Updated by Grade 3 ISA on Mar 28, 2018

Our Land, Our Lives

De groei van de Grachtengordel / Expansion of Amsterdam in the Seventeenth Century

Expansion of Amsterdam in the Seventeenth Century

View on the Delta Works in The Netherlands.flv | quietube

The Dutch have an eternal war with water. They have conquered the sea and floods, but it was a hard fight. The Dutch built dikes to protect the country against floods. Windmills were used to pump the water out of the areas below sea level and later to drain lakes into polders, because of the need for more land.

BrainPOP | Health | Learn about Organic Food

In this educational animated movie about Health learn about natural, artificial, fertilizer, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, genetically modified, and the USDA.

The Wump World - A Reading | quietube

Listen to this story and think about the meaning.

The Dutch and their delta - Jacob Vossestein | quietube

All over the world, people learn at school that the Netherlands is a country below sea-level. Dikes, polders, windmills and wooden shoes are well-known icons for this unusual nation, while its sturdy dams and storm surge barriers also enjoy world fame. But how does it all work?

Intermarche - 'Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables'

Each year, we throw over 300 million tons of fruits and vegetables away worldwide. Why? Mainly because of their aspect (57%). As the European Union made 2014 the European year against food waste, Intermarché the 3rd largest supermarkets chain in France, decided to try and change their customers perceptions to encourage better behaviours towards the non-calibrated fruits and vegetables.

POLDERS - The Scene of Land and Water

The rectilinear Dutch landscape of polders (reclaimed land) with its characteristic locks, dikes, windmills, farms and cows is instantly recognizable. This rational landscape is unique, but also fragile. The Netherlands has more than three thousand polders, which have undergone various spatial developments over the years.

Mapping Landforms

Interactive landform lesson

Brain Pop Reading a map

Natural Resources https://jr.brainpop.com/science/conservation/naturalresources/zoom.weml

Natural Resources

Netherlands Facts for Kids - Easy Science For Kids

All About Netherlands. The country of Netherlands is also known as Holland. Find out more earth science fun facts about Netherlands.

Website at amsterdam.mp4

Mapsplusmotion presents computer-animated maps digitizing the historical development of cities and rural areas. Amsterdam In the Amsterdam Historical Museum the historical dynamic map showing 'the growth of Amsterdam' is used in a number of interactive educational programmes about the history of the city.

BrainPOP Jr. | Social Studies | Learn about Continents and Oceans

This geography movie teaches K-3rd grade students about Earth's continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.

BrainPOP Jr. | Social Studies | Learn about Landforms

This animated science movie introduces landforms such as plains, prairies, hills, mountains, plateaus, canyons, valleys, coasts, islands, and peninsulas.

BrainPOP | Science | Learn about Humans and the Environment

Want to really save the planet? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby give some concrete suggestions about how to do your part. You'll learn why protecting the environment is so important--and how it got to be so vulnerable in the first place. Then see how everyday things we consume affect our environment on a large scale!

BrainPOP Jr. | Science | Learn about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Learn to reduce garbage and waste, and to conserve energy and water by watching BrainPop Jr's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle movie, a science topic for grades K-3.

BrainPOP | Science | Learn about Recycling

In this educational animated movie about Technology learn about recyclable items, newspapers, plastics, aluminum, cans, glass, bottles, and cardboard.

CNN Explains: Deforestation

CNN Special Correspondent Philippe Cousteau explains why deforestation occurs and its negative effect on the environment.

More Valuable Than Gold | Raz-Kids

Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes.

Alternative Fuel Cars | Raz-Kids

Online guided reading program with interactive ebooks, downloadable books, and reading quizzes.

Britannica School - Pollution

Welcome to Britannica School , a safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Primary, Middle and Secondary School.

BrainPOP | Science | Learn about Water Pollution

In this educational animated movie about Science learn about undrinkable, groundwater, wetlands, aquifer, wastes, sewage, chemicals, factories, wastewater, purifying, reservoirs, rivers, and lakes.

Take a Live Virtual Field Trip to Africa With Your Students on Thursday Feb 5!

How would you like your students to experience the wilds of Africa through a live video cast? This event will be broadcast over YouTube and Google Hangouts, and will introduce students to the continent of Africa and to key conservation concepts. They can discover the importance of Africa's grasslands and how ecotourism has benefited Kenya's people and wildlife.

How the Dutch got their cycling lanes

How did the Dutch get their cycling infrastructure? This question keeps coming back because it is of course relevant to people who want what the Dutch have. Road building traditions go back a long way and they are influenced by many factors. But the way Dutch streets and roads are built today is largely the…

Plantable Coffee Cups Embedded With Seeds Grow Into Trees When Thrown Away

Forget biodegradable, these plantable coffee cups embedded with seeds grow into trees and flowers.

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