Patterns

Module Objectives

In this module you will:

  • Explore patterns in computational thinking
  • Use patterns to predict and solve problems
  • Develop an activity that embeds or uses patterns

Activity #1: Patterns in Computational Thinking

Read: Calderon et al., (2015)

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Link to Calderon et al. (2015)

Read Miller (2019)

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Link to Miller (2019)

Watch: Banana, Banana Meatball Song

Watch Meow Moo Moo Song

Read: Pattern Recognition in Computational Thinking (Learning.com, 2022)

https://www.learning.com/blog/pattern-recognition-in-computational-thinking/

Read: The One About Pattern Recognition in Computational Thinking (Learning.com, 2019)

https://equip.learning.com/pattern-recognition-computational-thinking/

Read: Pattern Recognition — A Key Skill for Computational Thinking (Turing Ninjas, 2020)

https://medium.com/turing-ninjas/pattern-recognition-a-key-skill-for-computational-thinking-a8218bf3c3ae

Read: Pattern Recognition (BBC Bitesize, 2023)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxxbgk7/revision/1

Read: Literacy in the Sciences Patterns and Categorizing (Reading Rockets, 2011)

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Link to Literacy in the Sciences Patterns and Categorizing (Reading Rockets, 2011)

Optional Reading: Saxena et al., (2019)

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Link to Saxena et al., (2019)

Activity #2: Pattern Activity

Complete 1 of the activities below:

Cryptrograms

  1. Decode a cryptogram that hasn’t been deciphered.
  2. https://www.wordplays.com/daily-cryptogram
  3. http://cryptogramcorner.org
  4. https://api.razzlepuzzles.com/cryptogram
  5. https://www.atksolutions.com/games/cryptoquote.html
  6. https://www.icryptograms.com/cryptograms_expert#main_title
  7. Create a cryptogram for your colleagues.
  8. Post a list to your decoded cryptogram & created cryptogram on the Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/12bJ3jTGygN_tMBwfBUTFsGZ1kB9YaFI6wkvTo5dVtR8/edit?usp=sharing
  9. Ask questions about the patterns a colleague identified in the data.

Voter Data Cards

  1. Review the 21 voter data cards.
  2. Identify patterns in the data.
  3. List the patterns that you identified on the Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/12bJ3jTGygN_tMBwfBUTFsGZ1kB9YaFI6wkvTo5dVtR8/edit?usp=sharing
  4. Decipher a cryptogram a colleague created.
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Link to Voter Data Cards