Helping Create a Healthy Habitat for the Monarch Butterfly
8:15
Grades: 3 - 8
Video Description: Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden, describes the life cycle of the monarch butterfly and shares what scientists and home gardeners are doing to help this type of butterfly.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Nature-7**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have students draw the life cycle of monarch butterflies.
- Find pictures of monarch and viceroy butterflies and have students note the differences. Also do this for female and male monarchs.
*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.
