Sample NSB Questions

The Department of Energy's National Science Bowl® is a highly publicized academic competition among teams of high school students who answer questions on scientific topics in astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, earth, computer and general science. The teams are comprised of five students and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. The competition consists of a round robin followed by a double elimination final. The questions are multiple choice and short answer in the categories of chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, astronomy, and general, earth, and computer science.

Prizes are awarded to the top teams, and the winning team is invited to participate in the National Science Bowl. The NSB web site provides information for students, coaches, and volunteers.

On Jan. 28th, Give Blood -- It's Not Rocket Science!

Give Blood - It's Not Rocket Science!

NASA has an agency-wide Day of Remembrance every January to pause and reflect on the tragic loss of the crews of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and all of those who have given their lives in the cause of exploration.



The nation will never forget Jan. 28, 1986, nor its indelible images. On this solemn day, we join the NASA family and all Americans in honoring the brave men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. We honor their memory by dedicating ourselves to a better tomorrow.

Giving blood is making a small sacrifice. The men and women who lost their lives in the name of space exploration helped get us to this day, and it is our duty to honor them the way they would have wanted to be honored – by focusing our sights on the next horizon,  and inspiring the next generation of explorers as we venture farther into space than we have ever gone before

Our Goal = One Mole!

Donate a MOLE lot of blood!
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012
OUR GOAL = ONE MOLE
22.4 liters = 47 pints!
Please give

AES Engineering scholarship

AES Engineering
AES Engineering is pleased to be able to continue offering scholarships to motivated students to help in the furthering of their education.


Scholarship Criteria

Our belief is that achieving a high grade point average should not be the only criteria for determining who deserves to be helped. For that reason we are offering a scholarship that will be awarded on the basis of character, as determined by evaluated the essays that are submitted.

Scholarships are intended for our future leaders across a wide spectrum of fields of study. This award is available to high school seniors and all students attending a post secondary educational facility.

You are not required to be taking Engineering courses to be eligible.

How to Apply

Students must submit an essay of no more than 1000 words in answer to the following question:
What are your dreams for your future? When you look back on your life in thirty years, what would it take for you to consider your life successful?

Amount of award: $500.00
Deadline for entry: October 5, 2012

Submit essay to: scholarships@aesengineers.com

There is no application packet for this award. Please do not include your resume at this time.

Be sure to include your full name as well as the name of the school you are attending this year and your plans for next year.

Seminole SECME End of Year 2012

What's Up for May 2012

View sunspots, learn about the Annular Solar Eclipse on May 20, 2012, and meet some of the current Heliophysics missions studying our Sun.

VEX Sack Attack

VEX Sack Attack is played on a 12’x12’ square field. Two alliances – one “red” and one “blue” – composed of two teams each, compete in matches consisting of a fifteen second autonomous period followed by one minute and forty-five seconds of driver- controlled play. The object of the game is to attain a higher score than the opposing Alliance by scoring sacks and bonus sacks in your colored floor goals, troughs and high goal, and by having the most robots of your color parked at the end of the match.

PBAU Math and MODS VEX

Click on the first picture to flip through the photoalbum of Seminole Ridge SECME on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Palm Beach Atlantic University mathematics and computer science competition. In Fort Lauderdale, Coach Landstrom, Bert Sivongsay, and Jesse Mendheim demonstrated VEX Robotics at the Museum of Discovery and Science.

Seminole Ridge students Samuel Smith, Mitch Vasquez, Jaret Rimel, Seham Ahmed, and Keith Miner participated in the 4th annual Palm Beach Atlantic University mathematics and computer science competition on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Nine high school teams from Boca Raton to Ft. Pierce attended the competition.

The team members are math whizzes from the school’s SECME engineering and MAθ (Mu Alpha Theta) math honor society. During the competition, students solved three sets of paper and pencil problems in algebra, trigonometry, statistics and pre-calculus problems using Texas Instruments graphing calculators.

The team from Atlantic Community High School in Delray Beach was declared champion of the 3-hour competition. Atlantic’s 5-member winning team consisted of seniors Hayden Jansen (also winner of the Pathfinder Award in Mathematics), Michael Klionsky (Valedictorian), Gowri Nayar, Hanif Ahmed and Benny Tom. Atlantic’s winning team members won TI-Nspire graphing calculators and $375 in gift certificates to Best Buy. It was the second competition championship for Atlantic in the last three years of the competition.

Following Atlantic in 2nd place was the team from Suncoast Math/Science/Engineering (MSE) Magnet School. Seminole Ridge finished behind Suncoast and Atlantic High Schools, for a fourth place finish, and received $10 gift cards to Best Buy. Coach Ed Batchelor, math teacher for Algebra 2 and Geometry Honors, is proud of their honorable mention.

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Meanwhile, it was mechanical mayhem at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale on May 12th as mentors and high school students from engineering programs teamed up for robotic demonstrations. Seminole Ridge students Bert Sivongsay and Jesse Mendheim showcased VEX Robotics, with the school's "The Iron Dragon v3" running a maze and manipulating Gateway game elements of barrels, balls, and rings.

Other teams from West Broward, American Heritage, and Cypress Bay showcased FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) shooting hoops in the "Rebound Rumble"

VEX and FIRST programs are designed to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership

Mayim Bialik teams up with TI to inspire science and math educators and students

As TI-Nspire™ CX technology’s new brand ambassador, Mayim Bialik – actress ("The Big Bang Theory"), scientist and author – and Texas Instruments hope to inspire teens to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in their studies and future careers.

The partnership is a perfect match between TI, a longtime advocate of STEM initiatives that drive innovative education programs for students and teachers, and Bialik, who holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and is passionate about math and science education.

Watch announcement video

Mr. Pickle - "Drop It" egg drop winner

Introducing Mr. Pickle, Lily's winning egg drop container entry into South Florida Science Museum's "Drop It, Build It, Fly It, Launch It, Thrill It" engineering competition on May 5, 2012.

Lily made Mr. Pickle with pieces of a pool noodle. The encasement was an eight (8) inch long piece of pool noodle, split in half. An additional one-quarter piece of pool was used to increase its outer circumference to accomodate the larger diameter of the egg inside. The two pieces were held together with rubber bands around a two "bumpers" from foam egg cartoons and stuffing makeup sponges inside for extra padding.

Success! No breaks for no body!

REDESIGN: With a working prototype, I challenged Lily how small can her egg drop container be? For success, we tried successively shorter heights at lower masses. Field tests were conducted from fifty feet if the container would work if it was only 7 inches, 6 inches, or 5 inches. The final version of Mr. Pickle which won first place (and $100!) weighed only 73 grams with the egg inside. But the high school winner of "Drop It" weighed 63 grams, 10 grams less! The challenge for 2013 is to lighten Mr. Pickle even further.