Academy Science FLL Programming Camp

Grandpa is an engineer. He is a programming wonder! Little passes without Grandpa assessing the situation and dispensing his experientially qualified advice. Today Grandpa says, “Plan the work and work the plan!” We will get this under our belts one day! Until then programming camp will look like a wild flurry of people, planning sheets, pseudocode, binary programs, robots, attachments, construction materials and miscellaneous stuff going every which way! What…

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Nebraska 4-H Club of the Year

Someone is always watching … Grandpa says this. Guess who is “4-H Club of the Year?” The Awards Moderator’s introduction for Academy Science Club, 4-H Club of the Year: Academy 4-H Club lives the 4-H Pledge and 4-H Motto all year round! We are a club that is always accepting visitors and new members. We serve the community all year round through community projects and club demonstrations. This last year…

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River City Rodeo Robotics

River City Robotics RCR is a cool robotics challenge. The Knights of Aksarben host this event as part of the River City Rodeo celebration. We even had a real cowboy stop by and ask us about our robot planning, engineering and programming because it looked like we were having so much FUN! We are up for the challenge this year working with coordinating two CEENBoTs to do the “heavy work”…

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2013 FLL Nature’s Fury Game Board

Hello readers of the Academy blog! This year’s game board appears to be very challenging, with challenges representing real life natural disasters and disaster recovery. As you can see, the game board has 9 colored zones. In the top-left corner of the game board is the tree, pets, and flashlight. The objective of the tree is to knock the loose branch off without making serious contact with the electrical wires.…

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First Lego League Nature’s Fury Challenge

Nature’s Fury Challenge may very well be one the most exciting FLL challenges I have met so far! Just take one look at the mission challenges on the game board. There are pets we have to place with people. A plane has to come in to land safely. I have no clue as to how it will get out of there after all the debris collect on the runway. There…

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Academy Science Robotics Demonstration

Academy Science Robotics Demonstration Hosted by Academy Science Adventures When: Saturday, August 10, 2013 – 11:00am – 1:00pm Organizer Contact Info: Michael Hanus Hanus.Academy@gmail.com Where: Westlake ACE Hardware 8425 West Center Road Omaha, NE 68124 Price: It’s Free (sweet!) Academy Science Robotics Demonstration presents the STEaM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math our youth ages about 8-18 engage in: Robots: Lego NXT Mindstorms, EV3 and CEENBoT, Art, Rockets, Planes, GIS,…

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Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration

What: Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration Hosted by Academy Science Club Adventures Academy Science shares its experiences with the community! When: Thursday, July 25, 2013 – 4:15pm – 6:00pm Contact: Michael Hanus Academy Science Hanus.Academy@gmail.com AcademyScience.us Where: Valley Public Library 232 North Spruce Street Valley, NE 68064 Price: It’s Free (sweet!) Organizer: Michael Hanus Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration presents the STEM / STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math…

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Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration

What: Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration Hosted by Academy Science Club Adventures Academy Science shares its experiences with the community! When: Thursday, June 20, 2013 – 4:15pm – 6:00pm Contact: Michael Hanus Academy Science Hanus.Academy@gmail.com AcademyScience.us Where: Valley Public Library 232 North Spruce Street Valley, NE 68064 Price: It’s Free (sweet!) Organizer: Michael Hanus Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration presents the STEM / STEAM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math…

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This Robot Plays Air Hockey

Are you ready to play the good game? This robot is an air hockey expert! The robotic system tracks the puck and opponent’s paddle, and position data from camera images are then processed by the external PC, which determines the robot’s next move. The robot tracks the game at a very fast rate of 500 frames per second. The researchers designed the robot to observe the speed and position of…

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Academy Science Leaders Attend Fair Planning Meeting

From time to time I am asked about the “recipe” for a great science club. At this time I defer to Grandpa and his wealth of wisdom. You can not have a great science club without youth that enjoy science for what it is. So start with youth that really want to be there enjoying science because that is what they really want to do! Then you need inspired parents…

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