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: “read the rules” or “compete and learn”? (a) read the rules (b) compete and learn
- 2.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “build and program”? (a) plan the design (b) read the rules (c) test and improve (d) compete and learn
- 3.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “plan the design”? (a) read the rules (b) build and program (c) compete and learn (d) test and improve
- 4.🏆 A team’s robot scores 80, 21 and 34 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 5.🏆 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 6 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 6.True or false: to share the tools is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) note-keeper (b) tester (c) builder (d) team captain
- 8.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) plan the design (c) read the rules (d) test and improve
- 9.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to grab the robot? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 10.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) programmer
- 11.True or false: to do all the work alone is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🏆 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?
- 13.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps everyone on task? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) builder
- 14.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) builder (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) tester
- 15.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to show off (b) to fill pages (c) to learn what works (d) to slow the team
- 16.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: to follow the event rules is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 19.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “build and program”? (a) build and program (b) test and improve
- 20.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 21.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) copying others (b) learning and fair play (c) hiding mistakes (d) winning at any cost
- 23.🏆 A team’s robot scores 43, 35 and 52 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 24.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) nothing (b) the rules (c) a comic (d) the menu
- 25.🏆 In a robot team, who writes the code? (a) note-keeper (b) team captain (c) tester (d) programmer
- 26.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “build and program”? (a) compete and learn (b) build and program
- 27.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 28.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) plan the design (b) compete and learn (c) read the rules (d) build and program
- 30.🏆 A robot scores 36, 29 and 45 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 31.🔢 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
- 32.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to ignore the rules? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 33.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 34.🏆 In a robot team, who changes the program? (a) note-keeper (b) builder (c) programmer (d) tester
- 35.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 36.🏆 A team’s robot scores 45, 26 and 38 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 37.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 6 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 38.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) team captain (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) builder
- 39.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) tester (b) builder (c) programmer (d) team captain
- 40.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the LAST step? (a) compete and learn (b) read the rules (c) plan the design (d) build and program
Answer key
- read the rules
- test and improve
- build and program
- 80
- 70
- False
- tester
- read the rules
- poor teamwork
- note-keeper
- False
- 90
- team captain
- tester
- to learn what works
- False
- False
- poor teamwork
- build and program
- poor teamwork
- False
- learning and fair play
- 52
- the rules
- programmer
- build and program
- poor teamwork
- True
- compete and learn
- 110
- plan the design
- poor teamwork
- good teamwork
- programmer
- 130
- 45
- 100
- builder
- builder
- compete and learn
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