The 5-day virtual drone summer academy (due to COVID-19 restrictions) is designed for local high school students as a part of the UASTEP project’s broader outreach efforts. It was co-produced between project team members, consultants from University of California-Irvine (UCI), and local high school teachers.  In addition to teaching students about drone safety and regulations, the camp also introduced students to drone careers and real-world applications. Specifically, students learned about how to capture and processing their own data for 3D modeling and mapping applications, as well as used block-based coding languages to plan and program drone flights.