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