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…
Read MoreAcademy Science Networks with the Nebraska Computer Science Teacher Association
Did you know that Nebraska has a CSTA Computer Science Teacher Association? This is an exciting place to be right now. There is a lot going on in CS Computer Science today. The CSTA covers timely topics in its blog http://blog.acm.org/csta/ Academy Science keeps on doing what it always does but now it networks with the CSTA through its teachers and supports its local chapter.
Read MoreAcademy Science Teacher Attends CSTA Equity Workshop
The Computer Science Teacher Association CSTA exists under the umbrella of the Association for Computer Machinery ACM. CSTA promotes the teaching of Computer Science CS. ACM is the largest educational and scientific computing society. Equity is a timely societal concept that intersects many disciplines and societal samples. One way to view equity is to observe, assess and ask if there is a fair and just balance? If not, what can…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in MSEF
What do young scientists do on this day when they have a project they want to share with the science community? Well, they head to MSEF. Metropolitan Science and Engineering Fair is a youth science fair which may lead to the opportunity to present at its science affiliate the NJAS Nebraska Junior Academy of Science Fair later this spring for a few well documented youth science project presenters. In the recent…
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