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Week 04 · Sort It Out

Explorer Quest

Explorer Quest: Secret rule
// Features, rules and models
⏱ about 15 min

Explorer Quest: Secret rule

Nova sorts toys with a secret rule.

Rocket guesses color. Not quite!

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

  1. Features: color, shape and size.
  2. Sorting puts things into groups.
  3. A rule says which group.
  4. Charts show how many in each group.
  5. A model describes the world.
◇ SECRET RULE GAME
A grown-up sorts ten toys in secret.
They use one rule, like shape.
Look at the groups.
Guess the secret rule.
Swap! You pick a secret rule.
For a grown-up
Ask: what did you notice about each group?
Cheer for wrong guesses. Ask what changed.
Try rules like soft and hard.
WEEK CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Groups: red toys and blue toys. The rule?
Groups: soft toys and hard toys. The rule?
QUEST CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Rocket guessed wrong. What now?
What does a rule do?
What can a chart show?
Draw the groups from the secret rule game.

You cracked the secret rules!

Next week we spot patterns.

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