Community Resources Database

Garden TOOLS (Technology Opportunities in Outdoor Learning Spaces) is designed to support students in grades 3-5 to make data-informed decisions in school gardens or other outdoor growing spaces by using and programming BBC micro:bit microcontrollers. The program offers resources to support you and your students. 

GeoNet is a professional development initiative designed to connect and support Nebraska science educators through workshops, field trips, and collaborative curriculum development. By integrating geosciences into physics, chemistry, and biology, GeoNet strengthens interdisciplinary teaching while building a strong network of educators dedicated to inquiry-based science learning.

Guide to Snakes, Turtles, Frogs, Lizards, and Salamanders. Identification of the herptofauna native to Nebraska is fun but at times can be challenging. Our resources provide reliable information for fast identification. 

Initialize is an outreach group dedicated to expanding the reach of computer science. We do so through acts of community service, leadership, mentorship, and interdisciplinary inclusion. We work with local businesses, non-profits, public schools, colleges, and universities as a resource and advocate for the importance of incorporating computer science into every discipline in today's modern world.

“Know Your Well” is a collaborative citizen science program training high school students how to sample and test well water quality. 

Nebraska high schools are invited to join us for a day of engaging mathematics. Math Day is designed for students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 and for exceptional students in lower grades. Math Day consists of one individual and two team mathematics competitions. The PROBE top 25 Nebraska high school students (sum of PROBE I and II) are awarded a total of $41,500 in one- or four-year scholarships to UNL.   

Milkweed in the Classroom provides a collection of resources designed to help students investigate the monarch butterfly migration as a locally relevant phenomenon. Through a series of standards-aligned lessons, students will ask questions, analyze available data, and construct a scientific argument to answer the guiding question, “How has the monarch migration has changed over time and why?”

Explore the events and activities hosted by the University of Nebraska State Museum, Morrill Hall. 

Discovery and curiosity are central to our education mission. Check out our collection of activities you can do at home. Or explore the options we have available for classrooms and students in scientific exploration through one of our many programs or kits.  

Established in 1871, the University of Nebraska State Museum is the state's premier museum of natural history. The mission of Museum is to discover and disseminate knowledge about the natural world through research and education. Visitors to Morrill Hall will find interactive exhibits featuring Nebraska’s past and present biological diversity, and its cultural heritage with a dedicated First Peoples of the Plains gallery. The four-level, 70,000 square foot museum is located on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus near the corner of 14th and Vine Streets in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Delivered by 4-H staff or trained volunteers, afterschool experiences combine 4-H resources with community-based organizations and offer high-quality care, education, and development experiences to youth. 

Nebraska 4-H school enrichment programs are learning experiences delivered to youth in cooperation with public or private school during school hours in support of school curriculum. These programs, delivered by 4-H staff, trained volunteers, or teachers, are built to enhance the subject matter being studied in the classroom and provide non-formal, hands-on education to complement formal education. 

For 135 years, the Nebraska Academy of Sciences has hosted an annual meeting designed to bring the scientific community across the state together to 'share their science' with professionals across the state.  Researchers, faculty, students, professionals, and citizen scientists can submit an abstract for the annual meeting held on East Campus. 

As an affiliate of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) seeks to stimulate science education and to encourage young people to become involved in science. The NJAS Science Fair, held annually in April at UNL, brings together the Top 6 junior and senior high student projects from each region of the state. 

Listening to podcasts together is a great way to learn as a family. From storytelling podcasts that encourage imagination to soar, to educational episodes that open new worlds, there's something to spark everyone's curiosity. Podcasts keep us curious, inspire conversation, and we can listen and learn together any time, anywhere. 

PBS LearningMedia, PBS KIDS and PBS have curated FREE state and national standards-aligned professional learning and educational resources including: videos, interactives, lesson plans and more for educators. 

Nebraska Public Media hosts many virtual and in-person events for families and children.

These virtual tours will put you in touch with Nebraska’s historic institutions, captivating creatures and colorful characters. These learning adventures are at your fingertips. Tours include Larsen Tractor Museum, Morrill Hall, Ashfall Fossil Beds, Buffalo Bill Scout’s Rest Ranch, Nebraska Capitol Tour. 

Discover the Nebraska Sandhills through lesson plans and resources about ranching, water in the Sandhills, range management and biodiversity, ecotourism, and conservation. 

This program provides all caregivers (early childhood professionals and parents) with books, guided questions, and expanded learning resources to support literacy development, enhance relationships, and to make a connection with your local library. 

Plants growing in wetlands have a wide variety of adaptations that allow them to thrive in the unique conditions that are found in wetlands. From massive cottonwood trees to the diminutive saltwort, learn about the amazing plants that are found in Nebraska’s wetlands!