Lesson 3 — Spot Repeating Patterns: The Problem-Solver's Hawk Eye

Level: Apprentice — roughly Grade 7 / ages 12–13 Duration: 20–25 minutes Format: Web quiz (play right away, no prep needed) Concept: Pattern Recognition — a problem that "looks like an old one" can reuse the old solution; no starting from zero

Learning Objective

Kids see repeating patterns in numbers, in work steps, and across different problems that share one structure — the foundation for loops and functions in later lessons.

Do It Together (Parent-Child Co-participation)

Find 3 repeating patterns at home (bedtime routine, folding every shirt, the morning school route) and ask: "If we had a helper robot, which job would you teach it first?"