Caledonia sixth graders bring drone coding to the classroom

CALEDONIA, Michigan — From the sky you can see Kraft Meadows Intermediate School, but it's what's inside the classroom that's really taking off.

Jackson VanderBand is half of the teaching duo helping their friends and classmates learn drone coding. The other is fellow sixth grader Tyler Groenhout.

"We actually started it last week, Thursday, and me and him started it like last year in fifth grade, and we were just messing around with them and coding them to do different things," said Groenhout. "We just think it's pretty cool."

The two are self taught. They use a computer coding program to tell their drones what to do, where to go, among other things, all without using a controller.

Everything they've learned is relayed back to their classmates.

"The hardest part is probably getting