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PATTERNS TO THE RESCUE
Topic: PATTERNS
Grades: 3-5
Motherboard is in trouble! She needs your students -- and their understanding of patterns -- to save the day!
Learning Objective:
Students analyze patterns of numbers and shapes to find the next two terms in each sequence.
NCTM Standard: Algebra
Describe, extend, and make generalizations about geometric and numerical patterns.
DIRECTIONS:
Materials Needed:
- Copy of activity sheet "Patterns to the Rescue" (click here for printable PDF version) for each student
- Pencils
Class Periods: 1-2
1. Distribute the activity, "Patterns to the Rescue."
2. Students can complete the activity on their own. They should then compare answers as a class. Have students explain the reasoning they used to complete each pattern.
Answers:
- Circle 4, Circle 2: (subtract 2)
- Square 13, Pentagon 15: (add 2, then subtract 1)
- Pentagon 9, Square 2 (subtract consecutive numbers)
- Pentagon 65, Pentagon 129: (multiply by 2 and subtract 1)
NOTE: There are other rules that can work as well.
Cyberchase Episode: The Poddleville Case
The diabolical Hacker wreaks havoc when he steals the power pods of Poddleville, a cybercity filled with patterns. Our heroes must use math and logic to crack the double pattern that unlocks the Poddles' cyberpower vault before Hacker and his henchmen do!
The Big Idea:
Patterns are sequences that repeat or change in an orderly way. You can use patterns to predict what comes next in the sequence.
Cyberchase For Real (Epilogue)
How can sound patterns turn noise into music? In this live-action segment Kareem meets up with cast members from the show Stomp. Together, they create amazing patterns of sound and motion by clapping their hands, shuffling their feet, dribbling basketballs, and banging on garbage can lids.
Math Message: A pattern can be something that you hear as well as see.
More Math Fun:
Get creative by having students come up with more types of patterns. For example, photos clipped from magazines could be glued onto a piece of paper to create a pattern of different types of objects. These might include foods, vehicles and clothing, with blank spaces left in the pattern (food, cars, clothes, food, cars...
Have students choose everyday items to make their own sound patterns.
Online games featuring similar math themes:
- Pattern Player (Create musical patterns)
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