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: “plan the design” or “compete and learn”? (a) compete and learn (b) plan the design
- 2.🏆 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 7 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 3.True or false: to listen to every idea is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🏆 In a robot team, who finds what goes wrong? (a) builder (b) note-keeper (c) programmer (d) tester
- 5.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “read the rules”? (a) build and program (b) read the rules
- 6.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to do all the work alone? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 7.🏆 In a robot team, who keeps the design diary? (a) team captain (b) note-keeper (c) tester (d) builder
- 8.🏆 Before a robot competition, what should a team read first? (a) a comic (b) nothing (c) the menu (d) the rules
- 9.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to blame one person? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 10.True or false: to listen to every idea is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 10 points. A robot pushes in 3 cans and gets 10 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 12.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “build and program” or “plan the design”? (a) plan the design (b) build and program
- 13.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “test and improve”? (a) compete and learn (b) build and program (c) read the rules (d) plan the design
- 14.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to share the tools? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 15.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to listen to every idea? (a) poor teamwork (b) good teamwork
- 16.🏆 Why keep notes of every test run? (a) to learn what works (b) to show off (c) to fill pages (d) to slow the team
- 17.🏆 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 1 time. What is the score?
- 18.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to follow the event rules? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 19.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, what comes right after “plan the design”? (a) build and program (b) compete and learn (c) read the rules (d) test and improve
- 20.True or false: to praise a teammate is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 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 9 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 22.🏆 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 5 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 23.🏆 A robot scores 13, 48 and 34 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 24.🏆 In a robot team, who runs trials and checks? (a) team captain (b) programmer (c) note-keeper (d) tester
- 25.🏆 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 4 blocks and touches the robot 3 times. What is the score?
- 26.True or false: to grab the robot is good teamwork. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🏆 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 8 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 28.True or false: to blame one person is poor teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: to ignore the rules is good teamwork. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “compete and learn” or “plan the design”? (a) plan the design (b) compete and learn
- 31.🏆 A team’s robot scores 23, 23 and 26 in three rounds. Only the best round counts. What is the team’s score?
- 32.🏆 Your robot fails in a round. What is the best thing to do? (a) blame a teammate (b) find the cause, retry (c) give up at once (d) break the robot
- 33.🏆 In a robot team, who fixes loose parts? (a) programmer (b) note-keeper (c) team captain (d) builder
- 34.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 5 points. A robot pushes in 2 cans and gets 50 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 35.🏆 Good or poor teamwork: to laugh at a wrong idea? (a) good teamwork (b) poor teamwork
- 36.🏆 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 10 blocks and touches the robot 1 time. What is the score?
- 37.🔢 To take part in a robot challenge, which comes first: “test and improve” or “plan the design”? (a) test and improve (b) plan the design
- 38.🏆 In a robot challenge each can pushed into the circle scores 20 points. A robot pushes in 2 cans and gets 20 bonus points for parking in the end zone. What is its total score?
- 39.🏆 A robot scores 21, 59 and 51 points in three rounds. All rounds count. What is the total?
- 40.🏆 What matters most in a school robot competition? (a) hiding mistakes (b) winning at any cost (c) copying others (d) learning and fair play
Answer key
- plan the design
- 100
- False
- tester
- read the rules
- poor teamwork
- note-keeper
- the rules
- poor teamwork
- True
- 40
- plan the design
- compete and learn
- good teamwork
- good teamwork
- to learn what works
- 80
- good teamwork
- build and program
- True
- 125
- 120
- 95
- tester
- 65
- False
- 150
- True
- False
- plan the design
- 26
- find the cause, retry
- builder
- 60
- poor teamwork
- 145
- plan the design
- 60
- 131
- learning and fair play
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