After mastering drone programming and flying last week, the 5th graders tried their hand at drone costume design this week in GATE. They pulled inspiration from the Cirque du Soleil production Sparked and Lea Pereyre, the world's first drone costume designer. Students learned that drone costumes must be light, balanced, and aerodynamic, which isn't easy when dealing with a quadcopter! Some teams were also inspired to play with lights and movement in their designs. After a lot of trial and error (and a couple broken propellers and shredded tissue paper,) all of the groups were able to create designs that could take flight and look good doing it!

Next week, students will break into teams and begin imagining a performance that can answer our essential question of "How can technology and art work together to enrich our lives?"