Fellow Profiles

Biography

Lynne Campbell, a National Board certified teacher, has taught science for 19 years, the last eight as a middle school science teacher at Woodward-Grainger Community School in Woodward, Iowa. She is a strong advocate of inquiry-based teaching and helped stimulate a change in her district's elementary and middle school science curriculum through a partnership with the University of Iowa. She now serves on the Iowa Department of Education's design team for their statewide inquiry-based science reform program, Every Learner Inquires (ELI).

A regular participant in professional development programs, Ms. Campbell's summers in recent years have led her from the reefs off of Key Largo to NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center. Each year she brings back a new experience to develop into a classroom program for her students. Ms. Campbell is also a Regional Director of the Iowa Academy of Sciences and chairs their Elementary Education program.

In 2006, Ms. Campbell was runner-up for the Iowa Teacher of the Year award and from 2003-2005 was three times a finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She holds a Master's degree in education from Drake University and a Bachelor's in biology from Mount Mercy College.