-
Credits
Media Credits
The audio, illustrations, photos, and videos are credited beneath the media asset, except for promotional images, which generally link to another page that contains the media credit. The Rights Holder for media is the person or group credited.
-
User Permissions
For information on user permissions, please read our Terms of Service. If you have questions about how to cite anything on our website in your project or classroom presentation, please contact your teacher. They will best know the preferred format. When you reach out to them, you will need the page title, URL, and the date you accessed the resource.
Media
If a media asset is downloadable, a download button appears in the corner of the media viewer. If no button appears, you cannot download or save the media.
Text
Text on this page is printable and can be used according to our Terms of Service.
Interactives
Any interactives on this page can only be played while you are visiting our website. You cannot download interactives.
Related Resources
-
Climate Change
Global temperatures and sea levels are rising, and possibly contributing to larger more devastating storms. This can all be contributed to climate change. Climate change is defined as gradual changes in all the interconnected weather elements on our planet over approximately 30 years. The data shows the Earth is warming and it's up to us to make the changes necessary for a healthier planet. Use these resources in your classroom to help your students understand and take action on climate change.
-
Resource Types
A resource is a physical material that humans need and value such as land, air, and water. Resources are characterized as renewable or nonrenewable; a renewable resource can replenish itself at the rate it is used, while a nonrenewable resource has a limited supply. Renewable resources include timber, wind, and solar while nonrenewable resources include coal and natural gas. Explore resource types with this curated collection of classroom resources.
-
Non-Renewable Energy Resources
Students take on the roles of consumers, utility companies, and fuel companies to simulate the effect of a finite supply of non-renewable energy resources on our supply of electricity.
-
Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy
Use the MapMaker Interactive to find out which countries are getting their electricity from renewable sources of energy and how they are doing it.
-
MapMaker: Renewable Energy Capacity in Megawatts, by Year
Explore this map layer that displays the quantity of megawatts different countries, areas, and regions around the world have the capacity to generate from renewable sources, as of 2019.
Related Resources
-
Climate Change
Global temperatures and sea levels are rising, and possibly contributing to larger more devastating storms. This can all be contributed to climate change. Climate change is defined as gradual changes in all the interconnected weather elements on our planet over approximately 30 years. The data shows the Earth is warming and it's up to us to make the changes necessary for a healthier planet. Use these resources in your classroom to help your students understand and take action on climate change.
-
Resource Types
A resource is a physical material that humans need and value such as land, air, and water. Resources are characterized as renewable or nonrenewable; a renewable resource can replenish itself at the rate it is used, while a nonrenewable resource has a limited supply. Renewable resources include timber, wind, and solar while nonrenewable resources include coal and natural gas. Explore resource types with this curated collection of classroom resources.
-
Non-Renewable Energy Resources
Students take on the roles of consumers, utility companies, and fuel companies to simulate the effect of a finite supply of non-renewable energy resources on our supply of electricity.
-
Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy
Use the MapMaker Interactive to find out which countries are getting their electricity from renewable sources of energy and how they are doing it.
-
MapMaker: Renewable Energy Capacity in Megawatts, by Year
Explore this map layer that displays the quantity of megawatts different countries, areas, and regions around the world have the capacity to generate from renewable sources, as of 2019.