Kindergarten

In this task, students will use the basic mathematical skills of counting, grouping, and comparing to observe patterns and spot trends in their everyday environments. Students observe how quantities of items counted vary over time and how they might make predictions based on increasing or decreasing numbers.

Students adopt the role of a product designer and apply their learning to the creation of an original design for the item being studied. In the final presentation, they pitch their design idea to the class alongside their data. Will they follow the observed trends or deviate from them in their own designs? How will they explain their creative decisions?

Here are a few of the student projects.