Esports Rocket League Middle School Competition
On July 9, 2020, Prairie Stem held their first Esports summer competition for middle school. Six students were divided into two teams to play Rocket League for first and second place cash prizes. They all did an awesome job! Blue Team won first place and Orange Team won second. See the pictures below, that were […]
Papillion and LaVista HAL Middle School Students Learn About Graphic Arts 3-12-2020
Graphic Arts was the subject of the day on March 12th, 2020 for the HAL (High Ability Learners). After learning about what graphic artists do and some career areas for graphic artists, the HAL students learned about chameleons and designed their own chameleons with similar background on paper. The HAL students then had the opportunity […]
Papillion / LaVista Middle School High Ability Learners Visit Clarkson College to Learn About Healthcare Careers
On March 10th, 2020, the Prairie STEM staff took 40+ High Ability Learners of the Papillion/LaVista middle schools to visit Clarkson College to learn about health care careers. The Clarkson staff taught us how to take x-rays, EKGs, dissect a lamb’s heart, and give injections. Our students were able to diagnose symptoms from a robotic […]
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 […]
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 […]
Girls in STEAM at Oakdale Elementary School 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 […]
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 […]
