Water Rocks!
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Water Rocks! is an award-winning statewide youth water education program that fosters the interplay of knowledge, caring and engagement among Iowa’s youth that can lead to long-term multigenerational transformation of all Iowans.
Did you know a group of crows is called a murder?
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Did you know a group of crows is called a murder?
(w)hoo, (w)hoo are you voting for on the 31st?
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
(w)hoo, (w)hoo are you voting for on the 31st?
Today is all about the creature wearing a costume 24/7, raccoons!
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today is all about the creature wearing a costume 24/7, raccoons!
They invented the Creepy Crawlies category!
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
They invented the Creepy Crawlies category!
Don't let their fluffy appearance fool you, bobcats are fierce predators.
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Don't let their fluffy appearance fool you, bobcats are fierce predators.
Are bats your new furry favorite?
October 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Are bats your new furry favorite?
The closer you look, the creepier moths appear👀
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The closer you look, the creepier moths appear👀
They're on the prowl at night! What's spookier than that?
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
They're on the prowl at night! What's spookier than that?
Check in every day at 10am starting tomorrow through the 31st!
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Check in every day at 10am starting tomorrow through the 31st!
Today’s #WetlandWednesday creature is the Brown Snake, or Storeria dekayi. This harmless to humans snake is typically 13 to 18 inches long. Brown or gray in appearance with a light stripe running down their back surrounded by black dot borders.
September 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today’s #WetlandWednesday creature is the Brown Snake, or Storeria dekayi. This harmless to humans snake is typically 13 to 18 inches long. Brown or gray in appearance with a light stripe running down their back surrounded by black dot borders.
LOTTERY SYSTEM OPEN for FALL CLASSROOM VISITS with Water Rocks!
Enter the lottery for a Water Rocks! classroom visit for Grades 2-8!
Learn more and request a visit (by August 28 @ 5:00pm):
www.waterrocks.org/classroom-vi...
Enter the lottery for a Water Rocks! classroom visit for Grades 2-8!
Learn more and request a visit (by August 28 @ 5:00pm):
www.waterrocks.org/classroom-vi...
August 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
LOTTERY SYSTEM OPEN for FALL CLASSROOM VISITS with Water Rocks!
Enter the lottery for a Water Rocks! classroom visit for Grades 2-8!
Learn more and request a visit (by August 28 @ 5:00pm):
www.waterrocks.org/classroom-vi...
Enter the lottery for a Water Rocks! classroom visit for Grades 2-8!
Learn more and request a visit (by August 28 @ 5:00pm):
www.waterrocks.org/classroom-vi...
Give Today. Impact Tomorrow. Donate now to INVEST in Iowa's Future!
Visit our website www.waterrocks.org to donate and learn more!
Visit our website www.waterrocks.org to donate and learn more!
May 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Give Today. Impact Tomorrow. Donate now to INVEST in Iowa's Future!
Visit our website www.waterrocks.org to donate and learn more!
Visit our website www.waterrocks.org to donate and learn more!
Select your land use for each piece of land – try to balance both environmental and economic impacts to earn a high score! Participants will be representing their classroom, and not as individuals.
April 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Select your land use for each piece of land – try to balance both environmental and economic impacts to earn a high score! Participants will be representing their classroom, and not as individuals.
The Rock Your Watershed! Game Challenge is TODAY!
K-12 students will get to develop their own watershed via our award-winning AND totally revamped Rock Your Watershed! computer game. Think SimCity meets Minecraft!
K-12 students will get to develop their own watershed via our award-winning AND totally revamped Rock Your Watershed! computer game. Think SimCity meets Minecraft!
April 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Rock Your Watershed! Game Challenge is TODAY!
K-12 students will get to develop their own watershed via our award-winning AND totally revamped Rock Your Watershed! computer game. Think SimCity meets Minecraft!
K-12 students will get to develop their own watershed via our award-winning AND totally revamped Rock Your Watershed! computer game. Think SimCity meets Minecraft!
Have you played our Rock Your Watershed game before?
The goal of the game is to try to balance environmental and economic impacts as you make choices on how to use the land in your watershed.
The goal of the game is to try to balance environmental and economic impacts as you make choices on how to use the land in your watershed.
April 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Have you played our Rock Your Watershed game before?
The goal of the game is to try to balance environmental and economic impacts as you make choices on how to use the land in your watershed.
The goal of the game is to try to balance environmental and economic impacts as you make choices on how to use the land in your watershed.
WE HAVE A WINNER!
Thanks to everyone for voting in our FIRST-EVER Marsh Madness competition! Celebrate like a Painted Turtle and go visit a wetland🐢
Thanks to everyone for voting in our FIRST-EVER Marsh Madness competition! Celebrate like a Painted Turtle and go visit a wetland🐢
April 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
WE HAVE A WINNER!
Thanks to everyone for voting in our FIRST-EVER Marsh Madness competition! Celebrate like a Painted Turtle and go visit a wetland🐢
Thanks to everyone for voting in our FIRST-EVER Marsh Madness competition! Celebrate like a Painted Turtle and go visit a wetland🐢
What do you mean Marsh Madness is almost over?
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the Hoary Bat or Leopard Frog to determine who is going head-to-head in the Championship tomorrow!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the Hoary Bat or Leopard Frog to determine who is going head-to-head in the Championship tomorrow!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
April 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What do you mean Marsh Madness is almost over?
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the Hoary Bat or Leopard Frog to determine who is going head-to-head in the Championship tomorrow!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the Hoary Bat or Leopard Frog to determine who is going head-to-head in the Championship tomorrow!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
We are down to our FINAL 4 competitors!!
Today is the battle of your favorite amphibian and reptile. Pick the elusive, Blue-spotted Salamander (amphibian) or iconic Painted Turtle (reptile). VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Today is the battle of your favorite amphibian and reptile. Pick the elusive, Blue-spotted Salamander (amphibian) or iconic Painted Turtle (reptile). VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We are down to our FINAL 4 competitors!!
Today is the battle of your favorite amphibian and reptile. Pick the elusive, Blue-spotted Salamander (amphibian) or iconic Painted Turtle (reptile). VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Today is the battle of your favorite amphibian and reptile. Pick the elusive, Blue-spotted Salamander (amphibian) or iconic Painted Turtle (reptile). VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
It’s heating up! Not only is it warm in Iowa today, but our bracket competition is getting tough.
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 or the Painted Turtle.
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 or the Painted Turtle.
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It’s heating up! Not only is it warm in Iowa today, but our bracket competition is getting tough.
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 or the Painted Turtle.
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
VOTE NOW by commenting below for the 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑠 or the Painted Turtle.
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Birds of a feather stick together - except when one is a bat. Vote today by commenting below if your favorite is the American Coot or Hoary Bat!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Birds of a feather stick together - except when one is a bat. Vote today by commenting below if your favorite is the American Coot or Hoary Bat!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
The votes have been tallied, and the Elite 8 is now finalized!
Vote today to determine who moves onto the Final 4, the Blue-spotted Salamander or the Gray Treefrog. Comment below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Vote today to determine who moves onto the Final 4, the Blue-spotted Salamander or the Gray Treefrog. Comment below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The votes have been tallied, and the Elite 8 is now finalized!
Vote today to determine who moves onto the Final 4, the Blue-spotted Salamander or the Gray Treefrog. Comment below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Vote today to determine who moves onto the Final 4, the Blue-spotted Salamander or the Gray Treefrog. Comment below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Sunday MATCHUP: Common Backswimmer vs. Leopard Frog
VOTE NOW for the Common Backswimmer or the Leopard Frog – who is also an accomplished swimmer, but not on its back by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
VOTE NOW for the Common Backswimmer or the Leopard Frog – who is also an accomplished swimmer, but not on its back by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sunday MATCHUP: Common Backswimmer vs. Leopard Frog
VOTE NOW for the Common Backswimmer or the Leopard Frog – who is also an accomplished swimmer, but not on its back by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
VOTE NOW for the Common Backswimmer or the Leopard Frog – who is also an accomplished swimmer, but not on its back by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Saturday MATCHUP: Trumpeter Swan vs. Painted Turtle
Both iconic sights at Iowa wetlands, but the decision of who moves on is up to you! VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Both iconic sights at Iowa wetlands, but the decision of who moves on is up to you! VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Saturday MATCHUP: Trumpeter Swan vs. Painted Turtle
Both iconic sights at Iowa wetlands, but the decision of who moves on is up to you! VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Both iconic sights at Iowa wetlands, but the decision of who moves on is up to you! VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Friday MATCHUP: Red-winged Blackbird vs. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴
Listen to your gut and pick your favorite wetland inhabitant. VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Listen to your gut and pick your favorite wetland inhabitant. VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Friday MATCHUP: Red-winged Blackbird vs. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴
Listen to your gut and pick your favorite wetland inhabitant. VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Listen to your gut and pick your favorite wetland inhabitant. VOTE NOW by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Thursday MATCHUP: Hoary Bat vs Cattail
Our tournament contestants for the day could be considered Halloween mascots – almost. Vote now for the Hoary Bat or Cattail by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Our tournament contestants for the day could be considered Halloween mascots – almost. Vote now for the Hoary Bat or Cattail by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
March 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thursday MATCHUP: Hoary Bat vs Cattail
Our tournament contestants for the day could be considered Halloween mascots – almost. Vote now for the Hoary Bat or Cattail by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*
Our tournament contestants for the day could be considered Halloween mascots – almost. Vote now for the Hoary Bat or Cattail by commenting below!
*Votes must be placed in the next 24 hours to be counted*