2B.3 PERIODIC CHART SIMULATION

DIRECTIONS

Students are given a high schedule on which one block of information is missing. The schedule is given to them in a scrambled order. The goal is to cut out the blocks in the schedule and to logically arrange them in such a way as to predict the missing block of information.

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TEACHER'S CHART The 6 x 4 grid is the "answer sheet". I've provided it to show all of the periodic patterns that can be found in the exercise. The easiest way a student could get this pattern is to have arranged the cards by course number(mass number) in 4 rows . By starting a new row with each advancing year, you generate this chart.

Once it is generated you get all sorts of patterns. Horizontal patterns include: grade level, time and mystery letter at bottom spells out THISISHOWTOMAKEAPERCHART. Vertical patterns include:course department, room location, class size(declining) and l the letter ending the cource number which spells out words in each column

STUDENT CHART The other grid is for the students. I have them cut out the squares; I briefly explain the information on a square, and tell them to make a logical arrangement of the information. If they make a good arrangement, they can predict some of the information on the missing square(I have made Accounting II the missing square from your answer grid). If they make a very good grid, they should predict all missing information by looking at the surrounding cards. I encourage experimenting with different arrangements.

I hope that I didn't make any errors in this version. Let me know. If you invent any new twists to the puzzle let me know also. I'm currently submitting this to Science Teacher and would appreciate input to how it worked and how you presented it. To slower groups I often have told them the dimensions of the answer grid

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