What Students Learn

Students learn foundational concepts in agriculture, including the purpose of cover crops and how aerial seeding improves soil health and efficiency on farms. They examine how pilots and visual observers work together during drone operations and use proportional relationships and unit rates to calculate how much seed is needed for different orchard sizes.

What Students Do

Students work in teams as Remote Pilot in Command and Visual Observers to fly Hopper through a simulated peach orchard, planting a cover crop between rows of trees. They navigate a taped 20' × 20' grid, land on refill pads, fly through tower “tree rows,” and practice controlled flight while staying within altitude limits. After completing the seeding pattern, they calculate seed requirements for the orchard and write an equation that can be used for orchards of any size.