Earth's Energy & Earth's Energy Budget

A Guide to the Energy of Earth
(TED Ed 4:43)

Energy Sources
(FuseSchool 5:21)

Earth's Energy Explained
(NCAR & UCAR 4:25)

Earth's Energy Budget (UCAR)

The World's Energy Problem
(Our World in Data)

ACTIVITY / WORKSHEET / LESSON

Earth's Energy Budget Activity

ACTIVITY / WORKSHEET / LESSON

Global Energy Flows Activity
Great Lakes Bioenergy

Energy Resources and Consumption

Energy Use Per Person Around the World 2020 (Visual Capitalist)

Energy Use per capita, 1965-2019
(Our World in Data)

Change in Energy Consumption, 1965-2019
(Our World in Data)

How the G-20 energy mix has changed over 50+ Years (James Eagle 0:30)

Five Major Types of Renewable Energy, 2021 (Visual Capitalist)

Solar & Wind Power by Country, 2021 (Visual Capitalist)

Resource Watch: Energy
Energy Access; Energy Consumption; Fossil Fuels; Electricity; Renewables;

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels 101
(Student Energy 2:42)

How does Fracking Work?
(TED Ed 6:02)

Largest Coal Reserves
(Visual Capitalist)

Share of Global Oil Reserves
(Visual Capitalist)

Products derived from a
Barrel of Crude Oil
(Visual Capitalist)

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 101
(Student Energy 2:23)

Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Energy 101
(Student Energy 2:56)

Nuclear Power in the World Today
(World Nuclear Association)

Nuclear Energy
(OurWorldInData)

Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear Energy (Energy.gov)

Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy 101
(Student Energy 1:31)

Renewable Energy
(Our World in Data)

Explained: why renewables became so cheap so fast
(WEForum)

Cost of Electricity from Renewable Sources
(Visual Capitalist)

Solar & Wind Power by Country, 2021
(Visual Capitalist)

Global Electric Vehicle Sales 2020
(Visual Capitalist)

Hydroelectric Power (HEP)

Hydropower 101
(Student Energy 3:12)

Hydroelectric power: how it works (OntarioPowerGeneration)

What's behind the dispute over Africa's largest dam project?
(AlJazeera 25:20)

Three Gorges Dam, China: Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant (TED-Ed 5:37)

Solar Power & Photovoltaics

Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Energy 101
(Student Energy 1:50)

Solar Thermal Energy 101
(Student Energy 2:47)

Solar Power by Country, 2021
(Visual Capitalist)

Solar Energy is Consumed Per Capita (1965-2019)
Visual Capitalist -
OWID

Solar Energy Costs Keep Dropping (Visual Capitalist)

Solar is now cheapest electricity in history, confirms IEA (CarbonBrief)

Solar & Wind Power by Country, 2021 (Visual Capitalist)

Wind Power & Wind Turbines

Wind Power 101
(Student Energy 1:46)

How do Wind Turbines work?
(TED Ed 5:03)

Solar & Wind Power by Country, 2021 (Visual Capitalist)


Geothermal Energy

Geothermal Energy 101
(Student Energy 2:08)

Top Geothermal Countries, 2020 (ThinkGeoEnergy)

Global Geothermal Hot Spots
(Energy Education)

Iceland's Secret Power: Geothermal (TED Ed 5:21)

Tidal Energy

Tidal Power 101
(Student Energy 2:14)