Year 9 Coasting Drones

Across Term 4 our Year 9 GROW students have embarked on a learning journey all about drones, and how they are being used to help humanity.

We focused on their use as saving devices for Life Saving Australia, dropping flotation devices for people stuck out at sea.

Along with our wonderful partners at the Geelong Tech School, students were able to see the drones at work at an incursion and excursion (complete with races, obstacle courses, and fun pictures). They were tasked with creating a payload of cardboard to practice dropping them onto a target.

At our second excursions, students (and teachers) learned about Augmented Reality, and how it can be used to offer vital information on our beaches. Using some very cool technology, we created infographics of our favourite beaches to show key information and hazards to beach-goers.

It was amazing to see our students so engaged in the capabilities of technology and using their imagination and creativity to come up with life-saving solutions.

Ms Ramsay