Introducing the Prairie STEM Recipients of the 2020-2021 Presidential Volunteer Service Awards
Prairie STEM is honored to announce 8 recipients of The President’s Volunteer Service Award for 2020-2021. Four students attend Brownell Talbot High School in Omaha, NE, and four students attend Greendale High School in Greendale, Wisconsin. Congratulations to Riley Hawkins, Akshay Mehta, Jack Cenovic, Claire Cenovic, students of Brownell Talbot High School in Omaha, and […]
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 cognitive abilities, stimulate neural pathways to prime for learning, and optimize for long-term performance improvements. With Neurotrainer, you can also take virtual field trips. Learn while you are having fun! […]
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 profoundly unique, talented, and creative maker/entrepreneur community in Omaha and surrounding areas. We demonstrated NeuroTrainer on the Oculus. Guests were able to put on the goggles and go through the […]
Prairie STEM is at Afrofest 2021 @ Stinson Park
On Saturday, September 4th, 2021, at Stinson Park Prairie STEM participated and sponsored the African Cultural Festival. The festival was a huge platform with over 40+ vendors, 20+ corporate sponsors, 10 community partners, and connectors that all came together to celebrate the diversity that is in Omaha. This event had over 3,000 festival attendees. Visitors […]
Aviation STEM Day at Millard Airport 2021
Prairie STEM participated in the 3rd Annual Aviation STEM Day at the Millard Airport on Saturday, September 4th at Millard Airport. This day presents the opportunity to bring youth and young adults together in a venue of offered opportunities including all aspects of aviation. The goal is to motivate young adults to select, seek and […]
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 around the park as part of a STEM scavenger hunt. Our Prairie STEM trailer was one of the first things people spotted when they walked in the front gate. Prairie […]
Thank You For Supporting Us! – Prairie STEM’s Open House at The Mastercraft
We celebrated our opening with treats, esports, hovercrafts, Thor’s Hammer, NeuroTrainer, and fire! Everyone had a great time! Our new location is 1111 N 13th St Suite 307, Omaha, NE 68102-4203, in The Mastercraft. A big Thank You to all that came out and supported us with our Open House yesterday! We love sharing what […]
SAC Museum’s Family Fun Carnival 2021
Prairie STEM and JuSTEMagine were at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum today giving hovercraft rides (winning engineering design built by 6th and 7th-grade students) and conquering new worlds with Kamigami insect robots. JuSTEMagine is an amazing organization of students at Brownell Talbot High School who have an incredible passion for STEM and educating […]
Prairie STEM Attends STEM in the City
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum hosted STEM in the City today. It was held at The Venue at Highlander from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Today was provided by universities, community partners, and local businesses. This was a hands-on event for children of all ages with interactive displays, live demonstrations, and make and take-home […]
Prairie STEM Moves to The Mastercraft
Today was our big move from the 75 North Cox Connect Building where we had been for the past 9 months, to The Mastercraft Building on North 13th St. We are very excited about our new space and the new location. We will be using this space to build our STEM kits and to hold […]
