TAKE FLIGHT

 

Details

Available: Term 1 - Term 4

Levels: 7 - 12

Sessions: Tuesday to Friday at 11am-2:15pm

Duration: 3.75 hours (two module)

Capacity: 50 students (minimum 20 students)

Cost: $20 per student plus an Education Service Fee for each booking. For groups of 1-15 it’s $50, for 16-30 it’s $75 and for 31-60 it’s $100.

In this workshop, students will get the opportunity to get hands-on with an emerging technology and think about the applications of maths beyond the numbers.

Using Python-based text commands, students will be challenged to fly their own drones. Practicing skills and geometry, students will work in teams to direct drones through a series of shapes and patterns. Along the way, students will learn about the applications of drones in industries such as agriculture, research, logistics and emergency response.

Key Themes: drone industry, robotics, mathematics, coding

  • Informally engage with University student facilitators and the Science Gallery’s transdisciplinary approach to learn about STEM pathways.

    Use Python-based text commands and utilise geometry and measurement to complete flying patterns through a series of activities of increasing complexity.

    Explore the applications of drones across agriculture, health, engineering, entertainment and more.

    Work as a team to determine the best route to complete an obstacle course, and code a drone to do so (if completeing two modules).

  • Design and Technologies

    Digital Technologies

    Mathematics

 
 

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