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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.


Origami Club - A Gateway Into The Art Of Self Expression, Minjae Song, Noah Vincent Rachwitz Apr 2023

Origami Club - A Gateway Into The Art Of Self Expression, Minjae Song, Noah Vincent Rachwitz

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The Nebraska Honors Program's Origami Club is an engaging platform for 3rd-5th graders that uses the fascinating Japanese art of origami to create a rich, interactive learning environment. Under the guidance of experienced instructors Minjae Song and Noah Rachwitz, and supplemented with YouTube tutorials, the club facilitates a captivating journey from simple projects to complex designs, skillfully developing each student's creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving capabilities. Each session is planned meticulously to ensure an immersive experience, starting with anticipation-building project reveals and culminating in the production of personal origami masterpieces. As a hands-on club, students are encouraged to question, explore, assist …


Green Genius, Zoe Zingler Nov 2022

Green Genius, Zoe Zingler

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Health And Nutrition Club, Ashley Mcrae, Maggie Osborne Oct 2021

Health And Nutrition Club, Ashley Mcrae, Maggie Osborne

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These lesson plans outline a Health and Nutrition Club for kindergarten to second graders. The lessons aim at educating today's youth about their health through fun, interactive activities. Feel free to use the lesson plans exactly or to adapt the lessons to your own needs.


Coding Club, Nicole Livingston, Madalyn Meyer Apr 2021

Coding Club, Nicole Livingston, Madalyn Meyer

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Lesson plans for an about 12-week club designed to introduce middle schoolers to coding using Scratch. By the end of the club, every student will have made a game they can share with the class and have learned basic coding and game creation tools. Students can also miss classes or join late and still be able to join and enjoy the club with a different focus lesson every week.


Periodic Table Club, Makayla Gill, Kailynn Jensen Apr 2020

Periodic Table Club, Makayla Gill, Kailynn Jensen

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This club is dedicated to teaching the generation of future scientists the periodic table. This is designed to be a unique take on a STEM club that uses the periodic table as a backbone for a solid foundation in chemistry.


Stem Opportunities - High School 2019, Huey-Xian Kelly Wong, Madeleine Rauhauser, Annie Morgan Nelson Aug 2019

Stem Opportunities - High School 2019, Huey-Xian Kelly Wong, Madeleine Rauhauser, Annie Morgan Nelson

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This publication details the lesson plan for the “Opportunities in STEM” club for the summer of 2019. This club began out of a desire to educate high school students about the opportunities and careers available in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Often, students feel that the prospect of entering a STEM field is daunting and out of their grasp. What it means to be a scientist is often unclear, and students never consider opportunities out of the fear of the unknown, particularly when science is associated with complexity and difficulty. This lesson plan integrates experiments with a wealth …


Exploring Engineering Club, Samantha Corey, Stephen Yaghmour Jan 2019

Exploring Engineering Club, Samantha Corey, Stephen Yaghmour

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Exploring Engineering Club provides an introduction to a variety of engineering problems and piques the students’ interest in engineering by accompanying the information with hands-on problem solving activities mainly related to structural engineering. The activities will often be done in teams which will teach good teamwork skills, as well as problem solving and critical thinking.


Knit Kit: Create, Craft, And Code, Alison Cloet Jan 2018

Knit Kit: Create, Craft, And Code, Alison Cloet

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Space Venture, Mickey Tran Jan 2018

Space Venture, Mickey Tran

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The Great Escape, Caleb Kowalsk Jan 2018

The Great Escape, Caleb Kowalsk

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Mind Craft, Dana Hoppe, Alison Cloet, Mickey Tran, Caleb Kowalsk Jan 2018

Mind Craft, Dana Hoppe, Alison Cloet, Mickey Tran, Caleb Kowalsk

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3-D Mapping | Topography, Dana Hoppe Jan 2018

3-D Mapping | Topography, Dana Hoppe

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No abstract provided.