Linda Dow

Contributing Editor (Environmental Education)

Linda Dow is a freelance writer and former science teacher for W.R. Odell Elementary School in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, where she designed and implemented a hands-on science curriculum for grades K–5 based on wildlife and exploration of the outdoors. She holds a master's degree in education, is a certified Environmental Educator, and was named an Educator of Excellence by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Passionate about nature, she also writes a monthly column in the Charlotte Observer, “Cabarrus' Wild Neighbors.”