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 comes first: “test and improve” or “compete and learn”? (a) compete and learn (b) test and improve
- 2.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “plan the design”? (a) read the rules (b) test and improve (c) build and program (d) compete and learn
- 3.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “read the rules”? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn (c) plan the design (d) test and improve
- 4.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 6.🏆 A robot scores 42, 21 and 32 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 7.🏆 A team’s robot scores 39, 21 and 87 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 8.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to slow the team (b) to learn what works (c) to show off (d) to fill pages
- 9.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 10.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) copying others (b) learning and fair play (c) winning at any cost (d) hiding mistakes
- 11.🏆 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 9 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 12.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) team captain
- 13.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “read the rules” or “build and program”? (a) build and program (b) read the rules
- 14.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 16.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 15 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?
- 18.🏆 A robot scores 54, 35 and 20 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 19.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design (c) read the rules (d) test and improve
- 20.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) break the robot (b) blame a teammate (c) give up at once (d) find the cause, retry
- 22.True or false: to listen to every idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 24.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 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 10 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 26.🏆 A team’s robot scores 54, 35 and 77 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 27.🏆 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 5 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 28.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) note-keeper (b) team captain (c) builder (d) programmer
- 29.🏆 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 6 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 30.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 31.🏆 A robot scores 21, 6 and 36 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 32.True or false: to do all the work alone is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🏆 A team’s robot scores 25, 91 and 53 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 34.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) team captain (b) builder (c) tester (d) note-keeper
- 35.True or false: to share the tools is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the menu (b) nothing (c) the rules (d) a comic
- 37.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to follow the event rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 38.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “test and improve”? (a) build and program (b) test and improve
- 39.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 40.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 20 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 10 points. A team stacks 4 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
Answer key
- test and improve
- build and program
- plan the design
- True
- good teamwork
- 95
- 87
- to learn what works
- 140
- learning and fair play
- 210
- note-keeper
- read the rules
- True
- poor teamwork
- False
- 105
- 109
- read the rules
- True
- find the cause, retry
- True
- poor teamwork
- 130
- 140
- 77
- 20
- programmer
- 50
- 50
- 21
- True
- 91
- builder
- False
- the rules
- good teamwork
- build and program
- good teamwork
- 50
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