Thinking in Patterns

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Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data. Patterns in rates of change and other numerical relationships can provide information about natural systems.

TERMS

• Patterns - regularity in the world

• Data - measurements or statistics used for evidence

• Graphs, charts and images - (Graphical Displays - the speed with which something moves, happens, or changes)

• Rates of change - the speed with which something moves, happens, or changes

• Numerical relationships - a quantifiable interconnection between data sets

STANDARDS

MS-PS4-1 / MS-LS4-3 / MS-LS4-1 / MS-ESS2-3 / MS-ESS3-2 / HS-ESS1-5