Trees and Climate Change
Trees play multiple critical roles in combating climate change. They...
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.
Wind Turbines & Bird Migration
According to studies done by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) wind...
Dangerous Ticks & Invasive Honeysuckle
Since 2010 the number of tick-related illnesses in Iowa have increased...
Stream Bank Erosion
This video shows Mr. Mesick next to Stafford Creek and images of a...
Flood Walls or Wetlands for Flood Mitigation
The winter and spring of 2019 set several records in the Quad Cities...
Record Breaking Precipitation and Floods in Iowa
The Winter and Spring of 2019 set several records in the Quad Cities...
Mushrooms as Decomposers
The video contains several images of fungi that were found in an Iowa...
Drastic Weather Changes
The video includes weather images and data from April 2020 in Iowa.
Mariposa Lake Draining
Lake Mariposa had high levels of phosphorus and poor water quality...
Rainbows & Sundogs
The images included are of double rainbows and sundogs. These occur...
Fens
A fen may appear to be just another wet area, until you walk on it...
Glacial Erratics
The video provides a walkthrough of a field that contains some large...
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