The Value of Native Plants in Your Landscape
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Grades: 6 - 9
Video Description: Katherine Golden and Rob Kennedy, EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden describe how you can use plants native to your area to help with your landscaping and rainscaping.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Environment-58**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video for your own research or for student support as they engage in an activity that has students design, plan, and, if possible, plant a flower garden.
- Have students research plants native to their area that would be good ones to plant in their own or a school garden. Have students select plants and contact local nurseries to learn costs.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**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.
