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Delivery Drone Route Desk

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Grades 3-560-75 minSource: Creative Dad Company

Kids plan delivery routes for a pretend drone fleet, factoring in payload weight, battery life, and changing weather, then test whether their routes actually get every package delivered on time. It's logistics and physics working together in a fast-paced planning game.

Budget levels

Materials list coming soon to members

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change. As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Quick Start

Digital downloads only. $0 to buy. Printing is noted separately.

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one class period, one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one class period on a single day.

Scale back: Fit it into a shorter period, use fewer effects, or run a demo instead of a build.

Scale up: Add one extra effect, or spread the share-out across another day.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Full Experience

Up to $25 per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day.

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one school day.

Scale back: Fit the build into one period with fewer effects.

Scale up: Spread the work across days, or add more effects.

Total Transformation

The bigger kit, priced per class (class of about 30, 6 groups).

Materials list coming soon.

Student time: one day (one session, one-day event).

Teacher prep / build-ahead: separate from student time.

Scale it

The default plan is one session, a one-day event.

Scale back: Shorten the event, or run a demo for a smaller audience.

Scale up: Spread the build and the event across days, or invite a bigger audience.

Choose your version

Every level teaches the same core idea — pick the one that fits your time, budget, and energy today.

Student time: 45 min, one class periodTeacher prep / build-ahead: 10 min$0 to buy. Printing noted separately.One table or a clear section of floorBeginner-friendly

Setup

Place common or recycled supplies for Delivery Drone Route Desk on one work surface and choose a safe area for the test. Read the four activity directions aloud; drawings, paper models, and household substitutes may replace specialized materials, and no digital tool is required.

Activity

  1. Review the map, package weights, and battery limits, then predict which delivery route will finish before the battery runs out.
  2. Build the planned route on the floor map and load the package cards onto the drone in the planned order.
  3. Test the route with a timed run, then redesign the route or delivery order when a surprise weather card slows the drone or the battery runs out early.
  4. Present the final route plan to the logistics team, explaining how it handled weight, weather, and battery limits.

Ambiance video

Ambiance video coming soon from Creative Dad Studio

Done when: The group produces the Delivery Drone Route Desk solution, completes the described test, makes the revision called for by the evidence, and supports its final explanation with an observed or measured result.

Materials

painter's tape for routes on a floor map, a toy drone or paper craft drone cutouts, index cards for packages, stopwatch, weather cards

Shown for the Quick Start version — switch tabs above to see what changes.

Materials links go to Amazon. Prices are estimates and may change.

As an Amazon Associate, Creative Dad Company earns from qualifying purchases.

Steps

  1. Review the map, package weights, and battery limits, then predict which delivery route will finish before the battery runs out.
  2. Build the planned route on the floor map and load the package cards onto the drone in the planned order.
  3. Test the route with a timed run, then redesign the route or delivery order when a surprise weather card slows the drone or the battery runs out early.
  4. Present the final route plan to the logistics team, explaining how it handled weight, weather, and battery limits.