Electronics Worksheet: Project Planning
Remember (Input, process, output): Input = what is sensed (a reading, a button press). Process = what the program decides (compare with a limit, count). Output = what happens (pump on, buzzer, LED, phone alert). Plan → draw → build with an adult → test.
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- 1.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) inputs and outputs (b) the final price (c) the box colour (d) nothing at all
- 2.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) test it and fix it (c) list inputs and outputs (d) build it with an adult
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) an alert on the phone (c) a soil moisture reading (d) a temperature reading
- 4.Which of these is the process? (a) a button press (b) an alert on the phone (c) a buzzer beeps (d) count button presses
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) check if temp > 30 (c) a button press (d) a temperature reading
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the fan starts (c) a button press (d) the pump turns on
- 7.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve (c) list inputs and outputs (d) build it with an adult
- 8.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an alert on the phone” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
- 9.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the pump turns on” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) decide if soil is dry (c) check if temp > 30 (d) the pump turns on
- 11.Which of these is the input? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) an alert on the phone (d) a temperature reading
- 12.Which of these is the output? (a) the fan starts (b) count button presses (c) a button press (d) compare with a limit
- 13.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) switch the pump on/off
- 14.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “test it and fix it” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) test it and fix it (b) draw the circuit diagram
- 15.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “pick a problem to solve”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) test it and fix it (c) build it with an adult (d) list inputs and outputs
- 16.True or false: “a soil moisture reading” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “test it and fix it” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) test it and fix it
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) a motion sensor signal (c) an LED lights up (d) the fan starts
- 19.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “compare with the limit”? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off
- 20.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) compare with the limit (c) wait a few seconds (d) read the soil sensor
- 21.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “decide if soil is dry” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 22.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) a light level reading (c) count button presses (d) decide if soil is dry
- 23.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
- 24.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “read the soil sensor”? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off (c) wait a few seconds
- 25.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off (c) read the soil sensor (d) wait a few seconds
- 26.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the process (b) the output (c) the input (d) the battery
- 27.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds
- 28.Which of these is the process? (a) an LED lights up (b) the fan starts (c) an alert on the phone (d) compare with a limit
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the fan starts (c) an alert on the phone (d) a light level reading
- 30.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “build it with an adult”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) build it with an adult
- 31.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) pick a problem to solve
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a light level reading (b) count button presses (c) a soil moisture reading (d) a button press
- 33.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
- 34.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 35.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “compare with a limit” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
- 36.True or false: “check if temp > 30” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) pick a problem to solve
- 38.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) read the soil sensor (c) switch the pump on/off
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) the fan starts (c) check if temp > 30 (d) count button presses
- 40.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “build it with an adult” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) build it with an adult
Answer key
- inputs and outputs
- test it and fix it
- an alert on the phone
- count button presses
- check if temp > 30
- a button press
- pick a problem to solve
- output
- output
- the pump turns on
- a temperature reading
- the fan starts
- switch the pump on/off
- draw the circuit diagram
- list inputs and outputs
- True
- pick a problem to solve
- a motion sensor signal
- compare with the limit
- read the soil sensor
- process
- a light level reading
- input
- compare with the limit
- wait a few seconds
- the process
- read the soil sensor
- compare with a limit
- a light level reading
- draw the circuit diagram
- pick a problem to solve
- count button presses
- process
- output
- process
- False
- test it and fix it
- switch the pump on/off
- the fan starts
- draw the circuit diagram
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