Teacher Pack
Emergency Landing
Grades 4-6 · Grades 6-9 · 35 minutes
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to execute a safe response to a flight emergency in the simulator.
- Students will be able to describe what RTH (Return To Home) does and when to trigger it.
- Students will be able to land in a safe zone within 10 seconds when prompted.
- Students will be able to explain when to use the emergency stop control.
Aligned Standards
FAA-TRUSTTopic· Emergency proceduresNGSSMS-ETS1-3· Evaluate solutions & iterateCSTA2-AP-13· Decompose problems into proceduresCSTA2-AP-16· Use conditionals & control flowISTE1.5· Computational Thinker
Lesson Plan Summary
- Warm-up
- Roleplay: 'Your drone just lost signal — what do you do?' Capture answers, then teach RTH.
- Direct instruction
- Emergency response includes controlled descent, safe landing zone selection, loss-of-signal planning, battery warnings, and emergency stop protocols. Walk through the decision tree: low battery → land soon; lost signal → RTH; collision risk → E-stop.
- Guided activity
- Run the Emergency Landing Drill — react fast, land in the safe zone within 10 seconds. In-app activity: Emergency Landing Drill. Related mission: estop.
- Assessment
- Student lands in safe zone within 10 seconds. Complete the 5-question in-app quiz; reteach any question missed by more than 30% of students.
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