Dominique Evans

Evans’ innovative teaching idea, “Drones & The Science of Where,” focuses on using drones, a multispectral sensor and virtual reality to prepare students for STEM careers. The resources will be used for three Career & Technical Education (CTE) classes to fuse academic knowledge of geologic processes, GIS mapping and analysis. Some students will immerse themselves into the role of an emergency manager, performing risk assessments, loss estimations and loss mitigation for public safety and others will form teams to work collaboratively to identify an environmental issue and create an action plan to address it. The Voya grant will be used to purchase drones and sensor and VR headsets for each class to integrate into student mapping projects “Drones & The Science of Where” will be the first program of its kind in the career technical education geographic information systems pathway.