Alabama Learning Exchange
Pattern and Practice
Young scholars learn how to make patterns. Students first display their prior knowledge of patterns before delving into the lesson. They complete a worksheet and participate in a web-based class activity. They work in cooperative groups...
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University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Buttons [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to describe, extend and make generalizations about a geometric pattern.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Piles of Oranges [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concepts involved in generating and analyzing a pattern.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Symmetical Patterns [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding on the concept of symmetry.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Hexagons in a Row [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of number patterns and operations to identify and extend a pattern.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Patterns in Geometry
Students answer multiple choice questions that explore patterns in Geometry. Hints and solutions are included.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail
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.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Houses in a Row [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of geometric and numerical patterns to identify and continue a pattern.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Rectangle Pattern Challenges
Students use rectangles to explore patterns. Once they understand the concept, students can create their own patterns for others to explore.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Making Patterns
Explore the literature connections, online activity, pencil and paper activity, and the manipulative investigation of patterns and geometric shapes on this page!
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Emerging Patterns
Students consider the patterns that emerge from agent models and geometric fractals.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Recognizing Patterns
Students learn to identify a variety of patterns using sequences and tessellations.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Food Market: Patterns
Yang Ming's family owns a Food Market. Can you find patterns at the Food Market?
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arrangement 1
The CyberSquad tries to figure out a table arrangement for 20 workers in this video from Cyberchase.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Patterns to the Rescue
Patterns and sequences of numbers are explored through this lesson.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Magnifying Max
This site has the view through Max's magnifying glass. The ants seem to be walking past him in a pattern, can you help him predict how many ants are coming next? Teachers will like the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Perimeter Patterns
In this activity, students investigate patterns in ordered pairs generated by constructing a sequence of similar shapes. They then use the patterns and the calculator to predict the perimeter of a specific shape in the sequence.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Mysterious Constant
In this activity, students investigate a pattern using the constant function on the calculator, record the ordered pairs in a table, describe the pattern, and predict what will come next.
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Belongs, Doesn't Belong
Students play a game to determine the rule that is being expressed.
PBS
Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals...
Other
Link to Learning: Patterning and Algebra
Link to Learning is a site popular among Ontario teachers. This collection of sites addresses aome of the Patterning and Algebra expectations in the Ontario Math curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 8.
Mr. Martini's Classroom
Mr. Martini's Classroom: Counting by 4's
Determine the missing value by completing the pattern counting by 4's.
Antonio Salinas and Maria Jesus Egea
Vedoque: Puntos
Try to repeat the same drawing as the model in this game. Different levels of difficulty are provided.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Thirteen? Oh No! (Pdf)
If you're superstitious you may want to try this math challenge. Test your reasoning and number sense skills by finding out if there is a Friday the 13th every year. Discover how understanding number patterns and reasoning can be helpful...