Pattern
* Have Children observe various types of patterns, both visual and sound.
* Most patterns affect embryo development
  - evolve over time
  - govern evolution
* Some patterns are better than others and reproduce themselves, that is the mechanism for evolution.
* Some patterns are exhibited by animals
  - chimpanzees
  - part of perceptions
  - make senses
  - occur in animals
* abound in nature and in human-created artifacts.
* affect areas
  - survival
  - weather
* also serve as a mechanism for categorization and organization of information.
* apples that have a stem and no stem.
* are a large part of the foundation of music
  - literary form for capturing design knowledge
* are a part of a higher organizing process that repeats
  - right-brain, holistic thinking
  - recent invention, while for centuries people have made clothes right on the body
  - type of string call a regular expression
  - vocabulary for design
* are a way for students to recognize order and are important in all aspects of mathematics
  - of documenting design knowledge
  - among the most fundamental elements of the cosmos
  - an important part of understanding mathematical concepts
  - any sets of numerical data which can be used to describe or represent an object
  - applied in mathematics all the time
* are caused by insect outbreaks
  - combinations of activations of input or output units
  - data values that can be combined in various ways to form other patterns
  - exemplar
  - forms most people understand and remember
  - functions and the functions can be approximated by neural networks
  - located in rugs
  - part of logic
  - procedural modifiers, that use functions and variables as input
  - regular repeating designs or sequences of shapes or numbers
  - repeated shapes or colors
  - special things that happen in the game
  - strings that match the names of elements in the XML document
  - the recurring solutions to the problems of design
* attract mates
  - potential mates
* base on observations
  - personal observations
* become habits.
* bring big storms
* can 'break up' the light used to illuminate people.
* can be in pictures, in poetry, in music, in leaves, on animals, or in numbers
  - mixed if they are coordinated by color
  - exist in both things and relationships
  - have significance
* cause fluctuations.
* change weather.
* contributes to geometry as well as to function and to algebra.
* create effects
  - zigzag effects
* depend on arrangements
  - characteristics
* derive from patterns.
* describe common ways of doing things
  - fundamental principles of responsibilities to objects, expressed as patterns
  - roles
* determine strategies.
* dithering is most useful in filling a larger area with a desired color.
* emerge from systems as small as the atom and as large as the universe.
* evolves as the organism grows.
* exist in all aspects of life.
* form the base of mathematics.
* have adverse effects
  - direct effects
  - distinctive features
  - impact when they change how people work for the better
* help biologists
  - draw distinctions and make connections in the physical world
  - individuals
  - researchers
* include calorie restrictions
  - inactivity
* indicate movement
  - presence
  - results
* influence patterns
  - surface wind patterns
* is when colors and shapes repeat themselves over and over.
* lead to consequences
  - serious consequences
* made of lines can convey abstract relationships, and show expressive postures.
* play distinct roles in analysis and synthesis.
* provide insight.
* refers to surface decoration and implies some repeat to form the pattern.
* reflect characteristics
  - variation
* represent decisions.
* serve purposes
  - to direct eye movement from one part to another
* show annual variation
  - great variation
  - individual variation
  - waves
  - wide variation
* suggest interaction
  - specific interaction
* support conclusions
  - hypotheses
* use color
  - floss color
  - for identification
  - geometric shapes or depict animals
* vary among adults
  - from places
* yield information.
+ Conway's Game of Life, Patterns: Computers :: Biology
  * Patterns are special things that happen in the game. Common examples of these three classes are shown below, with live cells shown in black, and dead cells shown in white.
+ Kavirondo, Culture and society: Geography of Africa
  * Some of the Bantu tribes practice circumcision, the Nilotic tribes do not. Patterns are tattooed on chest and stomach for ornament. Men, even husbands, are forbidden to touch the women's tails, which must be worn even should any other clothing be wrapped round the body.
+ Rhythmite, Varves: Geology
  * Patterns caused by annual changes are called 'varves'. Varves are amongst the smallest-scale events in stratigraphy. They form only in fresh or brackish water.