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Technology

ChatGPT – An Educator’s Take

By: Kimberly Ingraham-Beck “I’m irrelevant, aren’t I?” This is what one teacher asked me after I showed him a demonstration of ChatGPT’s speech-writing capabilities. No,

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Camps

Eureka Robotics Camp

Eureka Robotics in Cinema 3, 2, 1, action! Eureka students learned all about STEM in film while making their own movies in our Robotics in

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Camps

School of Sorcery Camp

School of Sorcery Camp Our students had a magical time this week at the School of Sorcery! They began the week by being sorted into

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Camps

Roblox Makers Camp

Summer Roblox Camp We had a very busy and exciting camp this week! Our campers began on Monday by jumping into the Roblox Creation Studio

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Events

What’s Happening Around Prairie STEM

Nebraska Robotics Expo (13th annual [virtual] tomorrow 10am-2pm) : https://youtu.be/ZPFyxfVY_ro Prairie STEM Summer Camps: https://www.ketv.com/article/local-summer-camp-focused-on-teaching-stem-to-all-students/37192758# Original NRE video (produced by I Love Public Schools): https://iloveps.org/films/robots-take-over-the-classroom  STEM Nights in

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Classes

The Science of Sound

Prairie STEM provided The Science of Sound instruction to middle school students at Cornerstone Christian School on December 17th, 2021. The Doppler Effect was demonstrated

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Events

STEAM Night at Spring Lake Magnet

Virtual Reality on the Oculus Prairie STEM brought virtual reality to Spring Lake with Oculus and Neurotrainer. Neurotrainer combines neuroscience and virtual reality to measure

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Esports

#esports4Good – Team For Stein

Last weekend at our #esports4Good Rocket League tournament,  a team from South Sioux City chose to play for one of their teachers. This teacher’s wife

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Prairie STEM at Hutchfest 2021

On Sunday, September 5th, 2021 Prairie STEM participated in Hutchfest at the Millwork Commons area downtown.  Hutchfest is a one-day maker fair that celebrates our

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Events

STEM Night at the Park

It was a beautiful night for kids on September 3rd, 2021 for the Storm Chasers game at Werner Park. Prairie STEM could be found all

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May the 4th Be With You

May the 4th be with you. 🚀 Interested in all things space? Check out our summer camps for space-themed camps and so much more here:

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NRE Highlight

The Future Belongs to the Creative In case you missed it, check out Andrew Easton’s presentation where he dives into the future and concept of

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Esports

Congratulations to Double Smash, the 1st place winner of tonight’s Prairie STEM’s 3rd Gaming For Good Charity Esports Tournament. They chose to donate their $150 to Food Bank of the Heartland. DefyGravity won 2nd place and are donating their $100 to MS Society. BroGamers2020 took 3rd place, donating their $50 to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Tonight’s Shout Casters were Lucas Meyer and Brandt Scheppers, and Colin Johnson was the Moderator Helper. Thank you so much! Awesome work! Next month’s Esports

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Esports

Upcoming Prairie STEM Esports Tournaments

Get your teams ready! To sign up, visit https://bit.ly/PSTEMRocketLeague Esports is the competitive organized playing of video games. Below, are up-and-coming sports that offer numerous benefits

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Howard Kennedy Elementary – Music Robot Demo

The awesome teachers at Prairie Stem worked with my primary and intermediate students on fun, engaging musical lessons. I especially loved how programming music into the robots encouraged all of my learners to really look at the notes and rhythms.

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

Building on the priority to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM education set by the Obama Administration that is reflected in several of the Administration’s initiatives, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is releasing a report outlining a vision to carry on that legacy in the coming decade.

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