Drones in Forestry – Did you know forestry is now a high-tech job?
Drones in Forestry units of work – students in years 5-6 and 9-10 to explore how Australia’s forests are sustainably managed using a variety of high-tech digital systems including drone and remote sensing technologies.
Our school is NOT Cool! How to become change makers with maps.
Planes, drones and maps St Peters Primary, Epping planned an inquiry unit on flight. It would start with balsa wood planes and looking at the invention of first flights and would finish with surface audits of their school grounds and using drone technology with purpose. Watch this Watch Melissa Gatt, Rachael Lorkin and Laura Mercuri […]
Learning from drone data with GeoNadir
Drones can be a valuable addition to any STEM classroom as a fun, interesting and tactile way for students to engage in problem-solving. But having drones in the classroom isn’t just about the skills students can learn by flying them. It’s also about teaching students how to analyse and apply problem-solving skills to the data […]
Drones for classrooms: 3 types that teachers should consider
Buying educational drones for schools has specific requirements. Here are the microdrones that teachers should consider buying for their classrooms.
How to run a Tournament of Drones at your school
Competitive STEM challenges with drones A Tournament of Drones is a competition where teams will challenge themselves to solve real-life problems with drones. This one-day event sees teams race through an obstacle course to dock their spaceship, become a rescue drone in an emergency situation, and use their coding and problem-solving skills in a simulated […]
Pippa and Dronie: Teaching STEM in Primary Schools
Pippa and Dronie is a beautifully illustrated book for young readers aged 5 to 9, celebrating diversity in STEM. The book introduces children to real-life female role models doing amazing things in their work with drones. Join in the adventure as Pippa and Dronie travel around Australia, finding out just how useful a drone can be!
Everything You Wanted to Know About Drones in the Classroom
Drones are one of the fastest growing technologies in the world and schools are looking at how they can incorporate them into their classrooms and clubs. She Maps recently had the privilege of running a Q&A session with Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS). We asked schools to think of all the unanswered questions they had about […]
Remote Pilot License (RePL) – Do I need this certification to fly drones?
Is it worth getting a remote pilot license, or RePL? At She Maps, this is one of the most common asked by teachers, students and recreational flyers. Our short answer? Most of the time, no! So let’s break down why most people don’t really need an RePL to get the most out of flying drones. […]
Indigenous Drone Trainees: Training Indigenous farm trainees in the art of flying drones.
A recent trip to Ali Curung, to assist indigenous drone trainees on how to fly drones. Sharing simple skills in coding and flight, forming an aspirational basis for an emerging set of tools to be used by the community. Recently I had a short visit to a community called Ali Curung in central Australia, 170km […]