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 […]

The Science of Sound

Prairie STEM provided The Science of Sound instruction to middle school students at Cornerstone Christian School on December 17th, 2021. The Doppler Effect was demonstrated using drones and a blindfolded student to perceive sounds as the source moved closer and further away. We used a vacuum chamber to demonstrate how sound waves do not travel […]

Prairie STEM’s Escape the Winter Blues 2.0 STEAM Kits

Our Escape the Winter Blues 2.0 STEAM kits are packed full of fun, educational, engaging, and hands-on activities. Each lesson contains materials and instructions for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and/or Math activities, all aligned to state and national standards. Our kits were divided between two grade bans, Kindergarten-Second grade, and Third-Sixth Grade. New this round was […]

Prairie STEM Provides Science and Robotics Instruction to Fort Calhoun Elementary School

During the fall semester of 2021-2022, Prairie STEM came in and taught 10-weeks of Science on Wednesdays and 10-weeks of Robotics on Thursdays. In some of the Science lessons for the primary students, they learned what materials protect from UV rays, animal habitats, landforms, and what reacts with baking soda. Intermediate students learned what materials […]

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 […]