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Robotics Worksheet: Competitions and Teamwork

Robotics lesson 28: Competitions and teamwork · Set 31 · 40 questions
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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. 1.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to show off (c) to fill pages (d) to slow the team
  2. 2.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to copy another team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  3. 3.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 10 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 9 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
  4. 4.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) find the cause, retry (b) break the robot (c) blame a teammate (d) give up at once
  5. 5.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) compete and learn (b) read the rules (c) build and program (d) test and improve
  6. 6.True or false: to do all the work alone is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) programmer (b) tester (c) note-keeper (d) builder
  8. 8.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “read the rules”? (a) read the rules (b) test and improve
  9. 9.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  10. 10.True or false: to blame one person is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “read the rules”? (a) read the rules (b) plan the design
  13. 13.🏆 A team’s robot scores 67, 77 and 43 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  14. 14.🏆 A robot scores 39, 14 and 38 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  15. 15.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) tester (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) team captain
  16. 16.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) plan the design (b) read the rules (c) compete and learn (d) build and program
  17. 17.🏆 A robot scores 13, 47 and 47 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  18. 18.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) tester
  19. 19.🏆 A robot scores 22, 17 and 27 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
  20. 20.🏆 A team’s robot scores 78, 69 and 50 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  21. 21.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) a comic (b) the menu (c) the rules (d) nothing
  22. 22.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) builder (d) programmer
  23. 23.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) copying others (b) winning at any cost (c) hiding mistakes (d) learning and fair play
  24. 24.🏆 A team’s robot scores 84, 23 and 25 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
  25. 25.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) build and program
  27. 27.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “plan the design”? (a) plan the design (b) test and improve
  28. 28.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “plan the design”? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design
  29. 29.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to follow the event rules? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  30. 30.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🏆 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 8 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
  32. 32.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “plan the design”? (a) test and improve (b) compete and learn (c) build and program (d) read the rules
  33. 33.🏆 A robot scores 44, 14 and 21 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  34. 34.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 9 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
  35. 35.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
  36. 36.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to grab the robot? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
  37. 37.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) team captain (b) tester (c) builder (d) programmer
  38. 38.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “compete and learn”? (a) compete and learn (b) build and program
  39. 39.🏆 A robot scores 55, 23 and 52 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
  40. 40.🏆 A robot scores 11, 51 and 17 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?

Answer key

  1. to learn what works
  2. poor teamwork
  3. 70
  4. find the cause, retry
  5. compete and learn
  6. True
  7. builder
  8. read the rules
  9. poor teamwork
  10. False
  11. False
  12. read the rules
  13. 77
  14. 91
  15. tester
  16. compete and learn
  17. 107
  18. tester
  19. 22
  20. 78
  21. the rules
  22. note-keeper
  23. learning and fair play
  24. 84
  25. False
  26. build and program
  27. plan the design
  28. plan the design
  29. good teamwork
  30. False
  31. 185
  32. build and program
  33. 79
  34. 185
  35. poor teamwork
  36. poor teamwork
  37. builder
  38. build and program
  39. 130
  40. 79

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