STEAM Night at Spring Lake Elementary School 5-12-2022

On Thursday May 12th we packed up our robots, drones, and Oculus VR goggles and headed to Spring Lake Elementary for their spring STEAM night! The students drove our STEMBots through colorful obstacle courses, flew drones, explored the world of VR, and even got a shot at picking up the legendary Thor’s hammer! Still haven’t […]

STEAM Night at Spring Lake Magnet

Virtual Reality on the Oculus Prairie STEM brought virtual reality to Spring Lake with Oculus and Neurotrainer. Neurotrainer combines neuroscience and virtual reality to measure cognitive abilities, stimulate neural pathways to prime for learning, and optimize for long-term performance improvements. With Neurotrainer, you can also take virtual field trips. Learn while you are having fun! […]

Prairie STEM Summer Camp 2021 Offerings

Summer is quickly approaching, how are your students keeping their minds busy? Prairie STEM has a variety of Summer Camps for grades PreK-12. Spots are limited, reserve yours today!! Registration Links: https://linktr.ee/prairiestem

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 […]

Esports Fortnite August High School Tournament 2020

Everyone was on the edge of their seats on Friday, August 7, 2020, when five teams of local high school students competed for the top three places and cash prizes in Prairie STEM’s High School Fortnite Esports Tournament. Games went into overtime they were so close. These students used and developed many soft skills during […]

School of Socery Camp was a hit!

Three to Five-year old children had an exciting week, July 20th – 24th, 2020 during their School of Socery Camp. They expanded their math and science skills in a very exciting way! See the pictures below to see some of the activities.

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 […]

Esports Rocket League High School Competition

On July 10, 2020, Prairie Stem held their first Esports summer competition for high school. Six teams were competing in Rocket League for first, second, and third place cash prizes. They all did an awesome job! See the pictures below, that were captured during the event. The students competed in groups of three. One team […]