Progressions Introduction to progression activity2

Objectives

 * To identify patterns of numbers
 * To explore different types of number patterns
 * To identify and generalize number sequences

Estimated Time
One period-45 minutes

Prerequisites/Instructions, prior preparations, if any
Students should be familiar with number sequences and identifying different types of sequences.

Materials/ Resources needed
Spreadsheets containing different types of patterns.

Process (How to do the activity)

 * Show the different sequences of numbers in the spreadsheet and ask them:


 * Compare the yellow and blue columns. What do you observe?
 * Write the general form for the sequence in yellow
 * Compare the blue and green columns. What do you observe?
 * Is there any difference between the green and the purple column?
 * Can you relate the purple series to the pattern you saw before?
 * Can you state the rule for the purple row?
 * Ask students to observe the series and generalize.

Evaluation at the end of the activity

 * 1) Generalizing any given number sequence.