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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:

Browse or search the site to find an Iowa-based phenomenon to align to your learning standard.
Grow your phenomena skills and knowledge with our Iowa Science Phenomena Teacher Guide.
Equip your students to engage their own curiosity and be phenomenon-finders for themselves with the Iowa Science Phenomena Student Guide.
Capture and share your phenomena to the project.

Questions? Please contact us at phenomena@iowapbs.org.

Iowa Core Standard

Disciplinary Core Idea

Tulips Blooming in Spring

Pella Tulip Time is planned in advance to make sure that tulips are...

Igneous Rock in Iowa

Igneous rocks in the form of granite rocks are all over Iowa, however...

Cordova Observation Tower: Longest Continuous Fiberglass Staircase in the World

The Cordova Tower is the tallest observation tower in a public park in...

Barred Owl Calls

Barred owls are large brown owls with white stripes which are common...

Cactus in Iowa

This series of pictures shows the traits and presence of the prickly pear cactus in different seasons in its natural habitat of sand dunes in Eddyville, Iowa.