This material asks students to be creative and flexible in their descriptions of patterns. Students are encouraged to express patterns in words before they do so in symbols. The situations presented in these lessons are from various disciplines music, art, computers and science plus added events of interest to students games, tricks and coded messages. The patterns in the binary codes of computers and the connections between Jacquard's loom, weaving and the beginning of punch card computers are used to emphasize the technological connection to the world of patterns. Skill in finding patterns helps you to understand and do mathematics and to see the connection between mathematics and other subjects.
Language is a way of communicating with patterns of symbols.
Poetry and codes are examples of invented patterns. This activity is an opportunity to find and express patterns in various methods of communication. Find the rhyme or rhythm pattern in a poem or song. Common forms include limericks, English sonnets, Italian sonnets and ballads. Express the pattern by giving the number of syllables or words for each line.