AbstractBlue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies are low-metallicity objects undergoing violent star formation (Searle & Sargent 1972). We present our ongoing work on integral field spectroscopy (IFS) of the two prototypical BCD galaxies IIZw70 and IZw18 (Papaderos et al. 2002). Two-dimensional spectroscopy allows us to collect simultaneously the spectra of many different regions of an extended object, combining photometry and spectroscopy in the same data set. The great advantage of using IFS for the investigation of galaxies is that it allows us to obtain data on the galaxies' positions, velocity fields and star-forming properties all in one data cube. The observations were taken with the instruments INTEGRAL/WYFFOS at the WHT (ORM, La Palma) and PMAS installed on the 3.5m telescope at the CAHA, covering a spectral range from λ 3600 to 6800 Å. The data are mainly used to study the ionized gas and stellar clusters. Our main goal is to investigate the presence of spatial variations in ionization structure indicators, physical conditions and gaseous metal abundances, in these galaxies (Vílchez & Iglesias-Páramo 1998). We also study the kinematical properties of the ionized gas, as well as systematic variations of ionization structure and physical-chemical parameters as a function of the surface-brightness in Hα emission. Maps of the relevant emission lines are presented.