What is the relationship between a rule and a pattern? How do rules help us to determine the pattern that a series of numbers is following? Why might it be important to figure out the pattern for a series of numbers?

How did the transistors and resistors relate to each other in the game? What happened when you were given the resistors, but had to figure out the transistors using the rule? How are patterns and rules represented by graphs? What can you tell about a set of numbers that can be joined by a straight line on a graph? How did you use the numbers in the x and y rows to tell which graph belonged with which robot? How are graphs related to patterns and rules?