A Blast at Saint Cecilia’s STEAM Day on January 31, 2023
We had a blast at the STEAM Day at Saint Cecilia. Students played operation with our homemade Operation Ollie boards, drove robots, learned origami, and learned about conductivity using LED’s, salt, glue, and batteries. Students even got to meet our robot dog Bingo, who amazed us all with his tricks! We do STEAM nights for […]
Lots of Fun was had at Saint Cecilia STEAM Night on November 15th, 2022
Saint Cecilia’s STEAM Night was a success! Students had loads of fun exploring VR, flying drones, driving a robot, or making a movie using our green screen. Students could also learn about electromagnetism and test their strength with a real life Thor’s Hammer! Our robot dog, Bingo, also made an appearance and walked through the […]
Prairie STEM Travels to Schuyler Central High School for their Tech/Career Fair 2022
On Monday, October 17, Prairie STEM brought tech fun to Schuyler Central High School for their Technology/Career Fair 2022. In one classroom, students learned about esports (organized, competitive video game playing) and the value and skills playing on an esports team gives. Esports is the world’s fastest growing sport now, for participants as well as […]
STEAM Night at Spring Lake Elementary School 5-12-2022
On Thursday May 12th we packed up our robots, drones, and Oculus VR goggles and headed to Spring Lake Elementary for their spring STEAM night! The students drove our STEMBots through colorful obstacle courses, flew drones, explored the world of VR, and even got a shot at picking up the legendary Thor’s hammer! Still haven’t […]
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 the Community at Stormchaser’s Werner Park): https://app.wipster.io/Review/CYD8NQCFWcSc9Ryt-LRHGFQojjrAqEJyL91NTFR5RqPiANqM2w Esports Arena: https://omaha.com/business/local/esports-arena-is-part-of-100-million-plus-health-campus-proposed-near-28th-martha/article_cef0493e-4bd9-11ec-af44-f727db209060.html LANParty (in partnership with Netwar) April 9th & 10th: https://www.netwar.org/ Prairie STEM STEMkits: https://prairiestem.org/category/virtual-steam-kits/
STEAM Afternoon at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School in Arlington 1-27-2022
The Prairie STEM trailer rolled up in front of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School this afternoon full of STEM excitement. The students were divided into four groups and each group traveled to the different Prairie STEM stations, Drones, Rockets, Virtual Reality, and Robots. At each station, the students learned about the topic and spent […]
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! […]
