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CAREER CLUSTERS
STEM, Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
What does a career in Flight & Drone Technology look like?
A career in flight and drone technology encompasses various roles related to manned and unmanned aircraft. It involves working on aircraft design, avionics, navigation systems, and drone technology. Professionals in this field may be aerospace engineers, drone pilots, or specialists in flight control systems. They contribute to the development, testing, and maintenance of aircraft, ensuring they meet safety standards and technological advancements in the aviation industry.
Inside look at the Module:
Students investigate the four forces of flight as they apply to rockets, fixed-wing, and rotary aircraft. Additionally, they will apply problem-solving skills in the process of programming an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Project-based activities include:
Activity: Building the Rocket - Nose Cone & Body
Activity: Building the Rocket - Finishing the Body & Final Assembly
Activity: Testing the Rocket & Launch
Activity: Basic Drone Operation
Activity: Narrative Writing & Checkpoint Test
Activity: Programming with DroneBlocks
Activity: Design Brief
Activity: Internet Research - Principles of Flight
Activity: Argumentative Writing, Career Research & Planning, and Checkpoint Test
FEATURES
• Project-Based Learning
• Career Ready Practices
• Reading and Writing in Context
• Customizable Content
Career Pathway:
There are hundreds of related careers in the STEM Career Cluster, some more similar than others. By classifying these similar careers into narrower categories called pathways, it helps individuals look at a range of options when it comes to employment in an area with similar skills and knowledge. Although this system of classifying careers into clusters and pathways is helpful in navigating career options, it is not the only way. This module is more specifically aligned with the Engineering and Technology Career Pathway. Individuals in this pathway share a set of skills and knowledge expanding on the skills and knowledge needed in the STEM Career Cluster. Individuals in the Engineering and Technology Career Pathway demonstrate the following skills and knowledge:
Use STEM concepts and processes to solve problems involving design and/or production.
Display and communicate STEM information.
Apply processes and concepts for the use of technological tools in STEM.
Apply the elements of the design process.
Apply the knowledge learned in STEM to solve problems.
Apply the knowledge learned in the study of STEM to provide solutions to human and societal problems in an ethical and legal manner.
Planning Your Career:
By working through this module you will begin your journey towards developing the skills and knowledge to be successfully employed in this pathway. By taking your experience and building on it by applying these skills in different scenarios you will be better prepared to take the next step in your educational path. At the end of this module, you will select two of the related careers and describe how to achieve those opportunities.
These are the careers you will explore in this module:
Aerospace Engineers
Aeronautical Engineers
Aviation Inspectors
Electrical Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Air Traffic Controller
Physicist
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Aircraft Mechanic
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