地热资源是地球在漫长的演变过程中积累起来的可利用、可再生能源,它具有清洁无污染、分布范围广、易开发、利用前景广阔等特点,可供采暖、制冷、发电等。在当前关注全球变暖、开展节能减排、寻求发展新能源,可再生能源、化石资源日益紧缺和核电安全备受争议的大背景下,对地热资源的研究、开发和利用迎来了高潮。现如今,地热资源已成为人们日常生活中必不可少的一部分。因此,在中学地理教学中应渗透可持续发展理 Geothermal resources are the available and renewable energy that the earth has accumulated in the long process of evolution. It has the characteristics of clean and pollution-free, wide distribution, easy exploitation and broad prospects for heating, cooling and power generation. At present, the research, development and utilization of geothermal resources are at a climax with a focus on global warming, energy saving and emission reduction, development of new and renewable energies, increasingly scarce fossil resources and controversy of nuclear power. Nowadays, geothermal resources have become an indispensable part of people’s daily life. Therefore, geography teaching in middle school should permeate the theory of sustainable development