Summer Camps Are Beginning This Week at Prairie STEM

This week begins Eureka Drone Camp at UNO. This week they will learn all about drone flying and safety, next week they will learn robotics and coding. Sherman and Lothrop Elementary Schools in OPS will be learning Digital Media, Science, and Engineering for the next four weeks. Drawing in 3-D with Nick also begins today […]

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 […]

Prairie STEM is Preparing for the 2nd Year of Girls in STEAM

Girls in STEAM is a 10-week program Working in collaboration with Facebook, Kiewit and Sherwood Foundations, community organizations (UNO, UNL, Collective for Youth, Girl Scouts, STEM Ecosystem, 75 North, Scott Scholars) and school districts (Westside and Papillion/LaVista) to bring STEM education/careers to students, specifically girls ages 8-14. The Girls in STEAM event is a 10-week […]

Prairie STEM Delivers Virtual STEAM Kits Omaha Area Schools for Their STEAM Nights

Saint Cecilia Catholic School received the last part of their Pre-K – 6th grade order of Virtual STEAM Kits from Prairie STEM on October 12th, 2020. Howard Kennedy in Omaha Public Schools received their kits in September. Each of their students’ kits contain materials for 16 different Science and/or Math lessons, all aligned to state […]

Prairie STEM Virtual STEAM Kits Are Delivered to Rockbrook Elementary in Westside Community Schools, Omaha, NE for Their Upcoming STEAM Night

Rockbrook Elementary received their first order of Virtual STEAM Kits from Prairie STEM on October 7th, 2020. Each student will have one educational STEAM lesson to enrich their students’ STEM education, for their October school STEAM Night. Each kit contains materials for different Science and/or Math activities, all aligned to state and national standards. Cox […]

Prairie STEM’s Virtual STEAM Kits that Match Our Virtual Lessons

Kits with lessons have been delivered to Howard Kennedy Magnet School in Omaha Public Schools, Oakdale and Rockbrook in Westside 66 Community Schools, and Saint Cecilia Catholic Schools. Each student will have one educational STEAM lesson to enrich their students’ STEM education, for their October school STEAM Night. Each kit contains materials for different Science […]

Prairie STEM Created and Delivered Virtual STEAM Kits for Howard Kennedy Elementary School in Omaha Public Schools

Three hundred fifty virtual STEM lesson kits were delivered to Howard Kennedy Elementary School on 9/16/2020, to enrich their students’ STEM education. Each kit contained materials for 16 different Science and/or Math activities, all aligned to state and national standards. Thanks so much to JuSTEMagine high school students from Brownell Talbot College Preparatory School, who […]

Tour Howard Kennedy Elementary School in Omaha Public Schools in Virtual Reality

Melissa Zeiszler, Howard Kennedy’s Dean of STEAM, created a very special school tour for their Open House as a part of Omaha Education week, for the students and parents of Howard Kennedy Elementary School. She received professional development training from Jeff Ingraham, of Prairie STEM, and photographed classrooms and office areas in 360 Virtual Reality. […]

Saint Cecilia’s Virtual Professional Development STEM Training

On Friday, August 14th, 2020, Saint Cecilia teachers and staff underwent a full day of professional development training in STEM activities virtually, with several of the Prairie STEM staff leading the training. After a very warm welcome by Alan Wang, Jeff Ingraham began the day with Virtual Reality, using VR goggles and software options for […]