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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Are you interested in weather WX and the study of meteorology? Are you interested in answers to your weather WX questions? Are you interested in a tour of a National Weather Service NWS facility? Please contact our Science Leader: academic@academyscience.us Please keep in contact with us if you want information about future plans.
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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…
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Veni, Vidi, Vici at the USD Robotic Competition; Well Almost! We prepared for the robot competition hosted by USD.edu in Vermillion, SD with minimalistic instructions. We knew there would be a maze and we would have to build and program a robot for autonomous behavior in the undefined maze. We gave this challenge a go as best we could under the circumstances. On the big day, we woke before dawn…
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Nebraska Robotics Exposition CEENBoT Showcase is a great opportunity to demonstrate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) in Robotics! This CEENBoT Showcase we receive a lot of acknowledgement from judges, referees and other teams for our technology on the Robot games, our novel Autonomous Robot Design and Programming, our excellent, sophisticated Research Project, “Stewards of the Environment.” We follow the time honored Engineering NoteBook Method: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve.
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We enjoy demonstrating everything we learn in Robotics. One favorite demonstration is the FLL (First LEGO League) State Tournament. This FLL State Tournament we receive a lot of acknowledgement from judges, referees and other teams for our technology on the FLL Robot Game Board, our novel FLL Robot Design and Programming, our excellent FLL Core Values and our sophisticated academic Research Project, “Plastic Islands.”
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