Global Energy Flows
High School
Undergraduate
Nonformal
Stand-Alone Activity
Students analyze data detailing global energy sources and sinks (uses) and construct a diagram to show the relative scale and the connections between them. Discussions of scale, historical, socio-environmental and geographic variation in this data and implications for future energy use are included.
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Subjects
Biology
Earth Science
Engineering
Environmental Science
Physical Science
Physics
Topics
Carbon Cycle & Climate Change
Concepts/Skills
Forms of Energy, Energy Transformations, Data Analysis & Interpretation
Prior Knowledge
Familiarity with renewable and non-renewable energy sources, basic physics concepts related to the transformation of energy and matter, and familiarity with the joule (J) as a unit of energy
Time Required
One or two 50-minute class periods
Required Supplies
No extra supplies required