary energy or electricity only.
View annual consumption, per capita consumption, relative change from previous year, absolute change from previous year, or share of total.
View the world map or view any of the six major regions of the world.
Download the data as a PNG, SVG, or CSV.
It answers many questions regarding the use of energy, sources of energy, and how these all relate to the care of our home, the Earth.
Teaching Tips
Positives
It is a free online interactive map.
It is open-source software with codes available on github.
Additional Prerequisites
Educator would need time to get familiar with this interactive media and decide on how to implement it with the learners.
Differentiation
Can be used for a practical class of programming: downloading open-source software, examining the code, modifying, and re-installing.
Can be used to create awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (especially goal 7).
Educator can encourage learners to make personal commitments of how each one can contribute towards clean and affordable energy.
Scientist Notes
The resource examines primary energy consumption of countries beginning in 1965. Suitable for students to understand primary sources of energy consumption and their relative and actual change within the variable time span. Recommended for teaching.
Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
HS-LS2-3 Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
HS-LS2-4 Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.
HS-LS2-8 Evaluate the evidence for the role of group behavior on individual and species’ chances to survive and reproduce.
PS3: Energy
HS-PS3-1 Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known.
College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Standards
Dimension 2: Civics
D2.Civ.11.9-12 Evaluate multiple procedures for making governmental decisions at the local, state, national, and international levels in terms of the civic purposes achieved.
D2.Civ.13.9-12 Evaluate public policies in terms of intended and unintended outcomes, and related consequences.
D2.Civ.6.9-12 Critique relationships among governments, civil societies, and economic markets.
D2.Civ.7.9-12 Apply civic virtues and democratic principles when working with others.
Dimension 2: Economics
D2.Eco.15.9-12 Explain how current globalization trends and policies affect economic growth, labor markets, rights of citizens, the environment, and resource and income distribution in different nations.
Dimension 2: History
D2.His.2.9-12 Analyze change and continuity in historical eras.
Dimension 3: Gathering and Evaluating Sources
D3.1.9-12 Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the origin, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.
Common Core English Language Arts Standards (CCSS.ELA)
Reading: Science & Technical Subjects (6-12)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
Common Core Math Standards (CCSS.MATH)
Statistics & Probability: Making Inferences & Justifying Conclusions (9-12)
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.A.2 Decide if a specified model is consistent with results from a given data-generating process, e.g., using simulation. For example, a model says a spinning coin falls heads up with probability 0.5. Would a result of 5 tails in a row cause you to question the model?
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.B.6 Evaluate reports based on data.
