Student Enrichment Events
Student events for 2022-2023 have been scheduled. Please contact us at soar@esu13.org to let us know which events your classes will be attending.
Trip Through Time for Kindergartners April 19 and 20, 2023
Kindergartners will experience hands-on history! Step into homes of the past and compare them to the present, shell and grind corn, dive into a real crank-operated washing machine, and much more!
2023 not yet scheduled
Contact Michelle Keszler (mkeszler@esu13.org) for more information.
Contact the Riverside Discovery Center to schedule your Fall visit to the Center. education@riversidediscoverycenter.org
Flowerfield Historical School for 4th Graders Begins September 6
Alpha Historical School-April and May 2023
Penmanship Master (for making more than one copybook at a time)
You can send your thank you's to: ESU #13, SOAR, 4215 Ave I, Scottsbluff NE 69361 or Banner County Historical Society, PO Box 74, Harrisburg NE 69345.
Contact Michelle Keszler (mkeszler@esu13.org) for more information.
Historic School Project Curriculum (The links below will take you to that section of the manual)
Job Descriptions and Teacher Responsibilities
Orientation and Opening Exercises--It's not in the manual, but the students also need to know "My Country Tis of Thee."
Related resources: Flowerfield School Observes 25 Years of Historic Learning-2011 Star-Herald article
Tools and Technology Through Time for 4th Graders September 7 and 8, 2022
Fourth grade students can attend “Tools and Technology through Time” at the Legacy of the Plains Museum in Gering. They are introduced to many forms of farm equipment from the past. Activities may include: potato cutting and planting, blacksmithing, sweep-arm grinding, baling, block and tackle, steam engine tractor, dressing a horse, and harvesting.
2022 schedule
Contact Dave Griess (dgriess@esu13.org) for more information.
It is a day spent learning about our greatest natural resources--water.
2022 schedule.
Branch Out for 6th Graders September 22, 2022
This event is an outdoor science adventure for area 6th graders. At the end of the morning or afternoon students should be able to identify at least two steps in planting a tree, describe the important of a SNAG tree, identify two tree products and their benefits, identify some of the dangers of forest firefighting, understand why team work is so important, and identify at least three different types of trees and their importance
email Deirde Amundson (damundson@esu13.org) for more information.
Science standards that will be supported during this field trip are many, including:
- Structure and function of living (plant) systems
- how plants and animals respond to environmental conditions
- positive and negative effects of natural and human activity on an ecosystem
- roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem
- life cycles of living things
- plant functions to meet basic needs
Sensory Safari West September 13, 2022
A day just for students with disabilities! Join us for a day of feeling, smelling, hearing, and experiencing science and nature!
Construction of the Heartland Expressway from Denver to Rapid City, SD, paved the way for more vacation opportunities in western Nebraska and South Dakota. Geologic wonders, including world-class fossil finds, make this a tourist’s paleontology corridor from the Wildcat Hills of Gering, NE, to the Black Hills and Bad lands of South Dakota.
Environ Art
January and February
An artist and naturalist combine their expertise to bring science and art together for this classroom program. The naturalist teaches about waterfowl & their unique adaptations, migration, and the importance of wetlands as seen through the eyes of a scientist. The artist then uses this scientific observation to teach the students how to begin a realistic painting of a North American duck, goose, or swan, as an entry for the US Fish & Wildlife Service Jr. Duck Stamp Contest.
Video Resources
Outdoor Discovery Day for 5th Graders
April 27 and 28, 2022
This event is hosted by Nebraska Game and Parks. Registration information will come from Amanda Filipe. She will contact schools about scheduling.
Science Fair March 7, 2023
The Regional Science Fair is for students in grades 6-12. For more information contact Deirdre Amundson (damundson@esu13.org)
This year's Fair is scheduled for March 7.