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 

    February 2023

    		 Etta Budd Creating Homemade Paint

    March 2023

    		 State Seal of Iowa Design a State Seal

    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. You can also find past activity videos on the Goldie's Kids Club YouTube Playlist.

    Innovative Iowan/Topic Activity Instructions Activity Video
    Don Hall and Ron Clements Animated History --
    Maynard Reece Become an Iowa Birder  Birdwatching
    Otto Rohwedder Bread Making  Easy Bread
    Mother Mosque of America Celebrating Ramadan Good Deed Tree
    Cloid H. Smith Chemical Reactions Dancing Popcorn
    Grenville Mellen Dodge Civil War Spies --
    Dixie Cornell Gebhardt Comparing State Flags Flag Activity
    John Atanasoff Computer Coding Creating Code
    John Van Allen Constellation Jars Creating Stars
    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 --
    Louise Frankel Rosenfield Noun Oral History Interviews --
    Conestoga Wagons Pack Your Wagon --
    George Gallup Gallup Polls Creating a Poll
    Montauk Historic Site Snapshots of Montauk Montauk Photographs
    Peggy Whitson Space! The Final Frontier --
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