Teacher Pack
Drone Careers
Grades 3-6 · Grades 6-9 · 40 minutes
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to name at least three real-world drone careers and one skill each.
- Students will be able to distinguish FAA TRUST (recreational) from Part 107 (commercial).
- Students will be able to describe how GIS technicians use drones to make maps.
- Students will be able to connect at least one school subject to a drone career.
Aligned Standards
ISTE1.1· Empowered LearnerISTE1.7· Global CollaboratorFAA-TRUSTPart 107· Part 107 (separate commercial cert, age 16+) — awareness onlyNGSSMS-ETS1-1· Engineering career connections
Lesson Plan Summary
- Warm-up
- List on the board every job a drone could do. Group similar ones into industries.
- Direct instruction
- Drone careers include UAV pilot, robotics engineer, GIS mapping technician, cinematographer, infrastructure inspector, agricultural technologist, and public safety drone operator. Highlight TRUST (recreational) vs Part 107 (commercial, age 16+).
- Guided activity
- Career Mission Simulator: pick a role and complete its sample mission. In-app activity: Career Mission Simulator. Related mission: gamepad.
- Assessment
- Student names three careers and one skill each. Complete the 5-question in-app quiz; reteach any question missed by more than 30% of students.
Educator-only resources
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