Once again our Year 7/8 students were fortunate enough to host ex Timboon P12 student, Sean Lenehan, and Dr Blake Allan, the Chief Remote Pilot for Deakin University into the classroom as part of their Science elective, Collaborative Coding. Sean outlined the different categories applied to drone licences such as recreational, excluded and commercial with different restrictions and requirements involved in operating drones in various regions. Sean provided examples of his photography and videos including landscapes as evidenced in his Sean Lenehan Photography business. Blake explained that his career path began with an interest in environmental science and that he was now able to partner that with drone technology. Students learnt about Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in aerial mapping and the citizen science monitoring project to record changes in our coastline. Drones are used in agriculture to provide orthomosaicas,3D volumetrics, time-series analysis based on high-accuracy UAV data, and multispec with thermal imaging in vegetation analysis, agriculture, wildlife monitoring and arboriculture. Blake and Sean then introduced students to mini indoor Tello drones that students could pilot in the classroom as they investigate the potential coding opportunities with this technology. Comments are closed.
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