Gourmet Grubs: Using Insect Protein in Food
6:23
Grades: 3 - 8
Video Description: New June 2022! The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Butterfly House takes us on a food adventure with a mini-tasting like no other. The power ingredient in its dishes (spoiler alert – bugs!) will demonstrate the potential of this efficient protein source and the importance of insects in our food system. It’s called entomophagy and it’s something about 2 billion people around the world are already doing. You may want to expand your palate after viewing this story.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: DHealth-25**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have students research bugs found throughout the world. Have them create trading cards of bugs with information such as the country where the bugs live, what they eat, size, if humans eat them as food and other interesting information.
*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.
