Going Green in Housing – Eco-Friendly Home Building
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Grades: 6 - 12

Video Description: Jerseyville, Illinois is home to a green housing development using the latest eco-friendly construction and operation practices to minimize environmental harm and maximize owner satisfaction. View the video to see how solar power, wind power, and other green initiatives come to life in each home in the development.

Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Environment-23**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Prior to viewing the video, assess student current knowledge of environmentally friendly practices they can use in their home. Then view the video to see examples of eco-friendly practices in action.
  • Provide the video for students as they conduct their own independent project related to eco-friendly practices to help the environment..

 

*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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