Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork
Robot tip (Rules, roles, retries): Score = items × points each + bonus − penalties. Best round = the highest score; average = total ÷ number of rounds. Roles: builder, programmer, tester, team captain, note-keeper. Play fair and learn from every run.
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- 1.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) read the rules (c) compete and learn (d) plan the design
- 2.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 7 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 3.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) blame a teammate (b) find the cause, retry (c) break the robot (d) give up at once
- 4.True or false: to share the tools is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🏆 A team’s robot scores 35, 97 and 25 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 6.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) tester
- 7.🏆 A team’s robot scores 47, 53 and 47 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 8.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) read the rules (b) plan the design (c) compete and learn (d) build and program
- 9.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) tester (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) team captain
- 10.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 11.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) a comic (b) the rules (c) nothing (d) the menu
- 12.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 25 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 4 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 13.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “read the rules”? (a) compete and learn (b) read the rules
- 14.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “plan the design”? (a) read the rules (b) plan the design
- 15.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 16.🏆 A robot scores 36, 25 and 47 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 17.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 18.🏆 A robot scores 32, 25 and 43 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 19.True or false: to help a stuck team is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) note-keeper (b) programmer (c) tester (d) builder
- 21.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) tester (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) programmer
- 22.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🏆 A team’s robot scores 81, 88 and 48 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 24.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to follow the event rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 25.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 5 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 26.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) team captain (b) tester (c) note-keeper (d) programmer
- 27.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) winning at any cost (b) copying others (c) learning and fair play (d) hiding mistakes
- 28.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 29.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 30.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “plan the design”? (a) build and program (b) test and improve (c) read the rules (d) compete and learn
- 31.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 4 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 32.🏆 A team’s robot scores 28, 66 and 54 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 33.True or false: to praise a teammate is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to ignore the rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 35.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 25 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 6 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 36.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “read the rules”? (a) test and improve (b) read the rules
- 37.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 38.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “compete and learn”? (a) read the rules (b) compete and learn
- 39.🏆 A robot scores 40, 60 and 38 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 40.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to fill pages (c) to show off (d) to slow the team
Answer key
- read the rules
- 75
- find the cause, retry
- False
- 97
- team captain
- 53
- compete and learn
- tester
- 35
- the rules
- 90
- read the rules
- read the rules
- good teamwork
- 36
- 90
- 100
- True
- tester
- programmer
- False
- 88
- good teamwork
- 45
- note-keeper
- learning and fair play
- good teamwork
- good teamwork
- build and program
- 30
- 66
- False
- poor teamwork
- 135
- read the rules
- False
- read the rules
- 138
- to learn what works
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