Download or read book Student Workbook for Mastering STEAM Drone Challenges written by Eric Richard and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to get novice pilots up and flying safely and with high precision skills quickly, this flight workbook contains 20 flight mission plans and 40 advanced flight mission challenges to guide learning quickly and painlessly. Drone technology has been around for quite some time, but only recently has the price dropped dramatically as manufacturing has gotten easier, electronics have gotten smaller and less power hungry, onboard sensors can better detect subtle differences in acceleration and position, unbelievably accurate GPS satellite configurations, tiny cameras with amazing resolution, and super-fast onboard computers with tons of memory. Coupled with the ability to use one's preexisting smart phone electronics as the computer running the controller, the price has dropped considerably!!These drone attributes have all come together to make it possible for drones to happen right now!Seems like everyone is ready to take advantage of this newly affordable and easy-to-use technology. And, not just in schools for education, but as a life-long learning endeavor. Hobbyist who love to tinker with flying machines, photographers who want to capture images from amazing angles, farmers who want to monitor their fields, realtors who want to show properties for sale, scientists who want to safely monitor volcanoes, emergency response teams who want to prepare for what they are encountering, sports enthusiasts who want to pit their precision flying skills against one another, and, perhaps most important, leaders who want to position their pilots for the best possible career pathways.This workbook is one of the great supplements to Slater & Richard's other well-known classroom-based curriculum materials, including "Teaching STEM from the Sky with Drones" and "Learning to Fly Drones - the FPV Curriculum"