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Discussion Prompts

Observing

  • What went well for your team in the competition? What would you do differently next time?
  • What tasks earned your team the most points in the least amount of time? How did this observation influence your team's competition strategy?
  • What are some of the different ways you used the robot arm to manipulate house components of different shapes?
  • What is one thing you got better at from the start of the lab to the end of the competition? How did you improve?

Predicting

  • What have you learned about using the robot arm to manipulate game elements and how might that be useful in future competitions?
  • How would you redesign the robot arm to improve functionality of manipulating game elements?
  • If you were to have another match in this competition, what would you do differently? Why?

Collaborating

  • What is one thing that you did that made you a good teammate in the competition? What is one thing your teammate did that was helpful to you in the competition?
  • How did your team decide on a strategy? How did your team's strategy change over the course of the Lab?
  • What is one way that your team worked together to solve a problem? 
  • What is something you learned about being a good teammate today that will help you the next time you are on a team?