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Connections: Peddling Petals
Students identify various patterns. In this patterns instructional activity, students assemble paper flowers by using patterns. Students discuss how they constructed their flower.
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Recognizing the Importance of Sight
Students discover the true value of their senses. In this sight instructional activity, students discover the difficulty of life without sight by performing everyday activities without the help of their eyes. The students examine their...
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Sentence Patterns II: Locating Objects and Complements
What sets this worksheet apart are the clear, concise explanations for some rather complex grammatical terms. Object complements, subject complements, transitive and intransitive verbs, and direct and indirect objects are all carefully...
San Diego Museum of Art
Tapa-Inspired Pattern Painting
Middle schoolers are encourage to try their hand at traditional Oceania tapa art by crafting their own cloth using brown paper bags. Included in the resource is background information about the cultures of Oceania and their art.
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Successive Differences in Polynomials
Don't give your classes the third degree when working with polynomials! Teach them to recognize the successive differences and identify the degree of the polynomial. The lesson leads learners through a process to develop an understanding...
Willow Tree
Interior Angles, Exterior Angles, and Diagonals of Polygons
How does the number of sides of a polygon affect the angle measures? Learners recognize a pattern in finding the total measure of interior and exterior angles and the number of diagonals. They use the patterns to calculate the number of...
Chicago Botanic Garden
Recognizing Change (Observation vs. Inference)
What is the difference between making inferences and making observations? Young climatologists refer to a PowerPoint to make observations on each slide. They record their observations in a provided worksheet before drawing a...
Learning A-Z
Tips for Teaching: Word Recognition
Learning to read can be exhilarating for some pupils, but for others, it's difficult to get past the frustration of not knowing how to read a particular word. A tutoring resource provides several ways to guide class members into...
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Patterns
Second graders create an ABAB pattern with their name. In this early elementary math activity, 2nd graders first model their names in an ABAB pattern with unifix cubes. They then recreate the pattern using letter stamps on KidPix.
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100 Stamps for 100 Days
Students recognize similarities and generalize patterns. In this math and technology lesson plan, students develop an understanding of number patterning by grouping stamps and counting by 10s.
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Designing a Quilt Pattern
Learners create and color a one-patch quilt design based upon a regular hexagon. They examine quilts and photos of quilt designs, read a handout, and complete their quilt design on a worksheet.
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Quilt Geometry
Seventh graders explore lines of symmetry, congruent polygons and patterns. They listen to "The Seasons Sewn," observe a PowerPoint presentation, and identify congruent polygons and visual patterns. Through an internet activity, 7th...
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Visual Patterns in Tessellations
Students explore tessellations as well as various types of polygon. Students examine tessellating patterns in the world around them. Students examine tessellations by creating their own tessellations and completing the included worksheet.
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Objects in the Sky
Learners explore what the sky looks like at different times. They identify objects in the sky and recognize changes over time. Students observe the sky and look for objects that are common in both the daytime and the nighttime sky.
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Identifying Shapes and Matching
Students recognize shapes and repeating shapes can make a pattern. In this patterns instructional activity, students identify pictures of shapes as patterns or not patterns. Students describe how the pattern is made.
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Native American Necklaces
First graders make an "ABB" pattern from macaroni they dyed in a previous lesson plan. They follow the pattern as they string the macaroni to make a necklace. This lesson plan is a nice math/social studies tie in.
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Jumping Rules
First graders practice identifying number patterns. In this basic patterns lesson, 1st graders use a large number line and jump to certain numbers to create, identify or extend a pattern. This lesson includes a script to guide the teacher.
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Creative Story Writing
Young scholars recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until...
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Describing an Object's Position
Learners explore language arts by participating in a shape identification activity. In this geometry shape lesson, students discuss the vocabulary terms used to describe the location of an object. Learners complete a worksheet based upon...
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Linear Functions
Fifth graders investigate the concept of a function in relationship to how it is used. The concept is essential for the future study of Algebra. They apply the use of patterns with its relationship to functions.
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Winds Go Spinning Around
Students simulate the Coriolis Effect to comprehend why winds in the Westerlies are prone to cyclonic and anti-cyclonic motion. They arrive at an explanation of processes that drive world wind patterns
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Number Scrolls
Students write the number line. For this numbers lesson, students write numbers in numeric order on a number scroll. They find patterns within this number line.
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Fractals Forever or Obvious and Hidden Order
Students discuss ways computers use properties of similar figures to generate scale models and create scenes. they describe patterns they have seen on a fern, pineapple, or pinecone. Students research Benoit mandebrot, H. von Koch and...
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9th Grade Transition Algebra
Ninth graders examine mathematical patterns. In this algebra lesson, 9th graders collaborate to think outside the box and share solutions to problems they have encountered. Students use popsicle sticks to solve various building problems...