Soil Health 101

City Sprouts 4002 Seward Street, Omaha, NE, United States

Join The Big Garden's Stephanie Finklea and City Sprouts' Addie Gengenbach in this virtual workshop for an introduction on soil health. Healthy soil is your first line of defense against diseases that threaten crop growth. In this class, you will learn how to assess the health of your soil and how to maintain healthy soil. […]

Free
Event Series Omaha Children’s Museum STEAM Wagon

Omaha Children’s Museum STEAM Wagon

Omaha Children's Museum 500 South 20th Street, Omaha, NE

Look for the Omaha Children's Museum (OCM) STEAM Wagon throughout the museum daily. Each day will feature exciting science, technology, engineering, math, and art experiences. Perhaps today we'll learn about rockets or what makes a bubble float! What is Playdough made of? What colors mix together to make purple? Learn the answers to these questions […]

$14

Online Live Science Storytime

Join a Youth Services Librarian with Omaha Public Library for a special Science-themed Storytime using the Zoom meeting app. Experience stories, creative movement, music and more. Explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking and writing in each storytime.

Free

Online Live Science Storytime

Join a Youth Services Librarian with Omaha Public Library for a special Science-themed Storytime using the Zoom meeting app. Experience stories, creative movement, music and more. Explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking and writing in each storytime.

Free

Lincoln Science Cafe: Dr. Bonita Sharif

University of Nebraska State Museum - Morrill Hall 645 North 14th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska

Dr. Bonita Sharif, Associate Professor of Computer Science at UNL, will discuss how novice and expert gaze differs between reading natural language text and source code. Inspired by the linearity that people exhibit while reading natural language text, her team sought to determine if they can characterize this type of linearity in reading source code. […]

Free
Event Series Omaha Children’s Museum STEAM Wagon

Omaha Children’s Museum STEAM Wagon

Omaha Children's Museum 500 South 20th Street, Omaha, NE

Look for the Omaha Children's Museum (OCM) STEAM Wagon throughout the museum daily. Each day will feature exciting science, technology, engineering, math, and art experiences. Perhaps today we'll learn about rockets or what makes a bubble float! What is Playdough made of? What colors mix together to make purple? Learn the answers to these questions […]

$14

Online Live Science Storytime

Join a Youth Services Librarian with Omaha Public Library for a special Science-themed Storytime using the Zoom meeting app. Experience stories, creative movement, music and more. Explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking and writing in each storytime.

Free

Online Live Science Storytime

Join a Youth Services Librarian with Omaha Public Library for a special Science-themed Storytime using the Zoom meeting app. Experience stories, creative movement, music and more. Explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking and writing in each storytime.

Free

Preparing a New Garden Site

City Sprouts 4002 Seward Street, Omaha, NE, United States

So, you've decided to join the growing craze and start a garden! Join City Sprouts' Aaron French and The Big Garden's Kay Carlson to learn the ins and outs of taking your grass lawn to a productive and invigorating garden space. We'll go over how to select a good site for your garden, various environmental […]

Free

A Conversation with Bill Nye

Bill Nye—scientist, engineer, comedian, author and inventor—is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society and to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Best known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill’s wit and enthusiasm garnered 18 Emmy awards. Bill is also an author […]

Free

Into the Woods: City Nature Challenge

Using a series of short videos, learn how everyone in your family - no matter their ages - can explore nature together and become part of the City Nature Challenge. This program was planned in collaboration with City of Omaha Parks and Recreation.

Free