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