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Agenda

Explore

Engage

Explain

Elaborate

Evaluate

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Activity Guide Link

https://bit.ly/cdddmag

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ENGAGE

WARM-UP

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Purpose

Students will program the CoDrone EDU to complete a simulated drone delivery mission by flying to a designated location and returning safely using block based and or Python Programming.

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Discussion

Where have you seen drones in real life?
How do you think they are programmed?
What challenges might a drone face when delivering a package?
What is next for drones?

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Mainstream Drone Technologies

Delivery Services
Agriculture
Search and Rescue
Environmental Monitoring
Surveying and Mapping
Inspection and Maintenance
Film and Photography
Military and Security
Weather Forecasting

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Commercial Use of Drone Technology

Choose one statement you feel is particularly impactful	Describe the statement as: A Connection A Question A Statement you would challenge An “I Can see clearly now” moment	Explain your thinking

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Your mission should you choose to accept

Today you are drone programmers! Your mission is to program a drone to fly from a launch point to a delivery zone, drop off a package, and return safely. Let’s learn how to control our drone before attempting the challenge.

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EXPLORE

Guided and Mini Practice

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DRONE INTRODUCTION

GUIDED PRACTICE

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CO DRONE EDU

Propeller

Guard

Motor

Battery Portal

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How Drones Fly

The Co-Drone EDU uses four motors to operate four propellors allowing the drone to fly.
Opposite motors spin opposite ways to keep the drones more stable.

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Lift

Propellors are angled downward to generate lift by pushing air down as they spin
If motors spin faster, the propellor spins faster, more lift is created, and the drone goes up.
If the motors spin slower, the propellor spins slower, less lift is created, and the drone falls due to gravity.

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SAFETY FIRST

Be sure to fly only in designated areas and when no humans are inside the designated area.
Only enter a flying area after it is the drone has landed and is no longer moving
Do not touch the drone while its propellors are spinning
Keep your drone flying below 8 feet
One person must always be ready to at all times

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PAIR PROGRAMMING

Pair programming will be used for this activity
In pair-programming one person is in charge of manipulating the code and the other person is in charge of safety and giving guidance to the task at hand.
We call these roles “Driver” and “Navigator and we will switch roles often.
With your partner decides who is going to be heads and who’s going to be tails

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Connect to CoDrone

Driver:

Open a chrome browser and type in the website address:

https://codrone.robolink.com/edu/blockly/

Navigator

Take out the Drone and make sure it has a battery but do not power it on yet

Insert and format picture to fit allotted box frame

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Blockly for Robolink

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Python for Robolink

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Takeoff and Land

BLOCK BASED

PYTHON

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Connecting to CoDrone

Click the connect button on the bottom of the screen

Connect your controller to your Chromebook

Power on the drone

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Connect the controller to blockly

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TAKE OFF TIME

Place your drone on the table
Add the button below to your code.

Select run code and observe your drone’s action

Insert and format picture to fit allotted box frame

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Move Forward, Backward, Left, Right

BLOCK BASED

PYTHON

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Adjust Altitude (Up/Down)

BLOCK BASED

PYTHON

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Rotate Yaw (Turn left/right)

BLOCK BASED

PYTHON

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Hover (pause mid-air)

BLOCK BASED

PYTHON

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MINI PRACTICE

Challenge # 1

Write a Short Program That:

Takes off > Moves Forward> Hovers> Lands

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EXPLAIN

DISCUSSION

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How do drones follow precise instructions based on code

Code is a set of instructions
Programming Languages
Commands or Instructions
CPU
Input Output
Control Flow
Error Handling
Interaction
Automation

Code is a set of instructions:Just like a recipe tells you how to make food, code tells the machine what steps to follow.
Programming languages:Code is written in programming languages (like Python, Java, etc.), which the machine can understand when it's translated into machine language (binary code: 0s and 1s).
Commands or instructions:Each line of code represents a command, like "add two numbers" or "show a message on the screen."
The CPU (Central Processing Unit):The CPU is the part of the computer that executes the code. It reads the instructions step by step and performs the actions described in the code.
Input and Output:Code can ask the machine to take input (like typing a number) and give output (like displaying a result or showing a message).
Control flow:Code includes decisions and loops (using "if", "while", or "for"), which tell the machine how to make choices or repeat tasks until conditions are met.
Error handling:Code also includes instructions on what to do when something goes wrong, so the machine doesn't just stop working (e.g., giving an error message).
Interaction:Machines follow the code exactly, meaning they do exactly what the instructions say, with no guessing. If the instructions are wrong, the machine will still follow them and make mistakes.
Automation:By writing specific code, you can automate tasks that would be too time-consuming for a human to do manually, like sorting files, calculating numbers, or even driving a car!

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PSEUDOCODE

Pseudocode is written in a style or format that’s similar to the programming language a programmer is going to use.
Pseudocode has no rules for writing, but is meant to be read by humans not a computer.
Most programmers will write 1 line of pseudo code to match a line of real code in their program.
The Pseudocode does not have to be perfect, it is giving the idea of what the program may look like.

BEGIN

SET current_date = GET_CURRENT_DATE()

SET birthday = "2025-02-13" // Replace this with the actual birthday date

IF current_date == birthday THEN PRINT "Happy Birthday!"

ELSE

PRINT "Today is not your birthday."

END IF

END

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FLOWCHART

Name	Symbol	Meaning in Flowchart
Oval		The beginning or the end of the program.
Parallelogram		An input operation.
Rectangle		A process to be carried out (Addition, subtraction, division, etc.)
Diamond		A decision (or branch) to be made: the program should continue along one of the two routes.
Hybrid		An output operation.
Flow Line		The direction of flow in the program.

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FLOWCHART

�Look up today’s date

�Is today’s month and day the same as your friends birthday

�Say “Don’t Forget to wish your friend a happy birthday today!”

�Say, “No reminders today.”

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TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY PYTHON

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WHAT ARE SOME REAL-WORLD DRONE PROGRAMMING CHALLENGES

WHAT CAN WE DO?

WIND

BATTERY LIFE

LEGAL

OBSTACLES

CAN WE USE CODE?

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Mission # 1 Requirements

PLANNING

Pseudocode > Flowchart > Code (Python or Blockly)
Consider the mission requirements

FLIGHT

Take Off
Fly to a delivery zone
Hover for 3 seconds
Return and land safely

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ELABORATE

STUDENT CHALLENGE

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Challenge Directions

Students work in pairs or small groups to write their drones delivery program
You should build your program through incremental testing:

First program takeoff & forward motion
Next add hover & Return Flight
Finally refine accuracy (adjust distances, altitude, speed)

Be sure to fly only in designated areas and when no humans are inside the designated area.
Only enter a flying area after it is the drone has landed and is no longer moving
Do not touch the drone while its propellors are spinning
Keep your drone flying below 8 feet
One person must always be ready to at all times

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Advanced Challenges or Add Ons

Add a mid air turn before returning
Program an emergency stop if the drone goes off course
Use sensors to detect obstacles
Loops and Functions: Fly in a Square or ZigZag Pattern
Sensor Integration: Detect Obstacles & Adjust Course
Multiple Checkpoints: Deliver to more than one location

Be sure to fly only in designated areas and when no humans are inside the designated area.
Only enter a flying area after it is the drone has landed and is no longer moving
Do not touch the drone while its propellors are spinning
Keep your drone flying below 8 feet
One person must always be ready to at all times

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EVALUATE

TESTING AND REFLECTION

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Flight Showcase

Each group presents their drone’s flight path

Discuss:

What Worked Well?
What Challenges Did you Face?
How Could you Improve your Program?

Be sure to fly only in designated areas and when no humans are inside the designated area.
Only enter a flying area after it is the drone has landed and is no longer moving
Do not touch the drone while its propellors are spinning
Keep your drone flying below 8 feet
One person must always be ready to at all times

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