Student Exploration: Pattern Finder Gizmos Questions with Correct Answers

Q1) What is the order of the seasons? - spring, summer, fall, and winter. Q2) A traffic light is green. What color will it be next? - Yellow Q3) If today is Wednesday, what day will it be 9 days from now? - Friday Q4) What do seasons, traffic lights, and days of the week all have in common? - They have patterns. Q5) Grab the blue frog and drop it on any lily pad you want. Observe the pattern you find. - Just choose one If the blue frog is placed on a red lily pad, he jumps on only red lily pads. If the blue frog is placed on a blue lily pad, he will jump onto a red lily pad and then only jump on red lily pads. If the blue frog is placed on a green lily pad, he will jump onto a red lily pad and then only jump on red lily pads. Q6) Click catch all frogs. Grab the blue frog and put it on a few different pads. Does it follow the same pattern? - Yes, the blue frog continues to jump onto a red lily pad and then only jumps on red lily pads. Q7) Predict what color lily pad it will go to if placed on the pad in the top-left corner. - Red Q8) You Just ran an experiment to test a pattern. Was your prediction correct? - Yes it was. Q9) Put the blue frog on the pad in the top-left corner. What color does it jump to? - Only red Q10) Collect Data: Place the brown frog on any blue lily pad. Record the colors it visits in order. - R, G, B, R, G, B, R, G, B, R, G, B, R, G, B Q11) Analyze: Put the brown frog on other pads and watch. what pattern does it seem to follow? - The same pattern as before. If the brown frog is placed onto a red lily pad, it will go onto a green lily pad, then blue. If placed on a green lily pad, the frog will jump onto a blue lily pad, then red. Q12) What pattern does the pink frog follow? - The pink frog's pattern is jumping to the color it was first placed on, if it was first placed to a red lily pad, then it will only land on red lily pads. if placed on a green lily pad, then it will only land on green lily pads. if placed on a blue lily pad, then it will only land on blue lily pads. Q13) Does its pattern depend on where it starts? Explain. - No, because its pattern is going to the same colored lily pad. So it doesn't matter where the lily pads are. Q14) Find the pattern: What pattern does the yellow frog follow? - g,b,b,r,g,g,b Q15) Extend: Describe the red frog's pattern - The red frog has two patterns. One is just jumping from red lily pads to other red lily pads and only red lily pads. While the other pattern is if you place the red frog on a green lily pad, he will jump onto a blue lily pad then onto a green lily pad, and then blue again repeatedly. Q16) How are their patterns similar? - The purple and red frogs are similar because if they are placed on red, they will only jump to red lily pads, and if they are placed on a green lily pad, they will jump onto a blue lily pad then back onto a green and back to blue repeatedly.