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Each program is fully standards-aligned, easy to implement, and part of our complete K–12 drone career, STEM pathway. Every detail is built on our Turnkey Curriculum System™ model.
STEM Fundamentals
Launch the Mission With Purpose
STEM Fundamentals is the anchor of our 4–8 offering. Students take on ten global challenges using drones, engineering tools, and teamwork. Each mission blends coding, piloting, and real-world context to turn abstract concepts into unforgettable learning.
This is not simulation. This is students coding drones to deliver medicine to a snakebite victim in Rwanda. This is scanning the coast of Maui for sharks. This is project-based learning that sticks.
STEM Fundamentals
What's Included
Ten Mission-Based Challenges
Flight Training in Puerto Rico; Mount Erebus expedition in Antarctica; Shark detection off the coast of Hawaii; Emergency medicine delivery in Rwanda; A video editing finale designed by students themselves, and more!
Everything You Need to Teach
Access to the Drone Legends Educator Portal, ready-to-use lesson slides, mission guides, builder tools, and Tello drones. Professional development and support are always included.
Multiple Configurations
Choose the kit that fits your classroom—Essentials for up to 15 students, expanded bundles for larger groups, or Core versions for schools with existing Tello drones.*
*STEM Fundamentals is built exclusively on the Tello drone platform. No substitutes are supported.
STEM Expeditions
Keep Going. Keep Building.
STEM Expeditions™ is the next step. Designed for schools already using STEM Fundamentals, this free addition to STEM Fundamentals extends your investment with new, digital-first missions that build on the skills students already love.
There’s no need for new hardware. Expeditions reuses the STEM Fundamentals builder sets, mission mats, and physical classroom tools. New challenges are introduced through story-driven slides in a striking graphic novel format.
You'll Love STEM Expeditions!
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Continues the mission-based format students already know
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Uses existing STEM Fundamentals materials
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Delivers new missions each year through the Educator Portal
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Downloadable Mission Cards, Notes, and Lesson Plans
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Adds flexibility to your teaching calendar
Your drone program doesn’t have to end after STEM Fundamentals.
With STEM Expeditions, it keeps getting better.
The Egyptian Expedition™
A Virtual Coding Journey Through Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Expedition is a self-paced, fully virtual coding adventure. Students enter a simulated Egyptian landscape, uncover an ancient mystery, and complete a series of drone coding challenges using a browser-based flight simulator.
No drones. No hardware. All the thrill of flight and discovery.
It’s perfect for classrooms without access to drones or for educators looking to introduce drone coding through an independent, story-rich platform.
Included FREE with your STEM Fundamentals purchase or available as a standalone product!
What’s Inside
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Eight missions that develop coding fluency, logic, and spatial reasoning
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A browser-based simulator with first- and third-person flight views
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Drag-and-drop coding interface that teaches programming fundamentals
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Printable Drone Pilot Notes and Teacher Guides
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Students can work solo or in pairs
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Compatible with Chrome and Safari
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No experience required—for teachers or students
Designed by Educators. Aligned to Standards.
Every mission meets or exceeds:
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NGSS for scientific inquiry and engineering design
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Common Core for math and literacy
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CSTA for computer science
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ISTE for technology fluency
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SEL frameworks that build character, communication, and resilience
We’ve done the alignment. You focus on the learning.
Beyond the Mission: The Story Continues
What if your students could take the spirit of Drone Legends home with them?
The Rise of The Legends™ is a full-length middle grade STEM novel set inside the Drone Legends universe. It follows a group of students who uncover a hidden threat, team up with an AI-powered drone, and discover what it means to lead with courage and curiosity. This story blends science, character, and adventure to keep readers engaged while reinforcing the values found in every Drone Legends mission—teamwork, resilience, and problem-solving.
Perfect for grades 4 through 8, the novel works alongside our STEM programs or as a standalone literacy resource. It inspires interest in STEM through story and helps students see themselves as heroes in the world of science and innovation.
Even Newsweek called it part of "a fresh take on fiction" in the rise of the STEM novel. Read the article.
Visit RiseOfTheLegends.com to explore the story and get your copy.
Ready to Level Up Your STEM Program?
Whether you're starting with STEM Fundamentals, expanding into Expeditions, or exploring virtually with Egyptian Expedition, the Grades 4–8 curriculum meets students where they are and takes them further.
