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Author

Global Carbon Project

Grades

6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Subjects

Science, Social Studies, Earth and Space Sciences, History, Geography, Mathematics

Resource Types

  • Interactive Media
  • Charts, Graphs, and Tables

Regional Focus

Global

Per Capita CO2 Emissions

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Synopsis
  • This resource includes an interactive global map, table, and chart that provide data on per capita carbon dioxide emissions by country between 1750 and 2020.
  • The table lists all countries, and students can sort the data by country name, emissions, or change in emissions.
Teaching Tips

Positives

  • Students can click on the triangle icon at the front of the timeline and watch an animation of the data progression.
  • The chart, maps, and table can be downloaded.
  • This resource provides recent and historical data and lets students see how per capita emissions have changed over time. 

Additional Prerequisites

  • Students should have basic geography knowledge and a basic understanding of the term carbon emissions.

Differentiation

  • This resource allows students to use their critical thinking skills to examine the connection between a country's carbon emissions and its population size, climate, natural resources, personal choices, and industrial activities.
  • Before using this resource, teachers could ask students to write down some predictions about which countries have historically high per capita carbon emissions and which countries currently have high per capita emissions. After using the resource, students could discuss what surprised them.
Scientist Notes

The resource contains accurate datasets and there is no outlier identified. It is suitable to improve students' knowledge of the relative and actual change in per capita CO2 emissions globally. This is recommended for teaching.

Standards

This resource addresses the listed standards. To fully meet standards, search for more related resources.

  • Social Studies
    • World History: Global Studies - Geography, People, and the Environment
      • 6.2.8.GeoHE.4.b: Use geographic models to determine the impact of environmental modifications made by earlier civilizations on the current day environmental challenges.
  • Science
    • ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
      • MS-ESS3-4. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
      • HS-ESS3-5. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth’s systems.
  • Career Readiness, Life Literacies, & Key Skills
    • Life Literacies and Key Skills
      • 9.4.12.IML.5: Evaluate, synthesize, and apply information on climate change from various sources appropriately (e.g., 2.1.12.CHSS.6, S.IC.B.4, S.IC.B.6, 8.1.12.DA.1, 6.1.12.GeoHE.14.a, 7.1.AL.PRSNT.2).
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