Drone Flying Resources

Resources from me 

• https://ahsmakerspace.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/useful-sites-for-flying-drones-in-australia/
• https://ahsmakerspace.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/making-drone-connections/

Check the rules first

• Useful image about the rules: https://www.rpastraining.com.au/casr-101-uav-drone-legal-or-illegal
• Here is the post for care flight http://lifesaving.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Drone%EF%80%A2UAV-awareness-poster_A4.pdf
• Summary of September changes https://www.casa.gov.au/aircraft/landing-page/flying-drones-australia
• http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/10/australias-new-drone-rules-explained/?platform=hootsuite
• PDF – from January http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/01/what-are-the-rules-about-operating-a-drone-in-australia/

She Flies: highly recommend following She Flies

• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SheFliesAu/#
• Twitter https://twitter.com/shefliesau
• http://www.sheflies.com.au/resources.html including free teacher ebook
• She flies youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkLcAoFx4XLCvpCY_O9ZrPw has great step by step resources for how to fly mini drones

Other

• Drone comparison chart https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0LlWBc4_vDkaExsTDEwa1psQ2s from https://www.facebook.com/CamzillaAustralia/
• https://www.mydronechoice.com/drones-for-sale/

Problem Solving and Collaboration

In this activity as part of Year 8 STEM, the class was divided into 2 teams. They had one 45 minute lesson to turn their pile of boxes (left over from textbook hire) into a house. While they built the house, they reflected on leadership and teamwork and afterwards wrote notes on what they learnt in their onenotes. Students really enjoyed this activity and were very effective in ensuring that everyone contributed. The cardboard houses were left up in the library for a week, whereupon other students improved the houses at lunchtimes.

Cre8 Lab

During 2016, I participated as an Ambassador for the Asia Pacific Design Library http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/apdl/2016/08/08/meet-our-design-minds-regional-ambassadors/  We were asked to work on a design project, so the AHS Library team focused on our Cre8 Lab project, which is part of our AHS Library Makerspace Program. Read more at: http://designonline.org.au/inspire-all-hallows-cre8-lab/ and at the video below:

 

And Term 1 program: