Guest post by Emily Folk on The Drone Girl:

You hear about STEM, and while drones certainly can teach kids about engineering or computer programming, you can use drones for a variety of science-related lesson plans. Drones are being used for everything from environmental science to animal studies. And even though drones don’t fly more than a few hundred feet off the ground, they’re even a useful tool in astronomy.

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Welcome to drone day on the Adafruit blog. Every Monday we deliver the latest news, products and more from the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), quadcopter and drone communities. Drones can be used for video & photography (dronies), civil applications, policing, farming, firefighting, military and non-military security work, such as surveillance of pipelines. Previous posts can be found via the #drone tag and our drone / UAV categories.