7th Grade Science with Mrs. Lawbaugh

This is my seventeenth year teaching and I am still loving it! Before becoming a teacher I used to work as a field biologist in Olympic National Park and on fishing boats in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. I also taught environmental education at The Environmental Learning Center in northern Minnesota and for the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry's Hancock Field Station in central Oregon.  My fascination for science combined with my passion for teaching led me to becoming a teacher.

I currently live in Walla Walla with my husband Joe. I love to travel and these past few years I have traveled to Thailand, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. I also like to walk, bike, hike, camp, knit, draw and read books.