Les 5 - Where is the Netherlands at?

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Planning

• How are the Netherlands doing in the energy transition?
• Placemat exercise

What is the best sustainable source of energy, and why?

Compared to the rest of Europe. Is the Netherlands doing better, as well or worse when it comes to the enery transition?

1. Better
2. As well
3. Worse

Why do you think this is?

Why are we behind in the energytransition?

• We don't have access to mountains for making hydroelectric facilities
• We have less sun than countries in southern Europe
• We are not working on it as hard as other countries

But why is the energy transition so important?

Many reasons!

And you are going to try and find out.

Placemat exercise

• Work in groups of four
• you will divide your piece of paper in four sections
• Each section will have one geographic dimension
• you will think of reasons why the energy transition is important from this perspective

Choose four dimensions

The dimensions

• Political
• Economic
• Physical
• Social cultural
• Demographic

Write down your chosen dimensions on the paper

Let's get started

• You will all choose your own dimension, and write down your thoughts (3 minutes)
• Discuss the things you came up with (2 minutes per dimension)
• We will discuss with the class

Why is the energy transition important?

Dimension

Dimension

Dimension

Dimension

Reason

Reason

Reason

Reason

Reason

Reason

Reason

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What is your conclusion from this execise?

 (My) Conclusion

Aside from the climate change aspect, there are many more things that make the energytransition important.

Time for yourself