2017-18 FLL HydroDynamics Play Field

Check out the new 2017-18 First LEGO League Challenge HydroDynamics Robot Game Mat Play Field.             How do you use the FLL Play Field? First you buy bags of LEGO pieces. Then you follow LEGO directions and build working stations that are interesting LEGO designs. Then you build a computer programmable robot with more LEGO pieces that you can program to perform the missions that…

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First LEGO League Challenge

Who do we know wants to take on the new 2017-18 First LEGO League Challenge? We know who! You! This year the FLL theme is HydroDynamics.           Do we know we know what this is? Come Explore and Learn with us! AcademyScience.us leaders Michael and Cathy Hanus  

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NESciFest Earth Day Celebration

NESciFest Earth Day Celebration Who: ALL Are Welcome! Invitation  What: Free Academy Science Presentation  AcademyScience will present FREE indoor STEM related activities:  Autonomous Robots Demonstration  Computer Programming Demonstration  Game Pad controlled Robots  Four Force of Flight  Simple Model Airplane Building  Simple Model Rocket Building  Model Rocket Launch, weather and staff permitting.  Lunch and Snacks available while supplies last, Free Will Offering.  When: Saturday afternoon April 22 between hours 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm  Where:…

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STEM Festival Grande

STEM Festival Grande NESCIFEST preparation AcademyScience is pumped to run through its preparations for presenting STEM Science Technology Engineering Math at its NESciFest Nebraska Science Festival activities and events. Part of this year’s presentation plans are grounded in finding adequate space indoors to accommodate AcademyScience’s grand plans!         #NESciFest #EarthDay #Autonomous #CEENBoT #LEGO #EV3 #MindStorm #FLL #Robot #Computer #Programming #GamePad #FourForces #Flight #Model #Airplane #Rocket #Design #Build #Launch #Safe #Drinking #Water #Resource  #Chlorinator #STEM #Free #Lunch #AcademyScience #Spirit #SpiritofPeace …

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CEENBoT Showcase

CEENBoT Showcase CEENBoT Showcase – FLL State Tournament AcademyScience enjoys observing, supporting and participating in Robotics STEM Science Technology Engineering Mathematics! Our team can not wait to demonstrate to the community what we learn in preparing for competition! We look forward to meeting, greeting and exchanging ideas with you! If you are unable to visit us, let our leaders know and we may be able to visit you.

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Lauritzen Gardens LEGO® Demonstration

Lauritzen Gardens LEGO® Demonstration Invitation Come Demo LEGO®s with Academy Science at the Lauritzen Gardens Kickoff Nature Connects: Art With LEGO® Bricks Are You a LEGO® brainiac?! Do you enjoy all kinds of LEGO®s? Art, Robots, Science! Would you like to experience what it is like at a demonstration? Then contact us and plan to be there!       Academic@AcademyScience.us 402-541-7019. Michael, Cathy, Sebastian Friday January 13th sometime between…

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World O Water

WO!W Presentation       AcademyScience.us a Nebraska 4-H Club, shares with the community!           We completed the presentation draft of our FLL First LEGO League “Trash Trek” themed research project.           People may be interested in knowing what role our trash plays in the community, locally and globally; the problem and our proposed solutions. This Free presentation is scheduled for Saturday,…

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NESciFest Valley

Nebraska Science Festival Valley BIG THANK YOU to all who volunteered, supported and participated in NESCIFEST Valley held at the Valley Library location this last Saturday! We presented our science projects in airplanes, chlorinator chemistry, disaster preparedness, four forces of flight, robots, rockets to name a few! We enjoyed sharing our GYSD Global Youth Service Day with you! We enjoyed demonstrating science to and visiting with dozens of people and…

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USD Robotic Competition

Veni, Vidi, Vici at the USD Robotic Competition; Well Almost! We prepared for the robot competition hosted by USD.edu in Vermillion, SD with minimalistic instructions. We knew there would be a maze and we would have to build and program a robot for autonomous behavior in the undefined maze. We gave this challenge a go as best we could under the circumstances. On the big day, we woke before dawn…

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Sharing with The Rose

Plastic Drastic! is a great theatrical performance organized and shown by The Rose. rose theater.org Academy Science AcademyScience.us joined The greenOMAHAcoalition keepomahabeautiful.org and The Nebraska Sierra Club sierranebraska.org in presenting and educating the community about The Science of Trash.   AcademyScience.us met the First Lego League Trash Trek Challenge in 2015, then went on to qualify for FLL Nebraska State Tournament in December. Team Academy then won some cool awards…

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