This just in! The Crazyflie Drone included in the Autonomous Drones – Level II kit is now compatible with the DroneBlocks block coding app! You can now drag & drop block code to plan your autonomous Crazyflie flight path. This year, the Crazyflie stepped into the spotlight as DroneBlocks’ premier autonomous micro drone for classrooms, […]
Charting Exciting Pathways in the DroneBlocks Simulator If you are a member of the DroneBlocks Community, you may have already witnessed some of Luigi Torelli’s ambitiously imaginative flight paths in the DroneBlocks simulator. Luigi revels in concocting complex and entertaining designs that are built using dynamic geometric paths…sometimes appearing as a roller coaster and others […]
Our newest Simulator experience invites students to explore ancient Egypt! Open Simulator Access Lessons In partnership with Drone Legends, DroneBlocks welcomes students on an adventure to code and fly a Drone in our new Ancient Egypt map! The Map is complete with pyramids, a sphinx, a library, and other ancient obstacles and structures to interact […]
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Harnessing Drones to Deliver Healthcare in the Himalayas DroneBlocks is proud to partner with She Maps, an International drone, and geospatial education provider, to deliver an amazing new curriculum paired Simulator Environment based in the Himalayan Mountains. In an exciting follow-up to our Mars Simulator Curriculum – Healthcare in the Himalayas features challenges based in […]
DroneBlocks is at it again! Partnering with our friends at Drone Legends, we are excited to announce that a new DroneBlocks Simulator map is in the works. Hopefully, by now, you’ve taken our Mars Simulator for a spin and have explored the accompanying curriculum that takes aspiring pilots on a journey to discover volcanoes, space […]
The newest addition to the DroneBlocks Curriculum is something to be excited about! Our new drone simulator map features a highly interactive Mars Surface Environment ripe with learning opportunities for STEM students. For the very first time, this map arrives paired with an in-depth Course packed with amazing STEM-filled lessons. The map and course were […]
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Nothing excites the team at DroneBlocks like community growth and participation in developing amazing STEM learning tools such as the DroneBlocks Simulator. After its release last year, the Drone Simulator has become a favorite among educators, and a conductor of great exercises and productive feedback. The DroneBlocks Simulator’s current “City Environment” has proven to be […]
DroneBlocks students have taken to the skies with the latest Drone Simulator 2.0 update released this past winter. The new simulator has allowed STEM students across the globe to access the magic of flight from their school or home computers as well as practice and plot their real-life DroneBlocks Missions virtually, before attempting a live […]
“How does the “Curve Block” work in DroneBlocks?” Under “Navigation” in the DroneBlocks coding apps and DroneBlocks Simulator lives the “Curve Block”. After some experimenting you may ask yourself “How do the values in the curve block determine the direction and shape of the curve the drone will follow?” Recently, Mark Kaercher a Math teacher […]
Here at DroneBlocks, we are constantly working on new and exciting ways to keep our STEM Drone curriculum engaging, cutting edge, and accessible. The exciting new update to our DroneBlocks Simulator does just that, by creating a virtual “sandbox” where students can experiment coding Tello drone missions in a vibrant, 3D, interactive environment…and access it […]
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