Prairie STEM’s STEM Sampler is its Second Week
Summer camps are in full swing! We are excited to host in-person camps at The Mastercraft building downtown. This week we have 17 students attending our STEM Sampler Camp. Check out what our STEM Sampler camp has been up to… This camp is three different camps in one: programming, Science Lab, and robots. In programming, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Omaha Street School Attends Virtual Hands-On Summer STEM Classes 7/20 – 7/22/2020
Omaha Street School students learned different STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) career options on Monday. They performed several engineering activities, first one was to design 3 paper airplanes with the goal being to fly the furthest distance, another was to add a toothpick to their airplanes to pop a balloon, and the third […]
Spring Lake Math Magnet School Robotics Lab 2019-2020
Prairie STEM staff spent 3 days a week in the Robotics Lab at Spring Lake teaching math skills alongside robotics skills to classrooms of students. Prairie STEM teachers reinforced math lessons that teachers were working on. By using robots during the lessons, students were reintroduced math concepts in a different way, which made learning more […]
