Of course NASA is in the rocket engineering design and building business. Academy Science designs, builds, launches, flies and recovers rockets too! NASA rockets are ginormous in comparison, but ours are pretty slick. Here is a picture of our Academy Science mobile rocket building laboratory. When the rockets are hand built, they are measured, studied and admired extensively then taken outside for a real flight under real atmospheric meteorological conditions.…
Read MoreAcademy Science Appreciates Visitors
You are Welcome! … If you have a desire to explore science then come and visit our science laboratory! Of course we do things we enjoy and we have FUN! Interested in visiting? Contact Michael or Cathy Hanus. Hanus.Academy@gmail.com
Read MoreLibrary Hosts Academy Science Rockets
Valley Library hosts a Summer Reading Program. Twin Rivers YMCA co-ops with Valley Library in the Summer Reading Program. The library staff reaches out to the community with interesting and educational children’s activities throughout the summer. In June, on Wednesdays 11th and 18th, from 10 am – Noon, Academy Science is visiting the Valley Library with its STEM focus on air rockets build and launch competition demonstration. All participating youth…
Read MoreNatures Fury Twin Tornadoes Destruction
Twin tornadoes are an uncommon phenomenon. Satellite tornadoes may present themselves when a mix of meteorological conditions are present an intense storm. Satellite tornadoes generally spawn from the same cloud rotation. Twin tornadoes exist when two separate rotational clouds each spawn a tornado independently of one another. What would you do if you were in the situation pictured here? Yikes!
Read MoreDouglas Sarpy Extension Nebraska 4-H Open House
Today we enjoyed an adventure to the county extension office to meet many of our extension service representatives. We are fortunate to have so many friendly, well-qualified people in our county extension service. Citizenship Euwanda Jennings Ms Jennings is energetic. She is the go-to person for Nebraska 4-H citizenship programs. Entomology Beneficial and Harmful Insects Jonathan Larson Mr Larson is full of insect knowledge. Nutrition Cindy Brison Ms Brison does…
Read MoreUSAF Space Weather Presentation
Today Major Jeffrey Gipson is USAF 2nd Weather Squadron Director of Operations at Offutt AFB. Major Jeffrey Gipson oversees the day-to-day operations of more than 120 squadron members at seven locations around the world providing continuous worldwide planning and execution decision assistance to the Joint warfighter. Maj Gipson directs operations for a $20-million solar telescope network and leads the DoD’s only real-time space weather prediction center monitoring the sun for…
Read MoreAcademy Science DC West Robotics Presentation
Academy Science enjoys robotics demonstrations. Today is a big day! We get to present to over one hundred middle school students! We are selecting two popular robot models for our presentation: Lego Education Mindstorms NXT and UNO PKI CEENBoT. We have a US First FLL First Lego League award winning robot engineering design and build for a solid robot structure to demonstrate today. This robot is well designed and outfitted…
Read MoreReal Live Nature’s Fury event!
Tornado Warning Has Been Issued For Douglas (NE), Sarpy (NE), and Saunders (NE) Counties Effective Until 7:30 pm AT 7:00 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR YUTAN…OR 20 MILES WEST OF OMAHA…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD…TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS…WINDOWS…
Read MoreStar Party!
Academy Science youth pursue all sorts of science, some more so than others. When it comes to the science of Astronomy, at this time our frame of reference is “Sidewalk Astronomer.” Sidewalk astronomers venture out to the street corner after dark to set up a telescope in an urban setting for entertainment and public education.
Read MoreStorm Spotter
Academy Science takes Natures Fury seriously! Some of our leaders and youth attend NOAA Storm Spotter class. What do storm spotters do? When weather WX conditions are unstable enough to bring on a natures fury, storm spotters observe and report the weather phenomenon. NOAA WX warning needs to include concise details reporting answers to the following questions: a plain description of what (are you observing)?, when (what time is this…
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