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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Nature’s Fury is a project we have been working made out of Legos. It represents natural disasters that happen unexpectedly like plane crashes. We will use robots we programmed. One of the obstacles is called safe landing. We use a robot that will drive forward, turn slightly, push the lever and release the plane. All of the obstacles are very interesting, like the one that represents tree branches during storms…
Read MoreNature’s Fury Seniors’ Emergency Preparedness
I want to learn more about what can be done to assist Seniors in a disaster brought on by Nature’s Fury. I am in a science club that competes in First Lego League. Last year the theme was Senior Solutions. Seniors have difficulty using computers and getting the forms they need off the internet. I helped write a booklet instructing Seniors how to get this done. This year the FLL…
Read MoreNature’s Fury Disasters – Floods and Tornadoes
I went to Google Scholar which led me to Ready.gov to learn more about Nature’s Fury and disasters. My science club is competing in First Lego League this year. The theme is “Nature’s Fury.” I want to research more about disasters in floods and tornadoes. Every year disasters victimize millions of people around the world and cost billions of dollars. Floods: Floods are one of the most common hazards in…
Read MoreValley National Weather Station
In April 2013 our 4-H club went to the Valley Weather Station. Brian Smith from the station spoke to our club. A weather balloon is a scientific instrument which is used to collect data about atmospheric weather conditions. A weather balloon measures natural temperature, humidity and atmospheric pressure. Weather balloons are filled with helium or hydrogen. They can travel pretty far. One from the a Valley Weather Station even landed…
Read MoreNebraska 4-H Club of the Year
Someone is always watching … Grandpa says this. Guess who is “4-H Club of the Year?” The Awards Moderator’s introduction for Academy Science Club, 4-H Club of the Year: Academy 4-H Club lives the 4-H Pledge and 4-H Motto all year round! We are a club that is always accepting visitors and new members. We serve the community all year round through community projects and club demonstrations. This last year…
Read MoreNebraska 4-H Club of Excellence
A great day in a club member’s and leader’s experience! Nebraska 4-H Extension recognizes Academy Science Club as a Club of Excellence at the Awards Dinner. The Certificate of Excellence reads: This certificate is presented to Academy for developing enthusiastic young people who boldly take action to demonstrate life skills as capable, caring, confident, competent kids of character thus contributing to the improvement of themselves, their family, their club, their…
Read MoreRiver City Rodeo Robotics
River City Robotics RCR is a cool robotics challenge. The Knights of Aksarben host this event as part of the River City Rodeo celebration. We even had a real cowboy stop by and ask us about our robot planning, engineering and programming because it looked like we were having so much FUN! We are up for the challenge this year working with coordinating two CEENBoTs to do the “heavy work”…
Read MoreIce-proof Beam Bridges
Bridges Introduction Bridges are things for transportation to go over bodies of water, train tracks, roads, and etc. There’re seven types of bridges. One of them is beam bridges. Most of those bridges that don’t have support in the middle, but they have support on the two ends. There are many others bridges, but I would just like to talk about this one. The danger of a beam bridge is…
Read MoreCan You Fly?
We studied the Four Forces of Flight: Thrust, Lift, Drag, Gravity. We built model airplanes that fly. Today we flew in a real airplane at a local airport! This is great! Life is good!
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