CEENBoT Showcase is a grand activity that takes place in the Hangar at Strategic Air and Space Museum (SASM) in Ashland. There are at least fifty teams of youth from Elementary school grades through High School, all excited to compete with their CEENBoT robots in four possible games using PS3 game controllers, or an autonomous maze that increases in challenge level the older a competitor gets.
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Google’s Self Driving Car In taking the wraps Monday off an actual prototype of its self-driving car, Google is calling it the “best holiday gift we could’ve imagined.” But wow, is it nerdy. The prototype is almost identical in the look of the car that Google unveiled last May – only now it has working components like the headlights. It’s more of a pod than a car, with little wheels…
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Academy Science youth are inspired and ready to take on the World Class Learning Unleashed Challenge presented by First Lego League FLL www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2014fllworldclass Dr Craig Christiansen of the Nebraska State Education Assn. visited Academy Science youth today. Dr Craig suggests that youth engaging the learning process today looking into the future focus on the learner, knowledge content and reasonable assessment practices. Did you know that Dr Craig was an Omaha…
Read MoreRCR Robotics Competition – True Legends are Made in Omaha
2014 Omaha River City Rodeo RCR Theme The Best versus the Best – True Legends are Made in Omaha The RCR Robotics Competition games, like the individual RCR Rodeo events, are played and come to conclusion quickly. The Robots are controlled by Youth training to take on the challenge for less than one month. The Bull is played by Sphero. When used, the Sphero is an iPad remote controlled ball…
Read MoreAcademy Science 2014 First Lego League Programming Camp
2014 FLL World Class Challenge! We will be ready! Academy Science Youth and volunteer Coaches like to “Get Our Game On” fast and furious! We are developing robot game strategy and programming the robot to complete missions autonomously here. Snacking on “Brain Food!” Time for “Presentation Showdown!” Which Presentation Plan is Best? Hold on! We are not done yet! There is Always Room for One More! It is Late! Good…
Read MoreHow and Where Do I Find My Geocache Treasure?
Mr Gary and his son Eric are experienced geocachers. Geocaching is defined as an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches.” (Wikipedia.org). Mr Gary and his son Eric are Academy Science members. They organized and presented Geocaching to Academy Science. They told us about the history of geocaching and how geocaching works. We learned about various geocache…
Read MoreValley Sesquicentennial Celebration Adventure
Academy Science greeted the public over this weekend at the Valley Nebraska Sesquicentennial Celebration! We presented much of what we learned about Disaster Planning, Lego Mindstorms Robots, First Lego League, River City Rodeo Robotics, CEENBoT, Robotics Expo, Rocket Building and Launching and stargazing at the Star Party! Disaster Planning. FLL Lego Mindstorms Robots. River City Rodeo Robotics, CEENBoT, Robotics Expo. We advertised and called visitors the old fashion way! Of…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in the Nebraska 4-H Sarpy County Fair Rocket Contest
At Academy Science, we are designing, building and launching record breaking performance air rockets built from common and affordably inexpensive school supplies! These rockets are flying out of previously adequately cleared air space into new territory beyond perimeter shrubs and trees! All this with relatively low and safe launch pressures! When the rockets are hand built, they are measured, studied and admired extensively then taken outside for a real flight…
Read MoreBuild a Lego Microscope
Academy Science has designed and built many Lego projects over the years. This one looks like it hits the science sweet spot. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/44370 Perhaps we can use the Lego microscope to further study our Daphnia project. https://academy.qualityone.us/2013/05/06/academy-science-participates-in-college-biology-lab-experiment/
Read MoreNASA Builds Rockets
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.…
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