Valley Days Saturday You will find us in the Park east of the open ball field where the fireworks will launch Saturday night, south of the tennis court, under the old maple tree. Look for our trademark family Picnic meal spread and the feather flags. ‘We will bring out the Design, Build and Launch model compressed air rockets made from common school supplies, but COOL and FUN! Check out the…
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FREE Nebraska Science Festival Community Event Everyone is Welcome! Sponsored by AcademyScience, Valley, NE STEM Demonstrations Saturday April 28 from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm or so. 111 E. Front St. Valley, NE (Valley Veterans Club East Entrance) Indoor Opportunity Explore Gamepad controlled and Autonomous Robots, Explore Computer Programming Communicate with the Robots, Try your skill or chance at some robot games. Explore Four Forces of…
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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 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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Asteroid Day, officially started in 2015, is an educational effort designed to bring scientists, artists and concerned citizens together to raise awareness of the hazards of asteroid impacts and build support for effective solutions. Asteroid Day coincides with the anniversary of the most powerful measured asteroid impact with Earth in history, detailed a little farther down in this article. Estimates vary, but such collisions may happen roughly once every several…
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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…
Read MoreAcademy Science Rockets at the Library 4-H Project
Twin Rivers YMCA in Valley has a youth program. The youth want to learn more about rockets. Academy Science has a rocket club. It is also affiliated with the 4-H. An Academy Science adult leader is a NASA Fellow by education, relationship, training and participation in NASA events. If you want a program to learn about and enjoy rockets, you have arrived at one great place on your educational adventure.…
Read MoreA Modern Transportation Engineered Robot for Society
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…
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…
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