Share of Primary Energy from Gas
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this resource, students can view a map, chart, or table to see how much of a country's energy comes from natural gas.
- Students can click a country on the map to see data as a chart.
Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The resource provides pop-up definitions for terms students may not be familiar with.
- Students can easily toggle between data visualization options to see the data as they need.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with other forms of energy.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can discuss how natural gas and other fossil fuels contribute to climate change.
- After viewing this resource, students can research topics like gas stoves using this article.
- Students can look at the practice of fracking with the video Fracking Explained: Opportunity or Danger to understand how natural gas is obtained.
The resource visualizes the relative share of energy production from gas from different countries, although in the map, some countries have missing data for 2019. Datasets were normalized with a conversion factor of 277.778 and this resource is suitable for teaching.
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