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Nature Nurturers Sustainability And Journalism Club, Bruce Baker, Shelby Rickert May 2023

Nature Nurturers Sustainability And Journalism Club, Bruce Baker, Shelby Rickert

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

Afterschool club that teaches basic sustainability and journalism knowledge to kids in a fun, hands-on, and engaging way. Kids will learn over the course of several weeks and then make posters about their environmental interests.


Science Club, Danielle Gibson, Krista Andersen Apr 2023

Science Club, Danielle Gibson, Krista Andersen

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

Honors After School program for elementary age children to engage with scientific principles. Students performed hands-on experiments to explore various STEM fields. Each weekly lesson consisted of a different concept to be learned or explored by early elementary aged students.


Gross Science Club, Hannah Lamaster, Bethany Everts Apr 2023

Gross Science Club, Hannah Lamaster, Bethany Everts

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Gross Science is an engaging and interactive club designed to teach basic science concepts in a fun yet understandable way.


City Build 2040, Riley Bruno, Marisa Dendinger Apr 2023

City Build 2040, Riley Bruno, Marisa Dendinger

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

"City Build 2040" is a creative after school club that allows students to experiment both collaboratively and individually on creating a product of their choice. This club is uses cardboard, other materials and the creativity of its students to create a city full of various buildings and objects.


Basketball Club, Jenna Wakefield, Cadi Wilbeck Apr 2023

Basketball Club, Jenna Wakefield, Cadi Wilbeck

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

Basketball Club is built around the goal of teaching real-world skills such as teamwork, leadership, and communication through basketball. Students will develop these skills while expanding their knowledge of basketball and improving their dribbling, shooting, passing, and defense in an environment that is inviting and fosters growth.


Science Club, Maryam Sule, Tyler Gaspers Apr 2023

Science Club, Maryam Sule, Tyler Gaspers

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Afterschool Club called Science Club introduces basics STEM concepts to kids using direct learning like experimenting. Teaching prominent scientists with their significant impact on STEM.


Craft Club, Vanessa Hubing, Jaycee Mcfadden Apr 2023

Craft Club, Vanessa Hubing, Jaycee Mcfadden

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No abstract provided.


Stem Club, Rohan Tatineni, Kevin Prososki Apr 2023

Stem Club, Rohan Tatineni, Kevin Prososki

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

The goal of STEM club is to teach the students various basic scientific principles and relate them to experiments and the real world. In addition, the scientific method will be taught and be a main focus of the club along with the engineering design process.


Card Game Club, Abigail Klapp, Isabel Pillai Jan 2023

Card Game Club, Abigail Klapp, Isabel Pillai

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Tutoring Club, Ryan Hruby, Ally Jay Oct 2022

Tutoring Club, Ryan Hruby, Ally Jay

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Tutoring Club connects high-school students with club leaders who are able to assist them with understanding and completing their class concepts, assignments, and projects.


Stem Club, Spencer Knight, Rohan Tatineni Oct 2022

Stem Club, Spencer Knight, Rohan Tatineni

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

Afterschool club that focuses on teaching young students about the scientific method and the engineering design process through brief presentations and hands-on activities.


Stem Exploration Club, Erin Case, Caitlyn Scott May 2022

Stem Exploration Club, Erin Case, Caitlyn Scott

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Osborne Healthy Living Club, Margaret Osborne May 2022

Osborne Healthy Living Club, Margaret Osborne

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Music Basics, Rachael Huxley, Laurel Carder May 2022

Music Basics, Rachael Huxley, Laurel Carder

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

For students to learn elements of music and how to apply them in their everyday lives.


Physics And Music Club, Lars Pedersen, Rohan Tatineni May 2022

Physics And Music Club, Lars Pedersen, Rohan Tatineni

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

The Physics and Music Club provides elementary students with a basic knowledge of music, instruments, the scientific method, and the physics of waves. Activities reinforce their learning, including an experiment of their choosing. These lesson plans detail the club's week-by-week composition.


Sprouting Systems, Abaigeal Aydt, Cassidy Smith May 2022

Sprouting Systems, Abaigeal Aydt, Cassidy Smith

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

After taking a class at UNL about environmental awareness, two honors students paired up to start a hydroponics club at a local Lincoln school. In reaching out to the LPS director of sustainability, they were paired up with Prescott Elementary School. Over the course of a semester, they developed a club that got a hydroponic grow tower functioning for the school and taught students about nutrition and sustainability. This club is only in its beginning stages, but the impacts that it is making around the school can already be seen.


Spanish Culture Club, Emily Taylor May 2022

Spanish Culture Club, Emily Taylor

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Stem Club, Camden Jones, Erica Gesner, Amber Gadeken May 2022

Stem Club, Camden Jones, Erica Gesner, Amber Gadeken

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

The goal of this club is to introduce various topics stemming from different fields in science. We hope to excite the students about science and show them how important it is to their everyday lives. This club also aims to provide free education to underserved communities.


Digital Media Club, Hannah-Kate Kinney, John Kinney Apr 2022

Digital Media Club, Hannah-Kate Kinney, John Kinney

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Math Basics Afterschool Club, Lexi Soukup, Meg Williams Apr 2022

Math Basics Afterschool Club, Lexi Soukup, Meg Williams

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

This is a compilation of Lexi Soukup and Meg Williams’ work as Club Leaders in an Afterschool Club run through the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and YMCA Afterschool Programs titled Math Basics. Our club is an interactive, hands-on math exploration where students are challenged to change their perspective of math, and it is meant to occur once weekly. During this club, we try to challenge their current views of math and expand their knowledge on math concepts they learn in class through activities and games. This is meant to make math FUN! Our compilation of lesson plans are sure to …


Healthy Living Club, Rachel Arens, Alex Curtis Apr 2022

Healthy Living Club, Rachel Arens, Alex Curtis

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


K-2 Theater And Art Club, Hailey Revord, Madelyn Kreifels Apr 2022

K-2 Theater And Art Club, Hailey Revord, Madelyn Kreifels

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Stem Exploration, Caitlyn Scott, Erin Case Jan 2022

Stem Exploration, Caitlyn Scott, Erin Case

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

After school club for middle school students consisting of individual and partner activities that will building teamwork and problem-solving skills. The club will also introduce the students to many different areas of STEM.


The Mythic World, Luci Anderson, Jaron Raj David Nallathambi Jan 2022

The Mythic World, Luci Anderson, Jaron Raj David Nallathambi

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

Lesson plans for a Middle School club on world mythology.


Us Women In History Club, Savannah Toth, Elizabeth Herbin Jan 2022

Us Women In History Club, Savannah Toth, Elizabeth Herbin

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

An afterschool club that teaches children about women trailblazers from the past and today while integrating activities to demonstrate the importance of women outside of typical school curriculum and textbooks.


Stem Club Curriculum, Emily Hogg Jan 2022

Stem Club Curriculum, Emily Hogg

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Sustainability Around The World, Haley Withuhn, Ethan Halman Gonzalez Dec 2021

Sustainability Around The World, Haley Withuhn, Ethan Halman Gonzalez

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Ott, Megan And Joycin Stonacek. "Physiology For Kids Club." After-School Club Lesson Plans. University Of Nebraska, 2021., Megan Ott, Joycin Stonacek Oct 2021

Ott, Megan And Joycin Stonacek. "Physiology For Kids Club." After-School Club Lesson Plans. University Of Nebraska, 2021., Megan Ott, Joycin Stonacek

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Stem Club, Marissa Kraus, Ty Michael Fleshman Oct 2021

Stem Club, Marissa Kraus, Ty Michael Fleshman

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

No abstract provided.


Science, Sustainability, And Saving The World Club, Duncan Works, Sarah Brady Oct 2021

Science, Sustainability, And Saving The World Club, Duncan Works, Sarah Brady

Honors Expanded Learning Clubs

After-school club lesson plans to educate grade school students on sustainable practices and inform them of the earth's changing climate.