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Welcome to the Iowa Science Phenomena website! The goal of this website and service is to create, curate, collect and share a growing collection of user-generated, media-based, standards aligned, science phenomena resources for use in Iowa classrooms, as well as support Iowa teachers as they continue to implement phenomena-based and place-based teaching practices.

There are several ways you can be involved in this project:

Questions? Please contact us at phenomena@iowapbs.org.
Pumpkins have a variety of appearance features. Color, shape, size...
Waterways are being filled with chemicals from crop runoff as well as...
Iowa land is abundant with both native and nonnative plant species...
Red Rock Reservoir is a reservoir formed by Red Rock Dam on the Des...
Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria normally live in the environment...
The amount of filamentous and periphytic algae (growing on plants)...
Water can be encountered in many different states. Some water could be...
We are observing different species of plants that are in Iowa that...
When the corn stalk turns golden brown and crunchy, the corn cob...
The phenomena is blemishes on a Granny Smith apple, grown in Algona...
When the seasons change, we have ways to adapt to those differences in...
We will discuss why some animals in Iowa hibernate or migrate, and why...
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