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 […]
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 […]
We Are Working on New Hands-On Virtual SPRING STEAM Kits
Prairie STEM will roll out their new Virtual SPRING-themed STEAM Kits in time for Spring Breaks. There are two sets of kits, one for Kindergarten through third grade, the other for fourth through sixth grade. Each kit will contain 7 hands-on, engaging, fun-filled Science, Math, Engineering, and Art lessons. Each lesson is aligned to Nebraska […]
Virtual STEAM Kits Delivered to Prairie Lane for Their January STEAM Night
Prairie STEM delivered over three-hundred STEAM kits to Prairie Lane Elementary School in District 66 on Monday, Jan. 11th, 2021. Our Virtual Activity Kits are fun, hands-on, educational lessons for school-age students that enrich their STEM education. Each student’s kit is aligned to state and national curriculum standards. All lessons are individually packaged for each […]
Meet Maya Savoy! She is a Prairie STEM volunteer who has devoted many hours to our Virtual STEM Kits and lessons.
Maya Savory is a junior at Brownell Talbot. Maya joined JuSTEMagine during the summer of 2020, and currently holds the position of Director of Curriculum. Maya started working with Prairie STEM over the summer of 2020, assembling Virtual STEM kits for Howard Kennedy Elementary in the Omaha Public Schools. She has since then designed her […]
Meet Jack Cenovic, a Prairie STEM volunteer who has devoted many hours to our Virtual STEM Kits and lessons.
Jack Cenovic is a junior at Brownell Talbot school. He co-founded JuSTEMagine during the summer of 2019, and he currently serves as JuSTEMagine’s President. He enjoys the many service projects JuSTEMagine collaborates on with Prairie STEM. The curriculum design project has allowed him to share his love for STEM with local students via the STEM […]
Oobleck Prairie STEM Virtual STEAM Kits
Oobleck is just one of the 72 Virtual STEAM Kit lessons that Prairie STEM has available. Prairie STEM’s Virtual Activity Kits are hands-on, educational lessons for school-age students. All lessons are individually packaged with an insert showing the list of materials included in that lesson. Each box has the student’s grade indicated on the outside. […]
Prairie STEM Delivered Over 300 STEAM Kits to Oakdale Elementary School
Prairie STEM’s Virtual Activity Kits are hands-on, educational lessons for school-age students. All lessons are individually packaged with an insert showing the list of materials included in that lesson. Each box has the student’s grade indicated on the outside. Kits with lessons have been delivered to Howard Kennedy Magnet School in Omaha Public Schools, Rockbrook […]
Mae Edwards is Learning About Landforms with Prairie STEM’s Virtual STEAM Kit
Landforms is just one of the 72 Virtual STEAM Kit lessons that Prairie STEM has available. Prairie STEM’s Virtual Activity Kits are hands-on, educational lessons for school-age students. All lessons are individually packaged with an insert showing the list of materials included in that lesson. Each box has the student’s grade indicated on the outside. […]
Prairie STEM Virtual STEAM Lesson – Wind Turbine (Engineering Lesson)
Here are some pictures documenting the process and actions that one of Prairie STEM’s staff members took in innovating his Wind Turbine. As engineers, we are always revamping designs to make them better.