Goldie at Home: Innovative Iowans

    Innovative Iowans

    On the first Saturday of the month, Goldie's Kids Club releases a digital Innovative Iowans activity for children and adults to do together at home. These programs involve interactive activities that connect history with STEAM education – science, technology, engineering, art and math. The easy-to-follow instructions require few materials and can provide children with a fun, hands-on approach to Iowa history.

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    New & Upcoming Innovative Iowans Activities

    Release Month Innovative Iowan Activity Instructions Activity Video 
    September 2022 The ABC Computer Computer Coding Coding Activity
    October 2022 Cloid H. Smith Chemical Reactions --
    November 2022 Otto Rohwedder Bread Making  --
    December 2022 James Van Allen Constellation Jars --

    Create & Inquire with Past Innovative Iowans Activities

    Jump into these interactive activities from past Innovative Iowans programs to learn more about Iowa history while flexing your creativity with STEAM-based fun. 

    Innovative Iowan/Topic Activity Instructions Activity Video
    Don Hall and Ron Clements Animated History --
    Maynard Reece Become an Iowa Birder  Birdwatching
    Mother Mosque of America Celebrating Ramadan Good Deed Tree
    Grenville Mellen Dodge Civil War Spies --
    Dixie Cornell Gebhardt Comparing State Flags Flag Activity
    Potteries Creating Coil Pots --
    The State Theater Designing Movie Posters --
    Dutch Immigration Dutch Windmills Pinwheels
    Geodes Eggshell Geodes Growing Geodes
    Jesse Hiatt Experimenting with Red Delicious Apples Apple Experiment
    Charles Edwin Bessey Flower Power Pressed Flowers
    Bur Oak  Genealogy Oak Tree  Family Tree
    Norman Borlaug Grow a Miniature Garden Mini Gardens
    Produce Iowa Handprint Activity --
    Iowa Pilots Iowans Take Flight Paper Airplanes
    Russ Van Dyke Let It Snow Creating Snow
    Ana Mendieta Nature Portraits Self Portraits
    Sanborn Insurance Maps Neighborhood Maps Sanborn Maps
    Air Pressure

    Noisemaker Activity

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    Louise Frankel Rosenfield Noun Oral History Interviews --
    Conestoga Wagons Pack Your Wagon --
    Montauk Historic Site Snapshots of Montauk Watch Video: Montauk Photographs
    Peggy Whitson Space! The Final Frontier --
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