UNIT 21 UNIT 21 Lesson 21 40 mins SPIRIT LEVEL (PLUTO BLOCKS) (40 mins) Spirit Levels are used to check whether the surface is perfectly horizontal and vertical. Pluto enables you to replace this age old traditional tool and make the application more interesting by involving a drone. The sensors give the current values of …
UNIT 20 UNIT 20 Lesson 20 40 mins TRUTH OR DARE (PLUTO BLOCKS) (40 mins) This game originally uses a spinning bottle. With this project it will be replaced by a spinning drone! The spinning drone will point the participants and when it stops spinning, the participant to which it points will have to choose …
UNIT 19 UNIT 19 Lesson 19 40 mins Lesson 19 40 mins MEASURING HEIGHT (PLUTO BLOCKS) (20 mins) Program the drone to print the current altitude on the screen. This will be used to measure the altitude of any object or height of a person. Drone can either be piloted or simply lifted without arming …
UNIT 18 UNIT 18 Lesson 18 40 mins BLOCK PROGRAMMING (40 mins) Begin with the programming, starting with the beginner’s level projects in this lesson. Refer Projects with Pluto Blocks for the same. ➔ Beginner’s level projects on Pluto Blocks ◆ Refer “Projects with Pluto Blocks” ● Let’s Begin ● Project 0 to Project 8
UNIT 17 UNIT 17 Lesson 17 40 mins UNDERSTANDING ENTIRE FRAMEWORK USING BLOCK DIAGRAM (40 mins) This topic aims at explaining the overall working of drone as a system. Rather than simply flying the drones, students can actually understand the backend of the drone systems. Take an example of a particular task, such as pitch …
UNIT 16 UNIT 16 Lesson 16 40 mins BATTERIES (5 mins) Introduce what a battery is. Batteries are devices that provide electricity by means of electrochemical cells inside them. Batteries are today utilized in every field, ranging from military to civil, industrial to agricultural, cars to drones. TYPES OF BATTERIES (10 mins) Explain different types …
UNIT 15 UNIT 15 Lesson 15 40 mins MOTORS (10 mins) Introduce motors and different types of motors in this topic Motors are machines which convert electrical energy to mechanical energy. Drones require motors to create a necessary thrust during flight. HOMOPOLAR MOTOR EXPERIMENT (15 mins) Use this experiment to show how a basic motor …
UNIT 14 UNIT 14 Lesson 14 40 mins PROPELLERS (5 mins) Propellers are the ‘fans’ mounted on the motors. As the motors rotate, the propellers also rotate and these rotating propellers generate thrust. Hence, propellers are an important factor in the study of drones. The topic is aimed at teaching the students how thrust is …
UNIT 13 UNIT 13 Lesson 13 40 mins These are also some other sensors from the in-built sensors on Pluto. The aim is to educate and motivate students to use such sensors on Pluto to design different projects and applications. Time of Flight (ToF) Sensors (10 mins) Refer ATL Drone Module: “5.2.2” Thermal sensors (10 …
UNIT 12 UNIT 12 Lesson 12 40 mins These are some extra sensors apart from the in-built sensors on Pluto. The aim of explaining these sensors is to educate the students and motivate them to experiment with them in future with Pluto. DISTANCE SENSORS (40 mins) Distance sensors can be used for various purposes. One …
