What Comes Next? Stay Cool in a Pool

4 pools. Pool 1: 2 feet deep, 10 feet long, 6 feet wide. Pool 2: 3 feet deep, 10 feet long, 8 feet wide. Pool 3: 4 feet deep, 10 feet long, 10 feet wide. Pool 4: 5 feet deep, 10 feet long, 12 feet wide.

There are a lot of different pools to play in.

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What comes next?

Draw or describe the dimensions and volumes of the next 3 pools. Describe how you know.

Challenge

What would the dimensions of the 10th pool be?

What about the 15th?

Follow-up

Create your own pattern and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!

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