• This website provides information, interactive charts, and data on energy use and production.
• Students can visit three pages to explore United States energy data on consumption and production, imports and exports, and data and statistics.

Positives

• It provides background information on primary, secondary, renewable, and nonrenewable sources of energy.
• The data is presented in a variety of charts and shows trends in energy consumption and production over the last 70 years.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• The text is recommended for students at a high school reading level.
• Students should have prior experience understanding and analyzing data presented in different types of charts and graphs.

Differentiation

• Students can be split into groups, with each group analyzing one set of data and sharing their findings with the class.
• All charts can be downloaded and printed if that will be more accessible for students.
• This resource can be used in a Statistics class to describe the data and make hypotheses about the future of energy consumption and production.

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