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Evaluating Whether to Enter a Building During a Fire (MS)

Analyze and evaluate how UAVs can be used to determine a buildings safety and stability
during a fire.

objectives

• Students explain how to use UAVs for building surveying.
• Students learn how to fly UAVs and map UAVs path.
• Students describe how to use UAVs to analysis for building stability and safety.

Topic(s)

Engineering, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Thermal Imaging

type

Middle school lesson

6-8

Grade(s): 

time needed

Two 50 minute lessons

author

Mijia Yang, Brittany Hagen

national next gen standards

• MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a
successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

north dakota standards

• MS-ETS1-1: Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a
successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.

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