Saving Energy and Helping the Environment
5:38
Grades: 6 - 8
Video Description: Learn from Katherine Golden, Sustainability Education Manager at the Earthways Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden as she shares ways to reduce your energy footprint and help the environment.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Environment-69**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have students view the video in conjunction with an activity that has them track their family’s own energy use over the course of a month. Based on what they learn, have them develop a poster they could use to explain to their family what is happening and what they recommend to do about it.
*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.
