This video is about the system of bicycle-only roads in the Netherlands.
Students will learn about the benefits of these roads, including convenience, improved safety, and better quality of life.
Teaching Tips
Positives
It provides beautiful footage of biking around the Netherlands on bicycle-only roads.
Students can visualize the benefits and see how bike traffic flows in a well-designed biking system.
Additional Prerequisites
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Students should understand how increased bike access can result in cleaner air, fewer carbon emissions, more equitable transportation access, and a healthier population.
Differentiation
Students in geography classes can compare bike lane maps in the Netherlands to bike lane maps in their own communities.
Students who are inspired to take action can contact a local representative and advocate for more bike lanes or start a Walk and Roll Day.
This resource is a 5-minute video that presents several examples of bicycle-only roads that are ubiquitous in the Netherlands. Advantages and challenges are presented, and issues with planning and public opinion are discussed. This resource is recommended for teaching.
Standards
Science and Engineering
ETS1: Engineering Design
HS-ETS1-3 Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
Social Studies
Civics & Government
Civics & Government 1 (D2): Students understand the basic ideals, purposes, principles, structures, and processes of constitutional government in Maine and the United States as well as examples of other forms of government in the world by comparing how laws are made in Maine and at the federal level in the United States.
Geography
Geography 1 (D2): Students understand the geography of the community, Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world, and geographic influences on life in the past, present, and future by describing the impact of change on the physical and cultural environment.
