About the Author

Linda Rieger

“Nana”

• Masters Degree — Elementary and Special Education from Purdue University

• Taught classes at Stanford and American University

• Taught many years in elementary and middle schools in California and in the Fairfax County Virginia Public Schools

• Lifetime Member of NEA

• Consultant at the Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences

• Wrote science curriculum for the Fairfax County Public Schools using the National Science Education Standards

• Featured on CBS News for collecting 10,000 cicadas with her middle school students in Virginia for an experiment being conducted at a California university

• Member of the National Science Teachers Association

• Collaborated on science SOL test for Pennsylvania

• Member of the STEM Coalition

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