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Drone Tech: Drones and 3D navigation

An optional level that adds drone technology and three-dimensional spatial navigation to the pathway.

Workbook cover, Drone TechDrone Tech Kit

Drone Tech at a glance

Grade
Optional · Elementary
Technology
Drones and 3D navigation
Kit
Drone Tech Kit, one per group of four
Weekly time
One 45 or 90 minute session
What students build

Projects from the Drone Tech Kit

The kit and its controller.

Built with the Drone Tech Kit
Built with the Drone Tech Kit
Controller
Controller
Controller
Controller
By the end of this level

Students can

  • Explain how a drone moves in three dimensions
  • Plan and fly a simple mission
  • Apply spatial reasoning to a navigation problem

Summarised from the SKOOL21 Level Exit Outcomes.

Design process

How they work

  1. Define
  2. Design
  3. Share
  4. Reflect
Inside the level

What you order

ItemTitleISBN or SKU
Student workbookSTEM Innovator’s Workbook, Drone Tech978-981-17736-2-4
Teacher guidebookGuidebook, Drone Tech978-981-17737-7-8
Learning kitDrone Tech KitSTEMSIHKitDrone

Assessment built in

Four checkpoints a year use a seven-criterion rubric, and every other project gets a 30 second workbook check.

How assessment works →

Standards mapped

The guidebook maps each project to NGSS, Cambridge and Common Core standards where they apply.

About standards →