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 “read the rules”? (a) read the rules (b) compete and learn
- 2.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) find the cause, retry (b) give up at once (c) break the robot (d) blame a teammate
- 3.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) the menu (b) a comic (c) nothing (d) the rules
- 4.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 5.🏆 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 1 time. What is the score?
- 6.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) hiding mistakes (b) learning and fair play (c) winning at any cost (d) copying others
- 7.🏆 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 8 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 8.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 9.🏆 A team’s robot scores 74, 84 and 98 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 10.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 11.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to grab the robot? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 12.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 15 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 30 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 13.True or false: to share the tools is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) programmer
- 15.True or false: to help a stuck team is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 10 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 17.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to follow the event rules? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 18.🏆 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 9 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 19.🏆 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
- 20.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which is the FIRST step? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn (c) read the rules (d) plan the design
- 21.🏆 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 7 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 22.🏆 In a robot team, who writes down every test? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) programmer (d) tester
- 23.🏆 A team’s robot scores 44, 64 and 95 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 24.True or false: to follow the event rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🏆 A robot scores 12, 56 and 45 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 26.True or false: to laugh at a wrong idea is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to praise a teammate? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 28.True or false: to copy another team is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🏆 A robot scores 56, 49 and 63 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
- 30.🏆 A team’s robot scores 31, 58 and 54 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 31.🏆 A robot scores 42, 23 and 23 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 32.True or false: to ignore the rules is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🏆 A team’s robot scores 65, 67 and 97 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 34.🏆 In a robot team, who puts the robot together? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) programmer (d) tester
- 35.🏆 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 10 blocks and touches the robot 2 times. What is the score?
- 36.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) compete and learn (b) read the rules (c) build and program (d) plan the design
- 37.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) builder (d) tester
- 39.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 25 points. A robot pushes in 8 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 40.🏆 A robot scores 55, 56 and 57 points in three rounds. What is its average score?
Answer key
- read the rules
- find the cause, retry
- the rules
- poor teamwork
- 70
- learning and fair play
- 150
- good teamwork
- 98
- poor teamwork
- poor teamwork
- 150
- False
- builder
- True
- 60
- good teamwork
- 160
- to learn what works
- read the rules
- 85
- note-keeper
- 95
- False
- 113
- False
- good teamwork
- True
- 56
- 58
- 88
- True
- 97
- builder
- 90
- compete and learn
- False
- tester
- 210
- 56
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