Empowering Minds: Prairie STEM Integration at St. Cecilia Parochial School on 9-27-2023
Welcome back to a brand new academic year at St. Cecilia Parochial School! As we embark on this journey of learning and discovery, Prairie STEM is thrilled to be an integral part of the educational landscape, bringing innovative and engaging STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) experiences to the students. This Wednesday, the students […]
Diving into the Wonders of Virtual Learning: A Week with Ocean Rift and Open Brush at St. Wenceslaus School During the Week of 9-18-2023
In a week filled with exploration and discovery, St. Wenceslaus School recently ventured into the captivating world of Virtual Reality (VR) learning. The tools at our disposal were the Ocean Rift app, the world’s first VR aquatic safari park, and the Open Brush app, a platform allowing us to paint in three-dimensional space. Let’s take […]
Embarking on a STEM Adventure: Our First Week at St. Wenceslaus Catholic School Sept. 10-14, 2023
Welcome to St. Wenceslaus Catholic School, where the spirit of learning and innovation thrives! We’re thrilled to share the exciting highlights of our first week, filled with enthusiastic students and the promise of an incredible year ahead, especially with the much-anticipated STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) class on the horizon. At Prairie […]
Saint Cecilia Students Learn about Rockets and Artemis Fall 2022
NorthStar 8th Grade Students Learn to Fly Drones
Prairie STEM taught the eighth students at Northstar the basics of drones in which many of the students flew them for the first time. The students’ flying experience included obstacles to fly through. They flew them in the gym which was a perfect amount of space. Everyone had a great time.
Drones, VR, and Coding at Waverly Middle School
Students rotated between 3 stations. Their field trip to fly was cancelled and we were called in for a wow factor. Station 1 – Droneblocks, students programmed drones in a simulated environment (city and mars) Station 2 – VR students flew biplanes in a WWI Warfighter simulator, the settings abided by real world aerodynamics. Station […]
Second-grade students at Howard Kennedy had fun in hands-on lessons on pollination and seed dispersal in August and September.
The second graders created their own bees for the pollination lesson and observed how the body and legs of the bee are specially made to attract pollen. They flew their bees from a pollinated flower to another flower. We looked at some real pollen in the digital microscope. In the seed dispersal lesson, the students […]
St. Cecilia Parochial Middle School Students Get Creative with Green Screen
The middle school students at St. Cecilia Parochial School had lots of fun creating movies using Green Screen on February 23, 2022.
Prairie STEM and Springfield Platteview Fifth Grade Students Take Flight
The 5th students at Platteview Elementary learned about Aeronautics today while they flew drones at Do Space.
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 using drones and a blindfolded student to perceive sounds as the source moved closer and further away. We used a vacuum chamber to demonstrate how sound waves do not travel […]
