Valley Sesquicentennial

Valley is a town that is celebrating its official 150th year in existence over the weekend commencing August 15th. Valley established and grew along the Union Pacific Railroad line. When locomotives were steam engines, Valley was located at a point convenient to pull in and refill the locomotive steam boiler. Of course passengers would take a break from rail car adventure to visit amenities in the community. So grew an…

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Douglas Sarpy Extension Nebraska 4-H Open House

Nebraska 4-H

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…

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Academy Science DC West Robotics Presentation

FLL World Class Challenge

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…

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Academy Science Natures Fury (Storm) Preparation Demonstration

A Global Youth Service Day Event GYSD.org An Educational Youth Science Demonstration Presentation to the Community! Hosted by Academy Science Adventures Monday, April 14, 2014 – 3:00pm – 5:30pm Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library 23704 Cedar Drive Waterloo, NE 68069 Price: It’s Free (sweet!) Academy Science youth will demonstrate what they learned about preparation for Nature’s Fury (storms) Disaster Management and Emergency Planning while competing in First Lego League FLL…

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First Lego League State Tournament

Academy Science started research on its 2013 First Lego League FLL theme Natures Fury last March. As you can see in this blog, community resources on a global scale are thoroughly queried and absorbed. Disaster preparedness and emergency planning are large targets for research. The absorption of creative and intellectual resources is qualified and quantified. The result? The problem is that significant portions of the local community: the young, elderly…

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Academy Science Weatherization Building Science Field Trip

Doug Sea is a fantastic presenter of Building Science with many years experience. We are privileged to visit him at LIUNA, where he is Director of Training. Today Mr. Sea demonstrates the building science of sealing air flow in order to conserve energy resources. Do you know that you can enjoy an estimated fifty per cent savings on your energy bill if you air seal properly? Well you do know…

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Academy Science Focus on Disaster Preparedness

There comes a moment in everyone’s life when disaster strikes. There is little we can do to bargain with Nature’s Fury. Either you are prepared or not. Unfortunately it is not a good thing to consider yourself a “little” prepared for a disaster. So if you want to be prepared for the next disaster, “Who you gonna call? – Academy Science to the Rescue!” You can find articles about Academy…

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Merry Christmas! Academy Science Club

At the Science club it is fun and a tradition to celebrate our achievements! Why? Achievements are FUN and celebrating them is more FUN! This year we have so much to celebrate! Meeting the community with Senior Solutions, Weather station, Guest speakers, Airplane flights, Embryology, Rockets, 4-H County and State Fairs, Disaster Planning and Emergency Management, River City Robotics, Science club Programming Camps, Art and 4-H awards like Club of…

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Academy Science In the News!

Academy is a science club for youth that meets at Community of Grace Church in Elkhorn. Academy activities focus on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) topics. This past year, they have learned about robots, rockets and flight, solar energy, building science, embryology, and caring for and showing birds. This time of year is robot season. Members learn how to design, build, and program robots. They learn about engineering…

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