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The Robotics Championship

by Rao Marupudi

Ages 10–13

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Even the best player needs a team. Aya Nakamura has been coding since she was eight, so of course she's the RoboRavens' lead programmer. But the robot keeps missing, and Aya is staying later and later, rewriting code alone. Her teammates have noticed things she hasn't. Will she stop long enough to listen before the State Championship? A story about teamwork and collaboration. Ages 10-13, Grades 5-8.

Programming — writing instructions a computer follows
Prototype — an early version you test and improve
Debug — to find and fix a mistake in code
Collaborate — to work together on one job
Championship — a final competition to find the best
Delegate — to share tasks among a team
Feedback — advice about how to do better
Perspective — the way someone else sees a problem

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