What: Academy Science Robotics Rockets Demonstration Hosted by Academy Science Club Adventures Academy Science shares its experiences with the community! When: Thursday, May 30, 2013 – 4:15pm – 6:15pm Contact: Michael Hanus Academy Science Hanus.Academy@gmail.com 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 our…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in Lauritzen Gardens Legorobotics
Did you hear someone say Lego and robot in the same breath? Now you have our attention! Legorobotics is the theme for the day at Lauritzen Garden. What better way to celebrate Arbor Day and a Lego Sculpture display at a botanical garden than to include Lego robots! We simply can not wait for the big day to arrive and now it is here! We are impressed with the fantastic…
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The Nebraska Science Festival aims to stimulate curiosity and excite the minds of children and adults by engaging them in the amazing world of science. The Nebraska Science Festival is part of the Science Festival Alliance, a professional association in the United States dedicated exclusively to more and better science and technology. Science festivals bring the public into direct contact with scientists and engineers. These experiences lead people to seek…
Read MoreAcademy Science Attends EWeek Centennial Celebration
Academy Science is interested in Computer Science Engineering CSE. The University of Nebraska celebrates the 100th year Centennial Engineering Week EWeek. This is an engineering event to live for! You can see robots of the laparoscopic, wheeled, treaded and flying (no kidding!) variety. Engineering students designed these robots. Today students showcase their efforts. There are rockets designed to fly exactly one mile (5280 feet of course) into the atmosphere. One…
Read MoreAcademy Science Explores the Concept: Are Robots Taking Our Jobs
The Business Ethics Alliance BEA and Gallup University partner with Creighton University College of Business Administration to explore topics concerning ethics and related practices in the workforce. CBS “60 Minutes” reporter Steve Kroft investigates a pressing question: “Are robots taking our jobs?” The CBS video segment begins with the premise that the proliferation of robots in the workforce assists companies in maximizing profits and productivity (arguably return on investment ROI…
Read MoreAcademy Science Explores Meteorology at National Weather Service
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 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 FLL prep camp
What does a science club do to prepare to be all they can be at the next big competition? They go to science camp! Science camp is fun! Especially out in the woods where deer stop by to see what we are doing! The people at Nebraska 4-H are great! They have a camp out in the woods where we can go all day and camp overnight to get away…
Read MoreAcademy Science Club seeks Quality Partners
Academy Science Club assists seniors with their computer use needs. Did you ever know you have something so good to offer that it can take off on its own? We know from our research, survey responses and just getting out there meeting and speaking with people that seniors want to be informed about their options when it comes to using computers. This is bigger than us. So what does a…
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