What Is The Best Way to Find Out About the Right Native Plants for Your Area?
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Grades: 6 - 9
Video Description: Rob Kennedy, Sustainability Programs Coordinator at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden, explains how to learn the best native plants to use in your area.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Environment-60**
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.
