Patterns

• Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed and used as evidence.
• Patterns in the natural world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.
• Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed.
• Patterns in the natural world can be observed.
• Patterns of change can be used to make predictions.
• Similarities and differences in patterns can be used to sort and classify natural phenomena.
• Similarities and differences in patterns can be used to sort and classify designed products.
• Patterns can be used as evidence to support an explanation.
• Similarities and differences in patterns can be used to sort, classify, communicate and analyze simple rates of change for natural phenomena.
• Macroscopic patterns are related to the nature of microscopic and atomic-level structure.
• Graphs and charts can be used to identify patterns in data.
• Patterns can be used to identify cause and effect relationships.
• 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.
• Different patterns may be observed at each of the scales at which a system is studied and can provide evidence for causality in explanations of phenomena.
• Empirical evidence is needed to identify patterns.