5.1 Organizing the elements
5.2 The Modern Periodic Table
5.3 representative Groups
How Much Data Do You Need to Identify a Pattern?
Procedure
Your teacher will give you a stapled stack of paper. Look at the squares on the top sheet of paper. Try to figure out what familiar phrase you would see if all the squares were filled in. Record your prediction on the sheet.
Remove the top sheet and look at the second sheet. Again, try to figure out what letters belong in the squares. Record your prediction.
Continue this process until you have looked at all the sheets in the stack.
Think About It
Observing How did the information on the sheets change as you moved from the top to the bottom of the stack?
Drawing Conclusions How did the number of letters provided affect your ability to predict the phrase?
Using Analogies Describe another situation in which having more data makes it easier to recognize a pattern.