15
Repeating patterns in nature
Textbook pp. 36–37
GoalFind events in nature that repeat again and again.
New words
repetition · takrorlanishday and night · kun va tunseason · faslpattern · naqsh
Explanation
Many things in nature repeat: night follows day, then day comes again. The seasons change in the same order every year. Trees blossom in spring and drop leaves in autumn — every year. When we know a repeating pattern, we can predict what comes next.
Worked examples
Day → night → day → night → ...
Melons and watermelons ripen every summer.
Class activity
Continue the pattern: on the board ☀ 🌙 ☀ 🌙 ... or red-blue-red-blue circles; children add the next 2, then invent their own pattern.
Practice
1
Continue: winter, spring, summer, autumn, winter, ...
spring
2
Continue: 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, ...
2
3
Name something in nature that repeats every day.
For example: sunrise and sunset