Energy, Resources, and Consumption
This pathway examines human use of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and how energy use differs throughout the world in resource availability, consumption, and environmental impact. Students will practice sourcing real-world energy consumption data, unit conversion, dimensional analysis, and statistical analysis.
Topics
- data science
- data literacy
- high school
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- DSE
- consumption
- environmental impact
- conservation
- real-world data
- renewable
- nonrenewable
- alternative energy
- fossil fuels
- biomass
- hydroelectric power
- nuclear energy
- geothermal energy
- solar energy
- wind energy
- sourcing data
- unit conversion
- dimensional analysis
- statistical analysis
- worldwide
- global
- resource availability
- calculation
- percentage increase
- BTUs
- watt-hour
- kilowatt-hour
- Wh
- kWh
- power
- data reliability
- data sourcing
- data discrepancy
- geographic factors
- national strategies