Celebrate the Earth with Insects: Mosquitos and Monarchs – Insect Ecology and Eco-Sense
43:07
Grades: 5 - 12
Video Description: View this video with Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden to learn about the life cycles of monarch butterflies and mosquitos and find out how you can garden with native plants to support pollinators and control mosquito breeding to protect against the diseases carried by some species of these insect “pests.”
Type of Video: Program*
Unique Video ID: Nature-6**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Provide the video to students doing independent projects on butterflies and/or other insects. What information and/or video excerpts could they use in their project?.
*Programs offer long form exploration of a topic(s) in the area of study with single or multiple guests interacting with an audience.
**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.
