Diane Petersen, Teacher

Diane Petersen [1] is a teacher at Waterville Elementary School, in Waterville, Washington, and author of the NatureMapping curriculum [2] on this site, as well as other educational writing.

In 1997, she and her students in grades 4-5 created the Adopt-a-Farmer Project [3], and, in conjunction with the NatureMapping program, students honed their reading, writing, and math skills while making meaningful contributions to science through tracking local wildlife; under Petersen's guidance, the project continues to study the short-horned lizard (a.k.a. the horny toad) today.