The National Weather Service maintains a federal government managed weather operations facility in Valley, Nebraska. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/oax/ The National Weather Service Office in Omaha/Valley, Nebraska provides weather forecasts, severe weather warnings, flood warnings, and climatological information for Eastern Nebraska and SouthWest Iowa. Academy Science is interested in weather as it relates to the study of meteorology, aviation, flight, airplanes, rocketry, geographic information systems GIS, global position systems GPS and First Lego…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in SASM Science Fair
Strategic Air and Space Museum promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math STEM education activity. This science fair supports fourth 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 is…
Read MoreEmergency Management Takes on Nature’s Fury
Academy Science researched disaster management and emergency planning. Did you know that people with a plan do much better in a disaster than people who do not plan? Of course! This sounds like a “no-brainer,” but it is statistically correct. Knowing you have a plan and practicing your plan at least once a year also gives you peace of mind. Let’s face it. We have a “digital divide” in our…
Read MoreAcademy Science Youth Selected for Broadcom Masters Competition
The Broadcom Masters Competition is available to middle school nominees from qualified science fair presentation members. MASTERS is an acronym for Mathematics, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars. Qualified nominees enter this competition by presenting their qualified science fair nominated science project to the Broadcom Masters board of judges through an application process. A Science, Technology, Engineering and Math STEM related project gets further competitive assessment from a…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in GNSEF
Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair – GNSEF, one of the most exciting moments in a young person’s “scientific research becomes presentation” life. Science and engineering projects from archeology to zoology can be found here today with young presenters ready to tell everyone about their projects. This is a great day! Academy Science leaders are fair judges – better be on your toes! This science fair consists of two divisions,…
Read MoreAcademy Science Demonstration at Lauritzen Garden
What does a person do at a botanical garden when it is still winter outside and there is a storm forecast for later in the day? Go play with Lego Mindstorms NXT robots, enjoy display of your Lego art and look around at other people’s creativity. Imagine communing in a warmly lit room full of bright green clothed tables with over two hundred pieces of Lego art on display. Life…
Read MoreAcademy Science Visits Lauritzen Garden Lego Sculpture
Lauritzen Garden is also known as the Omaha Botanical Garden. Of course Lauritzen Garden is a horticultural extravaganza where a visitor could easily spend a good portion of a pleasant day walking through the bountiful garden display. Academy Science explores horticulture every chance we get. Academy Science also explores Lego art and science with plastic pieces and NXT Mindstorms. I think you can see what is coming… Lauritzen Garden has…
Read MoreAcademy Science Prepares for a Demonstration
There are levels of exciting activities that we engage at Academy Science. Bruce Tuckman and Mary Ann Jensen may have been thinking about our team when they present the group development model. We start out with forming, where we jump in as a team and get busy accomplishing those “day to day” tasks. Then we come upon those tasks where we get storming because we really need to address the…
Read MoreAcademy Science Partners with Emergency Medical Responders
File of Life. Someday this will make a difference in the quality of care you can help yourself to when in an emergency medical experience. When emergency responders come to your aid it helps you greatly when they have immediate information about your medical concerns. The information form within this clearly labeled medical form holder will someday make the difference in fast accurate emergency medical assistance.
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in AHEC Science Fair
Science Fairs are Fun! Do you ever find yourself looking for something to do in March? Well, whether you are looking for something to do or not, get yourself signed up for a science fair! University of Nebraska Medical Center UNMC has an outreach agency called Nebraska Area Health Education Center AHEC. AHEC is a wonderful resource for health education. AHEC sponsors primarily health related science fairs throughout this month…
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