SCED6161-01.Plants, People and Culture.Su16.Olson,Sarah

Faculty Name

Sarah Olson

Document Type

Syllabi

School

HSE

Department

CS

Course Subject

SCED

Course Number

6161

Course Section

01

Course Title

Plants, People and Culture

Academic Term and Year

Summer 2016

Credits

1.00

Course Description

Uncover the mysterious connection between plants, people, and culture. Essential to human survival, plants provide oxygen, transportation, food, shelter, medicine, myth, and ritual to people around the world. Using the vast and unique plant collection of the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, journey through the gardens to discover some of the important roles plants play in the environment and human societies. Leave this class with ideas and resources to help you introduce students to the exciting fields of economic botany and ethnobotany. Target audience: educators K-12. LOCATION: Como Park & Conservatory, 1225 Estabrook Dr, St Paul, MN.

Recommended Citation

Olson, Sarah, "SCED6161-01.Plants, People and Culture.Su16.Olson,Sarah" (2016). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 10675.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/10675