Hello Hornets!
Last week we started our mini unit called Patterns. We started the unit by answering the essential or focus question: How can we make accurate predictions? As a class we brainstormed possible ways we make accurate predictions and created a class bubble chart. Some of the things students came up with was that we use observations (our 5 senses) to create accurate predictions. We also analyze data, models, and any information given. We find patterns within the information we are given and we looked at patterns in different types of data.
Students were given a packet where we analyzed data trends in different cities such as Lansing and Detroit, Michigan. Then students created a graph based on the data trends of their assigned city (Orlando, FL, Lexington, KY, or Bangor, Maine). Students created a graph of the data trends and answered questions. We looked at patterns within the data to identify what prediction we can make about the weather.
Vocabulary Terms:
Pattern: are repeated events that keep occurring.
Effect: (we will go over this next week).
Cause: (we will go over this next week).
