Bugs and Animals- Patterns

Maths talk

Have a variety of different numbers on the board. How can we sort these numbers. How many different ways can we sort these numbers?

Try again with different numbers.

Bugs or animals

Using all the different bugs how can we sort and classify these bugs.

How many different ways can you sort the bugs?

How do you know that you have found all the different ways?

Enabling Prompt:

Have one way in which the students can sort the bugs e.g. by legs.

Extending prompt:

Can you make a number pattern with your bugs. E.g. legs, 6,12,18,24 etc