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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CEENBoT 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.  

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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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Robot 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…

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Thankful

Einstein

Academy Science has so much to be thankful for! We are grateful for all the support we have, starting with our parents! As a TEAM we won 1st place overall at the Omaha FLL Qualifier! We have a tremendous World Class Learning research project, a great EV3 robot design, and awesome core values!                 L to R Rear Tabish, Sebastian, Vincent; L to…

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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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A Modern Transportation Engineered Robot for Society

Google Self Driving Car

Google’s Self Driving Car In taking the wraps Monday off an actual prototype of its self-driving car, Google is calling it the “best holiday gift we could’ve imagined.” But wow, is it nerdy. The prototype is almost identical in the look of the car that Google unveiled last May – only now it has working components like the headlights. It’s more of a pod than a car, with little wheels…

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