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 MoreValley Sesquicentennial Celebration Adventure
Academy Science greeted the public over this weekend at the Valley Nebraska Sesquicentennial Celebration! We presented much of what we learned about Disaster Planning, Lego Mindstorms Robots, First Lego League, River City Rodeo Robotics, CEENBoT, Robotics Expo, Rocket Building and Launching and stargazing at the Star Party! Disaster Planning. FLL Lego Mindstorms Robots. River City Rodeo Robotics, CEENBoT, Robotics Expo. We advertised and called visitors the old fashion way! Of…
Read MoreAcademy Science Participates in the Nebraska 4-H Sarpy County Fair Rocket Contest
At Academy Science, we are designing, building and launching record breaking performance air rockets built from common and affordably inexpensive school supplies! These rockets are flying out of previously adequately cleared air space into new territory beyond perimeter shrubs and trees! All this with relatively low and safe launch pressures! When the rockets are hand built, they are measured, studied and admired extensively then taken outside for a real flight…
Read MoreBuild a Lego Microscope
Academy Science has designed and built many Lego projects over the years. This one looks like it hits the science sweet spot. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/44370 Perhaps we can use the Lego microscope to further study our Daphnia project. https://academy.qualityone.us/2013/05/06/academy-science-participates-in-college-biology-lab-experiment/
Read MoreNASA Builds Rockets
Of course NASA is in the rocket engineering design and building business. Academy Science designs, builds, launches, flies and recovers rockets too! NASA rockets are ginormous in comparison, but ours are pretty slick. Here is a picture of our Academy Science mobile rocket building laboratory. When the rockets are hand built, they are measured, studied and admired extensively then taken outside for a real flight under real atmospheric meteorological conditions.…
Read MoreAcademy Science Appreciates Visitors
You are Welcome! … If you have a desire to explore science then come and visit our science laboratory! Of course we do things we enjoy and we have FUN! Interested in visiting? Contact Michael or Cathy Hanus. Hanus.Academy@gmail.com
Read MoreValley 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…
Read MoreLibrary Hosts Academy Science Rockets
Valley Library hosts a Summer Reading Program. Twin Rivers YMCA co-ops with Valley Library in the Summer Reading Program. The library staff reaches out to the community with interesting and educational children’s activities throughout the summer. In June, on Wednesdays 11th and 18th, from 10 am – Noon, Academy Science is visiting the Valley Library with its STEM focus on air rockets build and launch competition demonstration. All participating youth…
Read MoreUSAF Space Weather Presentation
Today Major Jeffrey Gipson is USAF 2nd Weather Squadron Director of Operations at Offutt AFB. Major Jeffrey Gipson oversees the day-to-day operations of more than 120 squadron members at seven locations around the world providing continuous worldwide planning and execution decision assistance to the Joint warfighter. Maj Gipson directs operations for a $20-million solar telescope network and leads the DoD’s only real-time space weather prediction center monitoring the sun for…
Read MoreAcademy Science DC West Robotics Presentation
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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