Girls in STEAM Goes to the Nebraska Robotics Expo at the SAC Museum
Prairie STEM offered a 10-week Girls in STEAM program to six Omaha area schools as an after school activity, beginning in December 2019 and ending in February 2020. Among the different STEAM activities taught, the girls learned robotics. They practiced maneuvering robots around a course, up and down ramps, and driving their robots around a […]
Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students Interested in Law Learn About the Congress
Office of U.S. Congressman Don Bacon’s Project Coordinator, Makenzie Cartwright spent a large portion of the day on 2/21/2020, teaching the HAL (High Ability Learners) students at Papillion / LaVista Middle Schools all about the U.S. Congress, Senate, committees, bill selection and election process. The students were separated into two groups, initially, and one group […]
Gretna Middle School Students Studied Drones at DoSpace
On 2-17 and 2-18-2020, two groups of Gretna Middle School students, one group each day, spent their day at the DoSpace to learn at drones. The students began their day with instruction time learning about difference types of drones, how people are using drones in the workplace today, current FAA laws, possible drone careers, and […]
Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students Create Music Using Garageband on 2/14 & 2/15/2020
The HAL (High Ability Learners) from Papillion and LaVista Middle Schools, interested in music, used their creativity to compose their own masterpieces. They learned about different types of microphones and sound engineering. Some students brought their instruments from home, others sang into microphones, there were students who teamed up and recorded as a group,
Saint Cecilia Catholic School Learns With STEM Activities
During the 2020/2021 school year, Saint Cecilia Catholic School students learned about drones, STEMBots, iPads, and Virtual Reality while learning Math, writing, geography skills.
Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students Interested In Engineering Learned About Hovercrafts 1/28/2020-1/31/2020
Three different groups of HAL (High Ability Learners) students at Papillion and LaVista Middle Schools, interested in engineering, spent a day working with hovercrafts. The students began their day with a short presentation on Engineering Careers and one on Hovercrafts. After that, they created small hovercrafts using CDs, balloons and hot glue. The HAL students […]
On 1/27/2020, Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students interested in Engineering Built Roller Coasters
Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students Interested In Engineering Learned About Hovercrafts 1/27/2020-1/30/202027JAN HAL (High Ability Learners) from Papillion and LaVista Middle Schools, interested in engineering, spent a day learning about and constructing roller coasters. The HAL students were given written instructions and design ideas that they created their own roller coasters from. They […]
Girls in STEAM at Lothrop Magnet School in Omaha Public Schools 2019-2020
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 program (1 event/week) where we engage, enrich […]
HAL Students at Papillion / LaVista Middle School Students Learned About Different Systems of the Body and to Tie Sutures
Papillion / LaVista HAL (High Ability Learners) Middle School students that were interested in learning more about the medical field had a full day on 1-15 & 1-16-2020. They began their day learning from a video, how to tie sutures using forceps, needle holders and scissors on a piece of foam. Then they practiced their […]
St. Cecilia Elementary School Learn Kinesiology
Kinesiology is the study of Human movement. On January 7th, 2020, students at Saint Cecilia’s school this week filmed each other in slow motion to help them evaluate and improve their athletic performance by careful review of their motions and technique!
