Resources

Wander & Wonder helps kids to ask questions, observe their world and investigate with some kitchen science and crafts.

Join Abby Brown and friends as they play musical hula hoops.

If you are any organization within the state of Iowa, use the resources below to implement our farmers market program in your Iowa community.

The Delta Dental Institute and Arizona PBS built this site for educators, parents and engaged kids!

Discover more about the Japanese art of folding paper.

Celebrities and PBS KIDS authors read aloud their favorite books!

Learn how zookeepers train giraffes and other hoof stock to participate in their own care with our partners at the Blank Park Zoo.

Learn all about the endangered eastern black rhinos with our friends from the Blank Park Zoo.

Join us and the Blank Park Zoo to learn how to make a seed ball.

Use these title letters to play our word game.

Kids try to get their friends to guess their favorite book titles without using any words, only drawings and actions.

Discover how to make unique stories using just people, places and things.

Explore an active way to tell stories with Abby Brown and her friends.

Work alongside Jessica and Eduardo from the Des Moines Art Center to make tissue paper marigolds.

What do you know about Day of the Dead? Explore Día de los Muertos with our partners, the Des Moines Art Center.

Learn how zookeepers train sea lions with our partner, the Blank Park Zoo.

Our partners at the Blank Park Zoo are going to teach us all about giraffes.

Learn more about how Iowa is helping to save coral reefs from our partners at the Blank Park Zoo.

Explore asterisms with us and our guide from the Science Center of Iowa.

Find the Big Dipper in your backyard with help from our partner, the Science Center of Iowa.

Learn to explore Iowa’s sky at night with help from our partner, the Science Center of Iowa.

Have a young child heading off to school next year? Prepare them for the adventure with these fun, free resources.

Create engaging activities for less than $5.

Explore these STEAM Activities to support your students' learning.

Come Explore STEM with Abby Brown and her friends.

Why does fog look grey and feel wet? Answer this question about the weather using scientific inquiry with your child.

Use your design thinking and science inquiry skills to determine the best kind of structure.

Using scientific inquiry skills you and your child will learn more about sound and how it works.

Learn how to sort and classify objects.

Use your scientific inquiry skills to learn about floating and sinking.

Use your scientific inquiry skills to learn more about simple machines.

Learn about elasticity and the shapes that make the world.

Use scientific inquiry skills to figure out why shadows appear.

Use scientific inquiry and engineering design skills to learn all about ramps.

Learn all about mixtures and properties.

With a couple tools and your know-how, you can figure it out your height and weight using measurements.

Learn how magnets work and why some items are attracted to magnets and others are not.

Learn what a force is and how it causes motion.

Learn the difference between bugs and insects.

Uses your engineering and design skills to puzzle out how bridges are built and work.

Help your young learner practice letters and numbers with the writing mat from our Ready for School toolkit.

Practice counting skills.

Practice early geometry, counting and pattern recognition.

Play with shadows; control the weather; and send objects down a ramp.

Go on an educational exploration of Iowa’s natural environments and environmental challenges.

Explore the Hispanic tradition of Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) with us.

Visit stages and venues that showcase diverse performing arts.

Explore themes covering everything from ELA to STEAM.

Five-day thematic, multimedia activity math activity plans designed for afterschool programs.

Help young children learn to manage emotions with Daniel Tiger’s Life Lessons from our Ready for School toolkit.