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Nature Patterns Exploration
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Nature Patterns Exploration
Look for what repeats, then use the rule to continue each pattern. You can draw your answers in the boxes.
Spot the repeating rule
Read each pattern carefully.
1.A fern trail goes: leaf, seed, leaf, seed, leaf, ___. What comes next?
- leaf
- seed
- flower
2.A shell decoration repeats: spiral, dot, dot, spiral, dot, dot. What is the repeating part?
3.Choose all the patterns that repeat in the same order.
- Pine cone, leaf, pine cone, leaf
- One seed, two seeds, three seeds, four seeds
- Round stone, flat stone, round stone, flat stone
- Flower, flower, leaf, flower, flower, leaf
Continue the nature patterns
Use each rule to work out what belongs in the gaps.
Seed
Leaf
Seed
Leaf
Seed
?
4.In the seed-and-leaf pattern above, what should go in the last space?
5.A line of nature pictures repeats: cone, flower, leaf, cone, flower, leaf. What picture is in position 8?
- cone
- flower
- leaf
6.The rule is cone, leaf, flower, then repeat. This line says: cone, leaf, flower, cone, flower, flower. Which picture should be changed, and what should it be?
7.Match each nature pattern with the part that repeats.
- A. Fern, fern, seed, fern, fern, seed
- B. Flower, leaf, flower, leaf
- C. Stone, shell, shell, stone, shell, shell
- 2. Fern, fern, seed
- 1. Flower, leaf
- 3. Stone, shell, shell
8.If a repeating pattern has three pictures in its repeating part, the same picture appears again after every three places.
TrueFalse
Make a pattern of your own
Create a nature pattern and explain its rule.
9.Draw a repeating pattern using at least two kinds of things found in nature. Show the repeating part at least three times, then write its rule.
Draw and label your pattern here.
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