The National Center for Women & Information Technology NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. By providing recognition for young women, the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing encourages their continued interest in computing; motivates the support of educational and corporate institutions for women’s increased participation; and provides a community of ongoing encouragement for young women so that…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in SASM Science Fair
Strategic Air and Space Museum promotes Science, Technology, Engineering and Math STEM education activity. This science fair supports fourth through eighth grade science presenters and their projects. Over the years this is generally a supportive venue for a young scientist to practice presentation skills. As in all forums where subjectivity enters into judgement, do not take science fair results to heart; the most important experience for the young presenter is…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in GNSEF
Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair – GNSEF, one of the most exciting moments in a young person’s “scientific research becomes presentation” life. Science and engineering projects from archeology to zoology can be found here today with young presenters ready to tell everyone about their projects. This is a great day! Academy Science leaders are fair judges – better be on your toes! This science fair consists of two divisions,…
Read MoreAcademy Science Demonstration at Lauritzen Garden
What does a person do at a botanical garden when it is still winter outside and there is a storm forecast for later in the day? Go play with Lego Mindstorms NXT robots, enjoy display of your Lego art and look around at other people’s creativity. Imagine communing in a warmly lit room full of bright green clothed tables with over two hundred pieces of Lego art on display. Life…
Read MoreAcademy Science Visits Lauritzen Garden Lego Sculpture
Lauritzen Garden is also known as the Omaha Botanical Garden. Of course Lauritzen Garden is a horticultural extravaganza where a visitor could easily spend a good portion of a pleasant day walking through the bountiful garden display. Academy Science explores horticulture every chance we get. Academy Science also explores Lego art and science with plastic pieces and NXT Mindstorms. I think you can see what is coming… Lauritzen Garden has…
Read MoreAcademy Science Prepares for a Demonstration
There are levels of exciting activities that we engage at Academy Science. Bruce Tuckman and Mary Ann Jensen may have been thinking about our team when they present the group development model. We start out with forming, where we jump in as a team and get busy accomplishing those “day to day” tasks. Then we come upon those tasks where we get storming because we really need to address the…
Read MoreAcademy Science Networks with the Nebraska Computer Science Teacher Association
Did you know that Nebraska has a CSTA Computer Science Teacher Association? This is an exciting place to be right now. There is a lot going on in CS Computer Science today. The CSTA covers timely topics in its blog http://blog.acm.org/csta/ Academy Science keeps on doing what it always does but now it networks with the CSTA through its teachers and supports its local chapter.
Read MoreAcademy Science Teacher Attends CSTA Equity Workshop
The Computer Science Teacher Association CSTA exists under the umbrella of the Association for Computer Machinery ACM. CSTA promotes the teaching of Computer Science CS. ACM is the largest educational and scientific computing society. Equity is a timely societal concept that intersects many disciplines and societal samples. One way to view equity is to observe, assess and ask if there is a fair and just balance? If not, what can…
Read MoreAcademy Science Teacher Attends SIGCSE
Where do Computational Science Teachers go when they choose to share their ideas and explore resources with like minded individuals? Well, this time of year they attend SIGCSE of course! SIGCSE is the Association for Computing Machinerys Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, which provides a forum for educators to discuss issues related to the development, implementation, and/or evaluation of computing programs, curricula, and courses, as well as syllabi, laboratories,…
Read MoreAcademy science FLL prep camp
What does a science club do to prepare to be all they can be at the next big competition? They go to science camp! Science camp is fun! Especially out in the woods where deer stop by to see what we are doing! The people at Nebraska 4-H are great! They have a camp out in the woods where we can go all day and camp overnight to get away…
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