FIRST®
$100: The main goal of a FIRST team is to build this and have fun.
Answer: What is a robot
$100: This part is the "brain" of a LEGO robot.
Answer: What is the hub/brick (like SPIKE Prime Hub or EV3 Brick)?
$100: You use this to twist in screws.
Answer: What is a screwdriver?
$100: This is the type of coding used in LEGO Spike or Scratch.
Answer: What are blocks or block coding?
$100: This round part turns and makes other parts spin.
Answer: What is a gear?
$200: FIRST holds these fun and competitive events.
What are robot competitions?
$200: These spinning parts help your robot move or lift things.
Answer: What are motors?
$200: This helps you measure in inches or centimeters.
Answer: What is a ruler or tape measure?
$200: These coding instructions tell your robot what to do.
Answer: What are commands?
$200: This turns spinning into straight-line movement.
Answer: What is a rack and pinion?
$300: The "T" in FIRST stands for this word.
Answer: What is Technology?
$300: This sensor helps robots follow a black line.
Answer: What is a color sensor?
$300: This flat surface helps keep your robot steady while building.
Answer: What is a base plate or build plate?
$300: A robot follows a black line using this kind of repeated action.
Answer: What is a loop?
$300: Two gears turning the same direction need this middle gear.
Answer: What is an idler gear?
$400: These adults help guide teams but let the kids do the work.
Answer: What are coaches or mentors?
$400: These connect motors and sensors to the robot brain.
Answer: What are wires or cables?
$400: This tool has a bubble and checks if a surface is level.
Answer: What is a level?
$400: This kind of code checks if something is true or false.
Answer: What is an if statement (Conditional statement)?
$400: When you use small or large gears together, you change this.
Answer: What is speed or torque?
$500: This person founded FIRST and also invented the Segway.
Who is Dean Kamen?
$500: This tool or mechanism lets your robot grab or lift something.
Answer: What is a gripper or claw?
$500: You must be careful using this tool that cuts plastic or wood.
Answer: What is a saw or snips?
$500: A mistake in your code is called this.
Answer: What is a bug?
$500: This type of mechanism uses connected bars or rods to move parts together, often seen in scissors or folding machines.
Answer: What is a linkage?