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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.

Grass In Winter

When the weather turns cold, the grass observably changes and turns...

Variety of Species in Iowa Reconstructed Prairie

The included image of the Daryl Smith Prairie includes many diverse...

Wind Impact on the "Feels Like" Temperature

It is often very windy in Iowa, and those winds typically cause it to...

Frost on Cars

Sometimes, in the morning, you may find a layer of ice on your car...

Color of Iowa Sunsets

At sunset time, the light must travel through more of earth’s...

Bird Migration

While exploring outside you may see a variety of different birds. You...

Road Paint Weathering

Weathering and erosion impact natural and manmade objects alike. Shown...

Driftless Area: Lack of Glacial Drift

The Driftless Area is a region in northeastern Iowa as well as other...

Low-Head Dams

This low-head dam is located in Waverly, Iowa. In the picture you can...

Parent and Child Chickens

In this phenomenon, we are observing how baby chickens do not look the...

Fisheries in Iowa

The Manchester trout hatchery produces more than 600,000 fish for...

Structures Withstanding Flooding

A flood can occur when dams or levees break, or when there is heavy...

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