WorldO!Water

World O! Water is an annual event hosted by the City of Omaha at Lake Wehrspann, a large man-made lake in a dam retained waterway constructed by the Papilion Missouri NRD. This dam site has evolved into its characteristic biome over the years. AcademyScience.us researches, participates and demonstrates a water themed project every year at this event. This year youth in the science program researched the need for fresh, clean…

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NESciFest Earth Day Celebration

NESciFest Earth Day Celebration Who: ALL Are Welcome! Invitation  What: Free Academy Science Presentation  AcademyScience will present FREE indoor STEM related activities:  Autonomous Robots Demonstration  Computer Programming Demonstration  Game Pad controlled Robots  Four Force of Flight  Simple Model Airplane Building  Simple Model Rocket Building  Model Rocket Launch, weather and staff permitting.  Lunch and Snacks available while supplies last, Free Will Offering.  When: Saturday afternoon April 22 between hours 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm  Where:…

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World O Water

WO!W Presentation       AcademyScience.us a Nebraska 4-H Club, shares with the community!           We completed the presentation draft of our FLL First LEGO League “Trash Trek” themed research project.           People may be interested in knowing what role our trash plays in the community, locally and globally; the problem and our proposed solutions. This Free presentation is scheduled for Saturday,…

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NESciFest 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…

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USD 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…

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Sharing 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…

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FLL 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.”  

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FLL Trash Trek Robot Game Board Challenge Build

Tucker’s and Robby’s Mom, Beth shares a picture of a successful FLL challenge build team on Saturday.                 Pictured: Cathy, Carson, Sebastian, Robby, Tucker. We will have FLL Challenge booklets provided by Beth!                 Earlier on Saturday: Carter, Cayleah and Grace Kick Off Science club FLL Trash Trek Big Build Day. Thank you! Michael AcademyScience.us

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2015 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!    …

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