Pattern Finder


Observe frogs jumping around on colored lily pads. Find, test, and reason about patterns you see in their jumping.

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LESSON MATERIALS:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Observe frogs jumping on colored lily pads in certain patterns.
  • Practice finding more and more complex patterns.
  • Use the scientific method to test hypotheses.
  • Adjust hypotheses to account for new information.
  • Draw conclusions based on repeated tests of hypotheses.

VOCABULARY:

  • experiment, hypothesis, observe, prediction, theory

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