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SUPPORT

Student reflection activity:
  • Prompt students to think about how the kite aerial photography activity is related to the live mission
  • Prompt students to think about how the mission of PDC center is related to the KaAMS mission.
  • Prompt students to think about what aspects of the mission did or did not work during Kite aerial photography activity and the PDC mission role-playing

Assessment:

  • Check the process of building the rig.
  • Check how well students collaborated as a team member.
  • Check student's rationale for planned mission: time, weather conditions, flight duration, and target of remote sensing.

Ideas for math lesson connections

  • Students complete a cost analysis of the materials needed to construct the "rig" and obtain the kite.
  • Students' measurement skills can be enhanced throughout the construction of the "rig" and this might be a good opportunity to have them use some precision measuring tools such as calipers or micrometers.
  • Students combine their analytical and spatial skills by constructing the "rig."

Related National Education Math Standards

Ideas for geography lesson connections

  • Students study the effect of weather conditions on kite flight. Students can then research local weather patterns to determine the best time to fly their kite aerial photography mission.
  • Students create a map of the school grounds and identify a flight path and target points. Students can create grids to identify locations similar to latitude and longitude.

Related National Education Geography Standards

Ideas for technology lesson connections

  • Word processing: Students create their own electronic journal for keeping notes on KaAMS project.
  • Database: Students create a database of vocabulary words and terms they will learn throughout KaAMS.
  • Presentation software: Students create a short presentation on their understanding of airborne remote sensing.
  • Students use image processing software to identify, enhance, crop and label objects.
  • Students identify physical constraints such as weather, range to the target, skills to operate the kit and "rig," and use the constraints in the process of interpreting the collected data.

Related National Education Science Technology Standards

Activity Sheet : Team assignments (CD-1)


Name: ____________________________________________________________

Task 1: Assign Team member to roles.

Rigging Team - Skills Pilot
Mission Planning - Skills

 

 

 

 

 
Team members
Team members

 

 

 

 

 

Activity sheet: Mission planning (CD-2)


Task 2: Mission planning.

Be sure to address the following questions:

  • What is the target for the mission?
  • What conditions are necessary for the mission?
  • When will the mission be flown?
  • Will there be practice flights? When? How long?
  • Who will coordinate the mission? How?
  • How will the data be analyzed? Who will analyze the data? How will it be reported?

Activity sheet: Planning the data collection over Kailua Bay

1. What are your plans for preparing and implementing the plan for data collection?

Step
Principal Investigator
Pilot
Ground Person
Preparing Data Collection
  1. Know the objective of the mission (Ex. the mission is to collect Airborne Remote Sensing data of Kailua Bay)
  2. Draw out the flight lines that you want the pilot to fly. (this exercise has been done in Try section of lesson 10 Developing a Mission Flight Plan -- When and Where do I Fly?)
  3. Watch the weather maps to see when there will be an open weather window to fly the mission. (Note: Weather map shows cloud cover over the island of Oahu. 

Check to make sure that the target over Kailua Bay is clear to refresh your memory about the location of Kailua Bay.  You may want to refer to http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/
GG/STUDENTS/ebitari/
Research/Oahu_map.jpg.)

  1. Maintain communication with the other members of the team (Pilot and Ground Personnel) as you are the leader of the mission.
  2. Think about if you want any other measuring devises on the ground.
  1. Ensure that you are able to fly the area asked of you by the P.I.
    (For example, are there any considerations to flying in that area, like high mountains?)
  2. Determine how long it will take to get to the study area from the take-off point at the airport. (Communicate with P.I. who is drawing out flight plans.  Refer to lesson 10 in Support section at http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/
    kaams/lpreef/develop/support.html     under Activity sheet: Flight planning table (DMFP-6)
  3. Consider that aircraft is able to fly at the altitudes required.
  4. Consider that aircraft is able to fly in the current wind conditions (see http://weather.noaa.gov/
    weather/current/PHNL.html     and compare wind speed to the maximum wind speeds allowed while flying (see http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/airsci/er-2/fltops.html under heading of runway condtions)
  5. Consider technical issues (e.x. Does the aircraft have fuel? Is it in good working condition? )

 
  1. Prepare to take notes about the conditions on land in the study area during the flight of the mission overhead.
  2. Prepare the devices for deployment. If there are complicated devices to be set up, the Ground Personnel might want to practice the deployment before hand.
  3. Check to make sure he or she is available to work when needed.

 


Activity sheet: Planning the data collection over Kailua Bay (CD-3A)

2. What are the factors to be considered when planning the data collection mission based on their role?

Step
Principal Investigator
Pilot
Ground Person
Factor to be considered
  1. How much budget do we have?
  2. What kind of time issues do we have? Do all the other members of the team are available for the data collection ?
  3. Have I taken care of paying the team members?
  4. Are all the team members clear on what they have to do? Do they all understand the goal of this mission?
  1. Am I available to fly at any time?
  2. Is the plane in good flying condition?
  3. Do I understand where the P.I. wants me to fly?
  4. Are my credentials to fly current?
  5. Am I okay with how much I am being paid?
  1. Do I know where I am supposed to be on the day of the mission? Do I know where the study site is?
  2. Do I know how I will get to the study area?
  3. Do I know how to deploy all the instrumentation needed?
  4. Do I have a way to take notes about the conditions of the day for archive purposed.

Activity sheet: Planning the data collection over Kailua Bay (CD-3B)

3. How can you collaborate with other persons in your group in order to make a complete data collection plan?

  1. Lots of communication among group members.
  2. Everyone has to be clear on what their duties are during the mission.
  3. Everyone needs to carry out their assigned duties

 

 

rev October 12, 2002