Foodscaping
4:34
Grades: 3 - 8
Video Description: New January 2023! Foodscaping is similar to landscaping. However, the focus is on growing native plants that are edible or have medicinal uses.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Health-35**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as part of your health curriculum. Have students consider how foodscaping might benefit them and their health. If they were able to create a foodscape in their yard, what would they choose to grow? Why?
- As part of an activity focused on community planning, have students find out if such foodscaping would be acceptable in their town. What ordinances might they be affected by? If ordinances needed to be changed, what would they say to advocate for foodscaping in people’s yards?
*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.
