Innovative Iowans

Throughout the year, Goldie's Kids Club releases digital Innovative Iowans activities 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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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. These activities can be used either at home or in a classroom. You can also find past activity videos on the Goldie's Kids Club YouTube Playlist.

Innovative Iowan/Topic	Activity Instructions	Activity Video
Paul Lester Errington	Animal Journals	Creating an Animal Journal
Don Hall and Ron Clements	Animated History	--
Maynard Reece	Become an Iowa Birder	Birdwatching
Otto Rohwedder	Bread Making	Easy Bread
Iowa Caucus	How to Caucus	Caucus 101 and Activity
Mother Mosque of America	Celebrating Ramadan	Good Deed Tree
Cloid H. Smith	Chemical Reactions	Dancing Popcorn
Dixie Cornell Gebhardt	Comparing State Flags	Flag Activity
John Atanasoff	Computer Coding	Creating Code
James Van Allen	Constellation Jars	Creating Stars
Potteries	Creating Coil Pots	--
Etta Budd	Creating Homemade Paint	Creating Homemade Paint
Carrie Chapman Catt	Creating Suffrage Ribbons	Creating Suffrage Ribbons
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
Air Pressure	Noisemaker Activity	--
Louise Frankel Rosenfield Noun	Oral History Interviews	--
Conestoga Wagons	Pack Your Wagon	--
George Gallup	Gallup Polls	Creating a Poll
Sanborn Maps	Sanborn Insurance Maps	How Neighborhoods Evolve Activity
Montauk Historic Site	Snapshots of Montauk	Montauk Photographs
Peggy Whitson	Space! The Final Frontier	--
Grenville Mellen Dodge	Spy Codes	Cracking Spy Codes
State Seal of Iowa	State Seals	Designing a State Seal
Edna Griffin	Active Citizenship	Writing Letters for Change