Description: Over the summer, I attended a summer camp run by NASA at Georgia Tech. This album is a sample of what we did over the five day, two weeks of IMEET. The pictures include documentation of our challenge and robot. Sadly, I do not have a picture of the drone we built during the challenge. Defense: I credit most of my drone curriculum inspiration to IMEET. Many of my current ideas for the proposal can be traced back to IMEET where I discovered how to modify a Syma X5C and use drones in an educational environment. It also gave me an opportunity to test out a drone related STEM challenge and determine the difficulties of implementing such a program at GSMST, learning from them and improving on them.
Drone Market Analysis Chart (Area 5, Artifact 1)
Description: This Google Spreadsheet are my recordings of some of the "educationally focused" drones on the market. I specifically looked for drones that would be useful in a curriculum and did not include drones that were marketed to film or commercial audiences. Some of the aspects I also included were FAA registration requirements and ability to be customized. Defense: I credit most of my drone curriculum inspiration to IMEET. Many of my current ideas for the proposal can be traced back to IMEET where I discovered how to modify a Syma X5C and use drones in an educational environment. It also gave me an opportunity to test out a drone related STEM challenge and determine the difficulties of implementing such a program at GSMST, learning from them and improving on them.
Comparison of Syma X5C and DJI Tello Drones (Area 5, Artifact 2)
Description: This was my analysis of the two drones I thought would fit the GSMST curriculum the best. Two of the biggest factors I used to determine these two drones was price efficiency and ease of use. This was determined after comparing multiple drones on the current market and connecting them with student uses. Defense: After completing the general market drone research and comparison, I decided to look into the two drones that I believed would make the most impact with the students and would be most aligned to the potential challenges we could set up for them. The Syma is a cheap, highly customizable drone that could be fitted with a 3D printed frame and the Tello is a slightly more expensive drone specifically used for programming challenges.
Curriculum Proposal (Area 4, Artifact 2)
Description: This was my note sheet when I had my meeting with Mr. Coddington on the topic of my drone curriculum proposal. It includes information such as AKS topics to specifics on what could be included in a drone curriculum challenge. The first page consists of the STEM topics that students would learn from a drone curriculum and the second page covers tasks that could be assigned. Defense: This document acted as a guide on how I presented my curriculum proposal to Mr. Coddington. I addressed the AKS of drones in STEM and then continued on to describe potential pathways that the school could follow, wether it be designing a frame, delivering an object, or racing them against each other.