STIIX Drone Project

• Grades: 6-8+
• Number of Students: 15-30
• Hours of Content: 4-5 Hours of Programming
• Additional Resources: Lesson Plan, Build Instructions

Highlights:

Explore Concepts & Careers around DRONES before building / testing one of your own!

Objective: 

After severe flooding, major areas of STIIX-Ville are inaccessible. Roads are damaged and first responders need a safe way to assess the situation. Emergency teams need aerial inspection to:

   •Assess damaged bridges
   •Locate stranded residents
   •Deliver medical supplies
   •Identify safe landing zones

The Mayor of STIIX-Ville has issued an emergency request for aerial support. Students are hired as Junior Drone Engineers to design, build, & deploy a quadcopter capable of safely surveying flood-damaged areas

Students will apply principles of aerospace engineering and physics to design, build, and safely operate a functional wooden quadcopter. Acting as Junior Drone Engineers, students must solve a real-world emergency in the fictional community of STIIX-Ville, assessing infrastructure damage and delivering simulated medical supplies following severe flooding.

Through this mission, students will investigate torque balance, flight dynamics (Throttle, Yaw, Pitch, Roll), and FAA safety compliance while documenting their engineering process.

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

• FAA safety rules
• Drone Mechanics
• Mission Planning
• Assembly
• Operations & Flight Skills

Standards Alignment:

• NGSS
• NSTA
• CTE
• Common Core
• TEKS
• ELA