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Week 05 · Spot the Pattern

Explorer Quest

Explorer Quest: Pattern hunt
// Patterns help us guess
⏱ about 15 min

Explorer Quest: Pattern hunt

Rocket, Raven and Nova hunt for patterns.

Rocket finds stripes. Raven finds tiles.

Nova blinks, "What comes next?"

  1. A pattern repeats or changes the same way.
  2. A prediction is a guess about next.
  3. Charts can show patterns.
  4. Computers can find patterns in data.
  5. Predictions can be wrong, so we check.
◇ PATTERN HUNT AND SOUND PATTERNS
Hunt for three patterns at home.
Look at clothes, floors and fences.
Then make a sound pattern.
Try clap, tap, clap, tap.
Your grown-up predicts the next sound.
For a grown-up
Ask: what did you notice repeats?
Ask: how did you make your prediction?
Try a longer pattern, like clap, clap, tap.
WEEK CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Clap, tap, clap, tap, clap... Next?
Patterns help us make a...
QUEST CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Clap, clap, tap, clap, clap... Next?
A prediction was wrong. What now?
Who can find patterns in data?
Draw the best pattern you found.

Patterns everywhere! Great hunting!

Next week we learn from examples.

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