Share of Electricity Production from Gas
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- This data visualization from Our World in Data features a map, graph, and table to illustrate the percentage of energy that comes from gas for each country.
- Additionally, students can see the change in data from 1985 to recent data, which is updated regularly.
Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The graph and map are color-coded, which can help students visualize and understand the data.
- The features of this resource help students isolate their data of interest without being overwhelmed with information.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand what gas means. Students may confuse it with gasoline. Teachers should prepare to address this misconception.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This data can support a discussion about the environmental impacts of gas, especially in terms of extraction and emissions. Students can also use the Youth Climate Story: Fracking in Pennsylvania to understand the human experience associated with extraction.
- To reduce distractions, students can make the data fullscreen.
- Students can select a country that gets a low percentage of energy from natural gas and use other data to determine what they use instead. The data resource Share of Electricity Production by Source is a helpful resource for this activity.
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 the 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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