Flight Lab with Squadrone: Drones, Code, Safety and Mission Design (workshop for high school students)

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Squadrone and the ECU School of Science are excited to offer a special hands-on drone coding workshop for secondary students. In this full-day workshop learn how drones work, explore basic Python programming logic and use code to design and test drone flight paths. You’ll also explore real-world considerations around drone technology, including safety, responsible use, spatial awareness, connected devices and basic security thinking. Finish the day by applying what they have learned in team-based drone challenge and enjoy a mini-drone light show demonstration!

This workshop is being offered as a collaborative initiative between Squadrone and the ECU School of Science.

Themes: drone tech; Python coding; programming; mission planning; responsible technology use; spatial thinking; connected-device awareness and security.

Cost: 

$149

What the day looks like:

•    8:45am: Arrival/housekeeping, logging onto computers etc
•    9:00am: Welcome & introduction to Squadrone
•    9:15am: Drones, drone safety & Python coding basics (for drones!)
•    10:30am: Break
•    10:50am: Designing basic flight paths with Python
•    11:30am: Loops, functions & debugging drone missions
•    12:15pm: Lunch
•    12:45pm: Real-world drone missions, security awareness & connected-device thinking
•    1:15pm: Team challenge (drone mission) and mini-drone light show
•    2:40pm: Wrap-up and future pathways
•    3:00pm: End of day

Session time:

9:00 to 3:00pm

Location:

Edith Cown University, Joondalup Campus,
School of Science, Building 18, Level 2 Computer Labs
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Devices:

Workshops take place in ECU’s computer labs due to software requirements - computers are provided.

Morning tea and lunch:

Please bring your own morning tea and lunch. Participants can be escorted to Cafe 23 to purchase lunch.

Parking, drop off and pick up: 

Please use Visitor parking in Carpark 14. The entrance is via Deakin off Lakeside Drive. See Google Maps for directions. If you are staying for longer than a drop off then please adhere to parking signs.

Release from our care:

Please inform us if your child is to be released from our care at close of the event and a parent/guardian will not be present to collect them.

Photo permission from Parent/Guardian:

Please indicate Parent/Guardian consent for student photographs to be taken and used by ECU. Further details under Terms.

Terms and Conditions:

Students who attend this activity are expected to demonstrate ECU's values of: Respect; Integrity; Personal Excellence; Rational Inquiry; and Courage.

As the parent/guardian, by enrolling your child you understand that your child will be participating in online activities, and will adhere to the rules and instructions of ECU staff leading the program. You accept that your child is participating at their own risk and that, whilst ECU will take reasonable steps to minimise risk (i.e. provision of safe environments and active supervision, including during use of online programs suitable for school aged students) neither ECU nor its staff may be held responsible for any accidental injury or sickness or the consequences thereof, arising from the student’s participation in the program.

All staff and Ambassadors running the programs hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC).

We may take photos at any time during the event for news articles, social media, and promotion of science events at ECU in the future. Please make sure you check the box to indicate if you do not want your child to be photographed (so that we know) and tell your child (so that they know) that they are not to be included in any photos. Selecting that a student is permitted to be photographed or a student choosing to stand in a photo assumes agreement to the use of their image for the above purposes.

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