Meet Barb Davis, a 4th grade teacher at Resurrection Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa, who is wild about Water Rocks!. After attending the June 2016 Water Rocks! Teacher Summit, Barb had this to say:

“From the moment I arrived to the end of the...

In Iowa, we have many different ecosystems that provide diverse communities of plants, animals, predators and prey. Wild turtles in Iowa—including the painted turtle, snapping turtle, smooth softshell turtle and spiny softshell turtle—play a huge...

What do the Mafia, early nineties hip-hop artists and water have in common?

Power.

Or at least that was the mindset going into the writing process for the award-winning Water Rocks! music video The Power of Water.

Writer, musician and rapper Todd...

Noah Stevens is entering his senior year at Ames High School, where he is actively involved in track, cross country, and the performing arts. He has helped out with numerous Water Rocks! video productions over the years, and participated in our...

It’s mid-August, it’s steamin’ hot and humid outside, and that means, of course, it’s time for the start of the great Iowa State Fair!

Along with the obligatory stops like the Butter Cow, scouting for freebies in the Varied Industries Building,...

Water Rocks!, Iowa State University’s youth water education program, received an Iowa Environmental Excellence Award for Environmental Education on Aug. 2, 2016, at the State Capitol in Des Moines.

Water Rocks! delivers unique, entertaining and...

The Water Rocks! team came home with 19 awards at the 25th Annual Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards Gala, held on April 16 in Pella, Iowa!

The big winners for Water Rocks! were the story of a helpful robot ready to spread the word on...

Water Rocks! has produced a wide array of videos over the past few years, ranging from music videos, to short educational public service announcements and longer documentaries. However, there are a number of finely orchestrated steps that take us...

Wednesday, March 23, 2016
CY Stephens Auditorium, Ames, Iowa
FREE and open to the public

The Art of Water 2016 is a FREE community event commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Iowa Water Conference in its current form. Celebrating the marriage...

In this day and age, we spend a lot of time talking about “green technology.” Sometimes the “green” is meant to indicate environmental benefit. Green roofs are environmentally friendly but they are also literally “green” in the sense that they are...