Prairie STEM’s Careers in STEAM Camp Began Today

In Careers in STEAM today, we began the day with an activity on how quickly viruses can spread. It turns out that one infected person can cause an epidemic. There are lots of Science careers and we learned about some of them. The most fun though, was when we got to put on our imaginary […]

School of Sorcery Camp is off to a flying start

School of Sorcery Potions Class – We were sorted into our houses: Leoador named after Leonardo da Vinci, Teslathern named after Nikola Tesla, Johnsonclaw named after Katherine Johnson, and Hopperpuff named after Grace Hopper. Each of us received a vial of liquid, which changed colors once a magical indicator was added. After being sorted we went to our house workstations […]

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 […]