Challenge. Invent an hour-long lesson for an elementary school class based on pattern.
The lesson must be set to the level of the children to be taught. Smaller children may not have fine motor skills (ability to use tools and equipment). Think about what equipment you will need them to be able to use! Make a list. Would using cutting tools be a good idea?
Prepare a presentation on pattern. What is it? Who uses it? Where does it come from?
You must produce a hand out showing examples of pattern from different historical periods, from different cultures and countries.
You must also produce a handout telling the “history” of how pattern developed. This handout must include an activity.
For example;
“One day a stone age woman making a pot discovered that if she used a twig to scratch lines into the surface it made a pleasing effect.
Try to make a pattern similar to the one made by the Stone Age woman on this pot.”
The lesson must be fun!!
