Workshop Agenda

Monday, July 17

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8:30 Introductions and Goals

9:00 Distribute and mark drones and materials
Charge drone batteries 
Discuss safety and civility 
Tour of your drone features

9:30 Ground School and Basic Flight Maneuvers

10:00 Practicing UAV Pilot Skills

Skills to master:

• Take off, hover (adjust fine tuning for stationary hovering), and land.
• Fly forward and back, left and right.
• Spin clockwise and counterclockwise.

10:30 Taking photos and videos with your drone

• Flight and photo practice.
• Follow a set course around the room.

11:00 Discussion: What skills and resources do you need to use your drone for STEM learning?

Roadcheck Monday

11:30 Adjourn for the day. Homework: Take some fun pictures with your drone!

Tuesday, July 18

8:30 Good morning! Upload and share pictures from your drones with the group.

9:00 Small groups work through classroom-ready learning activities

10:00 Guest Speaker, via GoToWebinar:

Lindsay "Bar" Barbieri, PhD Student in Natural Resources, University of Vermont
Presentation: Drones, From First Step to Science

10:45 Introduction to sensors: 
What environmental variables can we measure with lightweight sensors? 
Experiment with sensors.

Roadcheck Tuesday

11:30 Adjourn for the day

Wednesday, July 19

8:30 Sharing cool and useful stuff

8:50 Overview of 3D imaging

9:15 Refine / Design / Customize a learning activity for use with your learners

10:30 Incorporate your activity into a post-workshop action plan.

11:00 Sharing of action plans and activity ideas

11:30 Adjourn -- End of Workshop Evaluation

Workshop Materials

Workshop Materials

Workshop presentation

• Using Recreational Drones in STEM presentation (Acrobat (PDF) PRIVATE FILE 17.7MB Aug10 17)

Instruction Manuals:

• UDI 818a HD Drone instruction guide
• SQ8 mini camera: Instruction manual ; Youtube on how to use
• Kestral Drop: Getting started ; App instructions

FAA info on drones:

• Getting started
• Know before you fly
• Learn more about drones and wildfire https://www.nifc.gov/drones/outreach.html
  

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Drones in STEM Learning Materials:

UAV learning activities developed by ESIP & UCAR

• UAV Performance Test: Carry a Payload: https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/uav-test-carry-payload
• How high is my drone flying? https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/uav-test-altitude
• A 3d View from a Drone: Make a 3d model from your photos https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/uav-3d-view

More resources from 2016 workshops: UAVs in STEM Education - Using drones for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) investigations resources

Making 3D imagery:

• Investigation: A 3d View from a Drone: Make a 3d model from your photos https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/uav-3d-view
• Recap360 - a free online application for creating 3-D visualizations from a set of photographs: https://recap360.autodesk.com/
• Trnio for Apple iOS: http://www.trnio.com/
• Scann3d for Android: http://scann3d.smartmobilevision.com/
• Sketchfab to showcase your models: https://sketchfab.com/
• DroneDeploy: Software mapping from drones https://www.dronedeploy.com/
• More indepth instructions & module: Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM https://serc.carleton.edu/getsi/teaching_materials/high-rez-topo/index.html

Where to fly in Albuquerque (based on July 7, 2017)

Note: It is the UAV pilot's responsibility to follow the rules set by the parks, etc.

Maloof Air Park

8500 81st NW.

7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Maloof Air Park is open to all remove control and control line modelers who adhere to the rules and regulations of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA).

http://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/open-space/facilities/maloof-air-park

 

Arroyo del Oso Park

7001 Osuna Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109

7 a.m. until 3 p.m. M-F, when soccer players or other scheduled activities are not present.

https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/parks/prescription-trails/87109/arroyo-del-oso-park

Videos on learning to fly

• About the UDI 818A HD and how to fly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfsInxhrDI
• About the UDI 818A HD and some tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPFlyxStnkw
• Flite Test - How to Fly a Multirotor - shows the controls! And does a good job on basics & safety. Demonstrates Back and forth; 'Walk the dog'; Circle around you tail in (you turn too)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6btEFJJD4_o
• Quadcopter 101 flight lessons webpages - http://quadcopter101.blogspot.com/2014/12/quadcopter-flight-school-4-horizontal.html

Example Movie

Carol with Drone_MOVI0000 (Converted).mov (Quicktime Video PRIVATE FILE 8.7MB Jul17 17)

Example Photo

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