Asteroid Day, officially started in 2015, is an educational effort designed to bring scientists, artists and concerned citizens together to raise awareness of the hazards of asteroid impacts and build support for effective solutions. Asteroid Day coincides with the anniversary of the most powerful measured asteroid impact with Earth in history, detailed a little farther down in this article. Estimates vary, but such collisions may happen roughly once every several…
Read MoreNational Weather Service Presentation
Are you interested in weather WX and the study of meteorology? Are you interested in answers to your weather WX questions? Are you interested in a tour of a National Weather Service NWS facility? Please contact our Science Leader: academic@academyscience.us Please keep in contact with us if you want information about future plans.
Read MoreNESciFest Valley
Nebraska Science Festival Valley BIG THANK YOU to all who volunteered, supported and participated in NESCIFEST Valley held at the Valley Library location this last Saturday! We presented our science projects in airplanes, chlorinator chemistry, disaster preparedness, four forces of flight, robots, rockets to name a few! We enjoyed sharing our GYSD Global Youth Service Day with you! We enjoyed demonstrating science to and visiting with dozens of people and…
Read MoreUSD Robotic Competition
Veni, Vidi, Vici at the USD Robotic Competition; Well Almost! We prepared for the robot competition hosted by USD.edu in Vermillion, SD with minimalistic instructions. We knew there would be a maze and we would have to build and program a robot for autonomous behavior in the undefined maze. We gave this challenge a go as best we could under the circumstances. On the big day, we woke before dawn…
Read MoreSharing with The Rose
Plastic Drastic! is a great theatrical performance organized and shown by The Rose. rose theater.org Academy Science AcademyScience.us joined The greenOMAHAcoalition keepomahabeautiful.org and The Nebraska Sierra Club sierranebraska.org in presenting and educating the community about The Science of Trash. AcademyScience.us met the First Lego League Trash Trek Challenge in 2015, then went on to qualify for FLL Nebraska State Tournament in December. Team Academy then won some cool awards…
Read MoreCEENBoT Showcase
Nebraska Robotics Exposition CEENBoT Showcase is a great opportunity to demonstrate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) in Robotics! This CEENBoT Showcase we receive a lot of acknowledgement from judges, referees and other teams for our technology on the Robot games, our novel Autonomous Robot Design and Programming, our excellent, sophisticated Research Project, “Stewards of the Environment.” We follow the time honored Engineering NoteBook Method: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve.
Read MoreFLL State Tournament
We enjoy demonstrating everything we learn in Robotics. One favorite demonstration is the FLL (First LEGO League) State Tournament. This FLL State Tournament we receive a lot of acknowledgement from judges, referees and other teams for our technology on the FLL Robot Game Board, our novel FLL Robot Design and Programming, our excellent FLL Core Values and our sophisticated academic Research Project, “Plastic Islands.”
Read More2015 FLL Trash Trek Challenge
Today we are So EXCITED! anticipating the official Kickoff for the 2015 First Lego League FLL Trash Trek Challenge! We have our Robot Game Board Map and some thousands of LEGO pieces in bags. We look forward to the FLL Season Kickoff so we can get our Robot Game Board Challenge Build instructions! We have been planning our FLL Robot Game Board Challenge Build Camp ALL Summer! …
Read MoreRobot Engineering Projects
Robot engineering projects require attention to details … Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve is an engineering design method. First, Design and Build the Robot. Second, Discuss and Draft the Pseudocode. Third, Write the Code in the Computer Software Program. Fourth, Compile and Run the Computer Software Code on the Robot. The first time may not be perfect so we … Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve. Now, we see the Robot…
Read MoreAcademy Science Rockets at the Library 4-H Project
Twin Rivers YMCA in Valley has a youth program. The youth want to learn more about rockets. Academy Science has a rocket club. It is also affiliated with the 4-H. An Academy Science adult leader is a NASA Fellow by education, relationship, training and participation in NASA events. If you want a program to learn about and enjoy rockets, you have arrived at one great place on your educational adventure.…
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