Lumipad
For teachers · Grades 3–11

Teach science and math with drones.

Ready-to-teach packs that turn forces, motion, energy, circuits, waves, geometry and data into drone lessons, linked week by week to the DepEd MATATAG curriculum. Every pack ends with learners flying the free Lumipad simulator and filming a video that explains how drones fly.

3 grade bands Decks · workbooks · answer keys · simulator activity books License: CC-BY-SA-4.0

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What every pack contains.

Teaching deck

Present from the browser with live Try-it demos, or download the PowerPoint and PDF. Speaker notes carry objectives, expected answers and DepEd links.

Student workbook

Session-by-session tasks for learning reinforcement. Print in colour or black and white.

Simulator activity book

Flight missions, a fair-test investigation, a video storyboard and a rubric.

Teacher guide & answer key

Session plans, the DepEd weeks each session fits, safety and CAAP notes, and every answer.

Not sure where to start? The teacher guide explains each file, lists the MATATAG weeks every session fits and shows how to get your class into the simulator.

Choose your grade band.

Everything is free to print, adapt and share. HTML files work offline once downloaded; use the round button on any workbook to switch between colour and black and white.

Grades 3-6 · Science & Mathematics

How Do Drones Fly?

Learners find out what a drone is, how its propellers push air down to lift it, how four motors steer it, and how Filipinos use drones on farms and after typhoons. They finish by flying the Lumipad simulator and explaining how drones fly on video.

5 sessions · 50–60 minutes each5 sessions

Sessions

  1. Meet the drone
  2. Pushes and pulls that keep a drone up
  3. Propellers, motors and electricity
  4. Flying safely: controls, weather and numbers
  5. Simulator mission and video

Learners will know

  • A drone has a frame, motors, propellers, a battery and a flight controller.
  • Propellers push air down, and the air pushes the drone up.
  • When the push up equals the pull down of gravity, the drone hovers.
  • Changing the speed of each motor makes the drone climb, turn and move.
  • Drones help Filipinos farm, map land and respond to typhoons.
Download the whole pack ZIP · 5.4 MB

Files

01 Teacher guide PDF · 927.8 KB Open · 171.0 KB
02 Student workbook PDF · 856.9 KB PDF · B&W · 1.0 MB Open · 164.5 KB
03 Answer key PDF · 713.3 KB Open · 161.2 KB
04 Simulator activity book PDF · 522.0 KB PDF · B&W · 510.7 KB Open · 137.6 KB
05 Teaching deck PPTX · 1.5 MB PDF · 1.5 MB
06 Teaching deck (present in browser) Open · 245.6 KB
07 Concept lab Open · 167.9 KB
Grades 7-8 · Science & Mathematics

Forces, Motion and Energy in Flight

Learners study a drone as a system of forces, motion and energy. They draw free-body diagrams, split thrust into vector parts, graph flights, trace energy from battery to air, and plan around Philippine weather, then test a question in the simulator and explain it on video.

6 sessions · 60 minutes each6 sessions

Sessions

  1. A drone is a system
  2. Forces as vectors
  3. Motion and navigation
  4. Energy, power and batteries
  5. Air, weather and safe flying
  6. Simulator investigation and video

Learners will know

  • A hovering drone has balanced forces; unbalanced forces make it accelerate.
  • Tilting splits thrust into a part that lifts and a part that moves the drone.
  • Graphs of distance, velocity and battery level describe every flight.
  • Battery energy becomes moving air, height, sound and heat.
  • Air density, wind and typhoon signals decide whether a flight is safe.
Download the whole pack ZIP · 5.7 MB

Files

01 Teacher guide PDF · 1.1 MB Open · 172.4 KB
02 Student workbook PDF · 700.5 KB PDF · B&W · 828.2 KB Open · 164.2 KB
03 Answer key PDF · 767.0 KB Open · 169.4 KB
04 Simulator activity book PDF · 505.4 KB PDF · B&W · 496.7 KB Open · 139.0 KB
05 Teaching deck PPTX · 2.0 MB PDF · 1.8 MB
06 Teaching deck (present in browser) Open · 271.4 KB
07 Concept lab Open · 169.3 KB
Grades 9-11 · Science & Mathematics

The Physics and Mathematics of Drones

Learners model a drone quantitatively: Newton's laws and momentum for thrust, vectors and feedback for control, circuits and induction for power, waves and trigonometry for signals and cameras, and projectile and linear models for missions, then investigate in the simulator.

6 sessions · 60–90 minutes each6 sessions

Sessions

  1. Newton's laws and the physics of thrust
  2. Rotors, torque and feedback control
  3. Electricity, batteries and motors
  4. Signals, sensors and satellites
  5. Mission mathematics
  6. Simulator investigation and video

Learners will know

  • Thrust is the rate of momentum given to air; hover means T = W.
  • Tilted thrust, torque and fast feedback loops give a quadcopter control.
  • Series cells set voltage; watt-hours and power set endurance.
  • Radio, GPS and cameras obey c = fλ, line of sight and trigonometry.
  • Projectile, trigonometric and linear models plan real drone missions.
Download the whole pack ZIP · 6.2 MB

Files

01 Teacher guide PDF · 1.1 MB Open · 180.5 KB
02 Student workbook PDF · 784.4 KB PDF · B&W · 841.5 KB Open · 162.8 KB
03 Answer key PDF · 856.1 KB Open · 171.6 KB
04 Simulator activity book PDF · 461.7 KB PDF · B&W · 453.0 KB Open · 139.6 KB
05 Teaching deck PPTX · 2.2 MB PDF · 2.1 MB
06 Teaching deck (present in browser) Open · 282.2 KB
07 Concept lab Open · 170.5 KB

Before your class flies.

Open the simulator

It runs free in the browser at lumipaddrones.com/simulator with a keyboard, controller or phone.

Simulator and toy drones only

Learners fly only the simulator, plus small indoor toy drones if your school has them. Learners never fly any other real drone. The decks teach the CAAP rules as knowledge, not as a flying activity.

Filming

Learners record their screen and their own voices. Follow your school's policy on recording.