Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Number Patterns

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Look for patterns in order to solve problems with greatest common factors.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Common Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Developed by a mathematics teacher from the UK, this page identifies and illustrates several common number patterns.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: How Many Valentines?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Patterns: An Introduction to Mendeleev

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate a puzzle. They are given a set of cards with various properties. Each card has anywhere from 2 to 6 different properties depending on the level of the students and each set of cards has one or two...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Recognizing Patterns in Division Using Multiples of Ten

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to look for patterns in a set of three division equations involving a number with an increasing number of zeros on the...
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Number Cracker (Number Series Game)

For Students 2nd - 5th
The Number Cracker needs you to help find a secret code by identifying the missing number in a series.
Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Patterns and Change: Patterns in Resource Consumption

For Students 11th - 12th
This collection of three learning modules looks at issues related to resource consumption. It examines theories about how population size affects consumption, the changing patterns of energy consumption, and ways to minimize consumption....
Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability

For Students 11th - 12th
This collection of five learning modules looks at issues related to environmental change and sustainability. Topics addressed include changes in the atmosphere, soil, water, and biodiversity, and what can be done to counteract this and...
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: People Patterns

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This interactive website offers young students an opportunity to discover the pattern and predict who will come next. Feedback and guidance are given for each response. It also offers three increasingly difficult levels that are available.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Gnomon 1

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to explore a specific number pattern named the "Fibonacci sequence." See what other patterns you can discover while you manipulate the blocks. There is a "Printable Page" link if you...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Patterns in Counting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students' learn to count in multiples of numbers using concrete objects and a calculator. They also connect number symbols to quantities, and look for patterns in the number symbols.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 4.oa Double Plus One

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task is meant to be used in an instructional setting. The task encourages students to develop the habit of looking for patterns that might hint at some underlying structure as described in Standard for Mathematical Practice 7, Look...
Interactive
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Patterning the Powers of 10

For Students 6th - 8th
This interactive Learn Alberta math resource offers a hands-on exploration of positive and negative exponents. In particular, students will work on completing patterns of base 10 exponents in a variety of forms, then look at these in the...
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Mathemagician's Seven Spells

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find the pattern in the sequence of numbers that will break the Mathemagician's spell. The solution is available at this one page website. After you find your solution you can check it.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Calendar Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this calendar challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Start Here! Welcome to Patterns!

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to patterns. In this topic we're going to explore the geometry behind the creation of dinosaur skin. It includes two lessons: Lesson 1: Geometry of dinosaur scales (Grades 5+) and Lesson 2: Painting with Perlin...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Radar Bills

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you seen a radar bill lately? Explore number patterns, number combinations, and probability in this math challenge that examines serial numbers on U.S. bills. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: How Old?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Eleven?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Only by replacing these letters with the correct digits can you make this problem add up correctly! The solution is located right at this one page website.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Magical Number Maze!

For Students 3rd - 5th
On this one page website sharpen your logic and problem solving skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Number Juggle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use those problem solving skills to find a solution to this triangle problem. When you have your solution you can check it right on this one page website.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Camp Add "Em Up Ii

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
At Camp Add 'Em Up it's time to or "2" find patterns in the environment. Students will work in pairs as they build understanding of how to count by 2's. Students will use digital cameras to capture "2's" in their classroom (2 shoes, 2...
Activity
Other

Math Stories: Finding a Pattern

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
At this one page site, you can work through step by step a sample problem that illustrates the problem-solving strategy for "identify a pattern." The answer is right there to help you check your thinking.