--- title: STEM TRAIL Center Newsletter --- AIM FOR THE STARS Summer End | Dinosaurs at the Planetarium | Noyce Scholarship ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­    ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­   | View in browser July 2026  Another Unforgettable Summer of Exploration 🔅    🌞 As summer comes to a close, we are amazed by how quickly the season has flown by! What made it truly unforgettable was the energy, curiosity, and creativity our campers brought to every adventure.   From discovering the chemistry behind everyday life to blending STEM with the arts, exploring fossils, and learning about tornadoes, every day sparked new questions and exciting discoveries. 🔬🎨🌪️ Watching curiosity grow into confidence has been the highlight of our summer!   Our campers embraced every opportunity to explore, create, and solve problems. They designed incredible treehouses and playgrounds worthy of an architect’s blueprint, while our VEX Robotics teams put their engineering skills to the test by building and programming innovative robots. 🤖🏗️   As we celebrate an amazing summer, we want to thank our campers, families, instructors, staff, and special guests for making this season such a success. Your enthusiasm and support made every moment meaningful.   This summer brought new ideas, inspiration, and exciting possibilities that will help us create even more engaging STEM experiences in the future.  Have a wonderful school year—we’ll see you next summer! 🚀✨  Recruiting this Fall!    🎓 Are you a junior or senior pursuing a STEM degree and interested in becoming a certified teacher? This could be an exciting opportunity to combine your passion for STEM with a future in education!   The National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides funding to help recruit and prepare talented STEM majors and STEM professionals to become K–12 teachers, with a focus on increasing the number of highly qualified STEM educators in high-need school districts.   Through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 1 at University of Nebraska at Omaha, eligible students in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics can receive support through scholarships, mentoring, outreach experiences, and professional development opportunities.   This program is designed to help future educators build strong STEM content knowledge and develop the skills needed to create engaging, inquiry-based learning experiences for students. If you are already in a teacher preparation program through UNO, you may be able to participate by adding a STEM major as a second major.   Applications are open year-round—apply anytime!  Help inspire the next generation of STEM learners! 🚀🔬💡   Learn more and find application details by clicking on the button below: View Noyce Scholarships Announcements Dinosaurs are coming to the Planetarium! 🦖🦕   🦖✨ What if we told you dinosaurs never truly left? Their story continues today through one of the most familiar creatures on Earth—birds! 🐦   Join Malkia, a museum paleontologist, in the immersive full-dome planetarium show DinoSoars! Change Over Time as she uncovers the incredible evolutionary connection between prehistoric dinosaurs and the birds we know today.   Through stunning visuals and fascinating discoveries, explore how dinosaurs evolved, adapted, and transformed over millions of years into the feathered animals soaring through our skies. 🌎🔬   Upcoming Show Dates: 📅 August 14, 16, and 30 📍 Mallory Kountze Planetarium   Discover the science behind one of the greatest stories of change over time and see how the ancient past is still connected to the world around us today! 🦕➡️🐦 Get Your Tickets  Science Olympiad Team Registration Opens Soon! 🚀🔬   Looking for an opportunity to inspire students, spark curiosity, and challenge them to explore new ideas and innovative solutions? Science Olympiad is the perfect place for students to put their STEM skills to the test!   As the nation’s premier team STEM competition, Science Olympiad provides standards-based challenges that engage more than 6,600 teams competing at 425 tournaments across all 50 states. The Nebraska Science Olympiad community proudly supports more than 90 teams and nearly 1,000 of Nebraska’s top middle and high school STEM students each year.   The University of Nebraska at Omaha STEM TRAIL Center and the Nebraska Science Olympiad Organizing Committee work together to bring this experience to life by hosting the state tournament, supporting invitational events, providing team resources, coordinating volunteers, and celebrating the incredible achievements of Nebraska students.   Whether your school is a returning team or you’re ready to try Science Olympiad for the first time, this is an opportunity for students to collaborate, problem-solve, build confidence, and create memories that will last a lifetime.   🌟 Get your team ready for the 2026–2027 competition year—registration opens soon! 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