Guest lectures

We are happy to give guest lectures in classrooms within our area about our water management tasks and about climate and sustainability. We can also give guest lectures on location in consultation with you.

Guest lessons for ages 10-13

  • About strong, smart dikes - Lesson on why dikes in the Netherlands need to be reinforced and how this can be done in the smartest way possible. This guest lesson can also be given on location at the Lauwersmeer Dike Project Information Center in Lauwersoog.
  • About plastic soup - Lesson about plastic in our water and what we can do to prevent even more plastic soup.
  • About climate change - Lesson about climate change and the role of the water board and the students in this. This guest lesson can also be given on location at the Project Zuidelijk Westerkwartier information center in Midwolde.

Guest lessons for 14-16 year olds 

  • About democracy and the choices made by the water board with ProDemos' Democracy Game.
  • About dikes and floods, part of the Water in the Schoolyard teaching method.
  • About downpours and flooding, part of the Water in the Schoolyard teaching method.

Teachers of the 14-16 age group can get started themselves with the Democracy Game and Water in the Schoolyard.

Give a guest lecture

An expert from the water board can also give a guest lecture at school or on location at the Project Zuidelijk Westerkwartier information center in Midwolde. Please contact us via our contact form for options and requests.