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.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to show off (b) to slow the team (c) to fill pages (d) to learn what works
- 2.🏆 A robot scores 52, 64 and 58 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 3.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the rules (b) nothing (c) a comic (d) the menu
- 4.🏆 A team’s robot scores 39, 27 and 37 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 5.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to ignore the rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 6.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) read the rules (b) compete and learn (c) test and improve (d) plan the design
- 7.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) learning and fair play (b) copying others (c) winning at any cost (d) hiding mistakes
- 8.🏆 A robot scores 30, 16 and 10 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 9.True or false: to say sorry for mistakes is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 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 6 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 12.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) give up at once (b) find the cause, retry (c) blame a teammate (d) break the robot
- 13.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) team captain (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) builder
- 14.🏆 A robot scores 20, 27 and 34 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 15.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 17.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 5 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 18.🏆 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?
- 19.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) team captain
- 20.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) builder (b) tester (c) team captain (d) programmer
- 21.🔢 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
- 22.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 23.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 24.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 25.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “test and improve”? (a) test and improve (b) plan the design
- 26.🏆 A robot scores 38, 44 and 41 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 27.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🏆 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 3 times. What is the score?
- 29.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) team captain (d) programmer
- 30.True or false: to praise a teammate is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🏆 A robot scores 46, 48 and 47 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 32.True or false: to share the tools is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔢 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
- 34.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) plan the design (b) read the rules (c) build and program (d) test and improve
- 35.🏆 A robot scores 36, 29 and 43 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 36.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “plan the design” or “compete and learn”? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design
- 37.🏆 A robot scores 28, 15 and 41 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 38.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to grab the robot? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 39.🏆 Each block a robot stacks scores 20 points, and each time a team member touches the robot, the team loses 5 points. A team stacks 7 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 40.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- to learn what works
- 58
- the rules
- 39
- poor teamwork
- compete and learn
- learning and fair play
- 56
- True
- False
- 140
- find the cause, retry
- programmer
- 27
- False
- poor teamwork
- 120
- 30
- tester
- tester
- plan the design
- 90
- 60
- 50
- plan the design
- 41
- True
- 25
- programmer
- False
- 47
- False
- build and program
- read the rules
- 36
- plan the design
- 28
- poor teamwork
- 135
- True
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