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.

Everything is made of matter. Learn about how matter can physically change between solid, liquid and gas.

The Women's Army Corps (WAC), created during World War II, was the women's branch of the United States Army.

Use these title letters to play our word game.

This collection features strategies for literacy instruction meant for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

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.

In 1972, the Iowa caucuses became the first major event in the nomination process for President of the United States.

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.

Explore the role Iowans played in preserving the rights and freedoms of individuals around the world.

Come Explore STEM with Abby Brown and her friends.

This special Iowa Outdoors episode features a look at select parks from the sky!

Iowa Outdoors celebrates Iowa State Parks by showcasing park history, trail experiences and inspiring photography.

Just walk the trails at Pine Lake or Effigy Mounds to see the lasting effect members of the CCC have had on our state.

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.

FIND Iowa allows students in grades 2-5 to virtually explore Iowa through immersive and interactive learning content.

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

Celebrate Earth Day with Iowa PBS with some of these great resources

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

Discover what the New Deal and Civilian Conservation Corps have to do with our Iowa state parks.

Explore the life of Dr. Carver. Born into slavery, Carver become one of the best-known black Americans in the world.

These Iowa stories will inspire you and your students to right wrongs big and small to change the world in which we live.

Explore how Iowa became a testing ground and the first electoral event for presidential candidates.

Examine the economic and personal disasters that afflicted the agriculture sector in the 1980s.

Explore the experiences of young orphan train riders.

Learn about the historic battle that led to free speech rights for public school students.

Foster acceptance and knowledge of others in your classroom with this multi-station collection.

Iowa-based science phenomena for your classroom.

Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women tells the story of an Iowan's role in the women’s suffrage movement.

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

Foster scientific exploration through interactive experiences.

Learn about transformational moments in American history with this fun, interactive game.

Explore the people, places and events in Iowa history.

Visit stages and venues that showcase diverse performing arts.

Solve odd cases and create useful gadgets.

Learn about scientist, teacher, humanitarian, environmentalist and artist George Washington Carver.

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.