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: “compete and learn” or “build and program”? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn
- 2.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) plan the design (b) test and improve (c) compete and learn (d) read the rules
- 3.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to slow the team (b) to show off (c) to learn what works (d) to fill pages
- 4.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) plan the design (b) build and program (c) test and improve (d) compete and learn
- 5.🏆 A robot scores 35, 30 and 40 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 6.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 7.🏆 A robot scores 23, 35 and 57 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 8.🏆 A robot scores 20, 16 and 33 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 9.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) programmer
- 10.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) test and improve (b) compete and learn (c) plan the design (d) read the rules
- 11.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 9 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 12.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) team captain (d) tester
- 13.🏆 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 9 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 14.🏆 A robot scores 48, 41 and 55 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 15.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) learning and fair play (b) hiding mistakes (c) winning at any cost (d) copying others
- 16.🔢 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
- 17.🏆 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 1 time. What is the score?
- 18.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🔢 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
- 20.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) builder (b) tester (c) note-keeper (d) team captain
- 21.True or false: to share the tools is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the rules (b) nothing (c) a comic (d) the menu
- 23.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) note-keeper (b) programmer (c) builder (d) team captain
- 24.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) blame a teammate (b) give up at once (c) break the robot (d) find the cause, retry
- 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.🔢 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
- 27.🔢 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
- 28.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) plan the design (b) compete and learn (c) build and program (d) read the rules
- 29.🏆 A robot scores 53, 18 and 30 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 30.🏆 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 4 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 31.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to help a stuck team? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 32.🏆 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 2 times. What is the score?
- 33.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 34.🏆 In a robot team, who shares out the jobs? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) programmer (d) team captain
- 35.🏆 A robot scores 38, 32 and 44 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 36.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) tester
- 37.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) note-keeper (b) programmer (c) tester (d) builder
- 38.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to say sorry for mistakes? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 40.True or false: to copy another team is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- build and program
- test and improve
- to learn what works
- compete and learn
- 35
- poor teamwork
- 115
- 69
- builder
- read the rules
- 120
- programmer
- 75
- 48
- learning and fair play
- read the rules
- 195
- False
- build and program
- note-keeper
- True
- the rules
- team captain
- find the cause, retry
- 140
- read the rules
- read the rules
- compete and learn
- 101
- 50
- good teamwork
- 30
- 80
- team captain
- 38
- note-keeper
- builder
- False
- good teamwork
- True
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