From Seed to Seed:
Plant Science for K-8 Educators

There is one plant relationship that we have yet to explore-the relationship between plants and people. Throughout history-and still today-plants have played many important roles in the lives of human beings. All of us, students included, can relate to plants-the foods we eat, the flowers in our yard-yet we are wholly unaware of the many more ways in which plants have been a part of our lives. This relationship deserves a bit more attention.

In this and the following two sections, we will investigate the complex relationship between plants and people-how people have benefited from plants, how plants have been moved around by people, and, finally, how people have altered plants for their own benefit.

Relevant Books
5-8
Glaser, Linda. 1996. Compost: Growing Gardens From Your Garbage. The Millbrook Press. ISBN: 0-7613-0030-9.