Asteroid Day

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…

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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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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 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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FLL State Championship

FLL State Championship takes place at Strategic Air and Space Museum (SASM) in Ashand on the same day as CEENBoT Showcase in the other hangar. Over fifty teams of youth ranging in age from 9 to 14 compete in this event. It takes three rounds of robot game board play, a robot design contest, a research project presentation and a core values presentation to get through the day. Since the…

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CEENBoT Showcase

CEENBoT Showcase is a grand activity that takes place in the Hangar at Strategic Air and Space Museum (SASM) in Ashland. There are at least fifty teams of youth from Elementary school grades through High School,  all excited to compete with their CEENBoT robots in four possible games using PS3 game controllers, or an autonomous maze that increases in challenge level the older a competitor gets.  

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Academy Science Participates in SASM Science Fair

Strategic Air and Space Museum sasmuseum.com promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math STEM education activity. This science fair supports third through eighth grade science presenters and their projects. Over the years this is generally a supportive venue for a young scientist to practice presentation skills. As in all forums where subjectivity enters into judgement, do not take science fair results to heart; the most important experience for the young presenter…

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NCWIT National Award Winner!

Academy Science is grateful to the National Center for Women & Information Technology! We have a National Aspirations Award Winner this year! The NCWIT Aspirations in Computing – Revolutionizing the Face of Technology award honors young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. Awardees are selected for their computing and IT aptitude, leadership ability, academic history, and plans for post-secondary education. Recipients receive opportunities for scholarships,…

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Merry Christmas! Academy Science Club

At the Science club it is fun and a tradition to celebrate our achievements! Why? Achievements are FUN and celebrating them is more FUN! This year we have so much to celebrate! Meeting the community with Senior Solutions, Weather station, Guest speakers, Airplane flights, Embryology, Rockets, 4-H County and State Fairs, Disaster Planning and Emergency Management, River City Robotics, Science club Programming Camps, Art and 4-H awards like Club of…

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