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"How drone racing teaches suburban kids about math, science"

4/30/2018

Brian Hill | Staff Photographer | Daily Herald

The following article excerpt is from UAV Expert News. A link follows the excerpt for the full article.

"Gregg Novosad is in his second year offering drone competitions to students who have worked during club meetings to learn to fly through a technology called FPV, or first-person view. The setup allows racers to view a screen or put on a pair of goggles and watch a live video feed from their drone, as if they’re onboard.

"Novosad said his league aims to train students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills needed to fix a common problem: broken drones.

“'Keeping these drones flying is critical,' said Novosad, whose 16-year-old son, Brett, is involved in racing. 'Kids aren’t necessarily good. They break these things … So that’s step 1 of STEM — how do you fix it?'"

http://www.uavexpertnews.com/2018/04/drone-racing-teaches-suburban-kids/

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Building drones to learn stem

4/15/2018

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Building Drones to Learn STEM

STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. This video illustrates an experiential learning activity - building drones - to learn about STEM subjects by creating a complex device. Take a minute and a half to watch the video and discover this program.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGA2BLDiJM

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Creatrex Education is a relatively new company, arriving on the scene in 2012 with an interesting mission: Get kids excited by science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.

Their plan is to get kids to build flying drones at school. Creatrex representatives will come to interested schools and guide teachers in building drones to fly in their gyms.

Creatrex co-owner Terence Fagan said there are three model kits. The first is a basic snap-together model designed for fourth- and fifth- graders. The second, created for middle school students, introduces soldering and software to the mix. The high school version is made of metal and is a more complex, powerful model.

While robotics clubs exist in schools across the globe, Creatrex hopes their flying drone projects will pique the interest of even more potential STEM majors.

“The big thing that they’re learning is confidence,” Creatrex co-owner Gerald Holt said, “as well as working through failure and difficult situations. So, at the end of it they should have the skills that a hands-on engineer would need.”

Administrators interested in the drone program can contact Creatrex directly at http://www.creatrexeducation.com/.

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