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Iowa. By:Fabiola Jirau 2013 . Laurel Clark. Laurel Clark. Laurel Clark was born in Iowa. She died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when the space shuttle Columbia and the crew perished before entry.

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Iowa

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  1. Iowa By:Fabiola Jirau 2013

  2. Laurel Clark Laurel Clark Laurel Clark was born in Iowa. She died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when the space shuttle Columbia and the crew perished before entry. After she died, she was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA Space Flight Medal , the NASA Distinguished Service Medal of Honor, and the Defense Distinguished Service Medal.

  3. State Flag

  4. State Seal

  5. Iowa State Motto The Iowa state motto is “Our Liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain”.

  6. Iowa’s Statehood Iowa became a state of the United States on December 28, 1846. It became the 29th state to join the union. Iowa

  7. Iowa’s Firsts And Trivia The name Iowa comes from the Ioway Indians who lived in the area. Iowa ranks first in soybeans, hog and corn production Iowa is home to the first in-the -nation presidential caucuses. Five Nobel Prize winners came from Iowa

  8. Iowa State Facts Iowa has only one town called Sabula on an island Iowa is covered with rocks called Geodes, Iowa’s State rock Iowa is a state that produces lots of corn Iowa’s Mound Builders made earthen mounds in the shapes like animals

  9. Iowa’s state Nickname The Hawkeye State

  10. Iowa’s Counties 99 counties Iowa’s state capital Iowa’s state capital is Des Moines

  11. Iowa’s Population Iowa’s population in 2012 was 3,074,186 people

  12. State Bird Iowa’s state bird is the Eastern Goldfinch

  13. State Flower Rosa Arkansan

  14. Iowa State Tree The Oak Tree is Iowa’s state tree

  15. Iowa’s State Gemstone The Geode is Iowa’s gemstone

  16. State Natives And Settlers Woodland Indians, Pilgrims , Mound Builders

  17. State Explorers Jacques Marquette Louis Joliet

  18. State quarter

  19. Iowa’s four most well known places Dyersville Des Moines Rose Hill Muscatine

  20. Iowa’s Latitude and Longitude Latitude: 40°23′N to 43°30′N Longitude: 90°8′W to 96°38′W

  21. State Produces Corn pork

  22. Iowa’s State Song You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa, The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa, From yonder Misissippi's streamTo where Missouri's waters gleamO! fair it is as poet's dream, Iowa, in Iowa. See yonders fields of tasseled corn, Iowa in Iowa,Where plenty fills her golden horn, Iowa in Iowa,See how her wonderous praries shine.To yonder sunset’s purpling line,O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa. And she has maids whose laughing eyes, Iowa, O! Iowa.To him whose loves were Paradise, Iowa, O! IowaO! happiest fate that e’er was known.Such eyes to shine for one alone,To call such beauty all his own. Iowa, O! Iowa Go read the story of thy past. Iowa, O! IowaWhat glorious deeds, what fame thou hast! Iowa, O! IowaSo long as time’s great cycle runs,Or nations weep their fallen ones,Thou’lt not forget thy patriot sons, Iowa, O! Iowa The state song of Iowa is called “Song of Iowa”

  23. Iowa’s bordering states Iowa is South of Minnesota Iowa is North of Missouri Iowa is West of Illinois, and Wisconsin Iowa is East of Nebraska , and South Dakota

  24. Iowa’s region Iowa is in the Midwest states Iowa

  25. Bibliography United States’ Census Bureau www.states ymbolsusa.org Iowa.laxallstars.com En.wikipedia.org www.iowamasons.com

  26. Bibliography Balcauge,Dynise. Iowa : From Sea to Shining Sea New York : Children’s Press, 2002. 50 States: Iowa.2013. Marchex Inc. www.50 States.com LaDoux,Rita C. .Iowa: Hello U.S.A. .Minneapolis: Lerner Publication,1992.

  27. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING From Laurel Clark

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