Why Drones?

Level 1- Introduction

Syllabus

Why Fly Drones?

  • I.) Agriculture

    If you’ve taken our Drone Pilot Training course, you know that autonomous drones are coming!

    Agriculture

  • II.) Delivery Services

    Learn to navigate with Fly forward, backward, right left, up and down. Also learn to Yaw, set speed and more!

    Autonomous Navigation

  • III.) Art

    Let’s get started. Download the DroneBlocks app. Connect to Tello drone. And begin dragging and dropping!

    DroneBlocks

  • IV.) Photography & Mapping

    Let’s have some fun with Flips and Loops!

    Flips and Loops

  • V.) Environmental Monitoring

    Can you complete the missions AA has developed for you to solve? Let’s give it a shot! Follow and then expand!

    Take Off

  • VI. Future Advancements

    Create Mission

I. Drones in Agriculture -

  • “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu

  • Learn the fundamental components of drones, how they work, and basic flight operations.

    Understand the different types of drones and their specific applications in agriculture.

  • Study how drones are used for creating detailed maps and conducting aerial surveys.

    Learn about GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and how to process aerial imagery for precise field analysis.

  • Explore how drones equipped with multispectral and thermal cameras can monitor crop health.

    Understand how to interpret data to detect issues like disease, pest infestations, and nutrient deficiencies.

  • Learn how drones contribute to precision agriculture by providing detailed insights for targeted interventions.

    Study variable rate application (VRA) for optimized use of fertilizers, pesticides, and water.

  • Familiarize yourself with the laws and regulations governing drone use in agriculture.

    Learn about safe flight practices, airspace management, and obtaining necessary certifications for agricultural drone operations.

Let's learn the ABC's of block coding!

II. DELIVERY?

  • “If you want your dreams to come true, GET OUT OF BED!”

    If you want your Drone to do amazing tings we must first learn to take off!

    You’re young, so you probably haven’t thought much about it. But how do you get to the nearest deli from your home? How do you get to the nearest train station? Can you tell your parent how o get to these places?

    I wonder how your directions would sound? Would you include terms like move forward, turn right? Well we need basic navigation skills to accomplish anything in life. But as a coder, you need to tell specifically what when and where you want your drone to do. You don’t have to answer why, because the drone doesn’t care:)

    Go tell a parent guardian or sibling how you would get from your home to the nearest WalMart. When you are done ask them to rate you from 1-5. 1 being terrible. 5 being terrific. Share with us your rating!

    Intro Video

  • In the Tello app we hit the Up arrow inside a circle to launch the drone.

  • Debug Coding Games

  • Kahoot Challenge #1

  • Optional To Dos

    Do you have your own Tello? Go out and fly 15 minutes per day before out next class.

    Life Hacks - NATURE
    Basic Navigation

    Find North in the day
    1. Put a stick in the ground.
    2. Mark the length of the shadow by digging a line in the dirt. Then do it again 15 minutes later
    3. Draw a connecting line between the two lines drawn. This is your east-west line.
    4. The 2nd mark is your eastern end.
    5. Stand with your left foot at the west marker. Your right foot on the east mark.
    You are likely now facing North!!

Take Off, Land, Forward, Backward, Left, Right. Learn about intermediate piloting techniques including hand launches and hand landings and Flight Modes!

III. Art

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  • “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” —Plato

    If you have installed DroneBlocks App skip to #2 Launch Tello.

  • Ok lets try this.

    code.org ART

  • Optional To Do
    1. Design your own Mission. Include take off, land, some pitch action, some yaw action and landing.

    Life Hacks -COOKING
    Making a Killer App

Let's take a look at the remote control! What does it do? How does it connect? What actions do the sticks control?

IV. Photography & Mapping

  • “Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.”

    ― Haruki Murakami

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  • Life Hacks - SKILLS

    Let’s loop to learn tying a knot!
    Let’s do a Bowline Knot

V. Introduction to Scratch Motion Blocks!

Can you complete the following missions?

  • "My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature." - Jane Goodall

    We may need a 3D image to become familiar with creating shapes with DroneBlock Missions.

    Try This 3D Coordinate System

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  • Life Hacks -CHARITY

VI. Sound & Event Blocks

  • "Make your life a mission - not an intermission." - Arnold H. Glasgow

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  • Life Hacks -SPACE