Drones Workshop
Details
Available: By request
Sessions: Flexible, Tuesday to Friday
Duration: 1.5- or 3-hour version
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.
3-hour cost per student: $20 1.5-hour cost per student: $10
In partnership with Chartered Accountants ANZ, this STEM facilitator-led workshop provides students with an opportunity to get hands-on with an emerging technology and think about the applications of maths beyond the numbers.
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. 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…
Informally engage with University student facilitators and the Science Gallery’s transdisciplinary approach to learn about STEM pathways.
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.
Curriculum Links
Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Capability, Personal and Social Capability
Subjects: Design and Technologies, Digital Technologies, Mathematics, Science, Visual Arts