SWARM: Drone Workshop
Details
Available: 16 August–2 December, 2022
Sessions: 9:30am, Tuesday to Friday
Duration: 4.5 hours (full day with break)
Year Level: 7–12
Capacity: 20–30 students
Cost
A $50 education service fee applies to each booking plus a cost per student (subsidised cost for low-SES and regional schools). All prices are inclusive of GST.
Cost per student: $28 Low-SES/Regional per Student: $14
Curriculum Links
Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Capability, Personal and Social Capability
Subjects: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Mathematics, Science, Visual Arts
In partnership with Chartered Accountants ANZ, this STEM facilitator-led tour and workshop immerses students in transdisciplinary art/science installations on the theme of SWARM. This exhibition delves into the science and art behind what it means to be part of a pack. SWARM reflects on the pros and cons of collective behaviour, social movements, artificial intelligence and bio-communities.
Students will be challenged to code and fly their own drones. Practicing skills in block coding and geometry, students will work in teams to direct drones through a series of shapes and patterns, before competing to send their drone through an obstacle course as efficiently as possible. Along the way, students will learn about the applications of drones in industries such as agriculture, research, logistics and emergency response.
Themes
Artificial intelligence (AI), Swarm behaviour, Biomimicry, Bio-communities, Social movements, Swarm behaviour, Robotics and nanotechnology
Students will…
Undertake a STEM facilitator-led tour of SWARM, engaging with the key concepts of the exhibition.
Informally engage with University student facilitators to learn about STEM pathways.
Explore the gallery independently, interacting with each of the works and reflecting on their experience and the impact of the exhibition.
Learn how to code a drone and utilise geometry and measurement to complete flying patterns through a series of activities of increasing complexity.
Work as a team to determine the best route to complete an obstacle course, and code a drone to do so.
Explore the applications of drones across agriculture, health, engineering, entertainment and more.