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Hop To It!
Students determine patterns. In this mathematics lesson, students act out a skit, play a sequence game, and complete patterns. Students use problems solving skills.
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Fashionista
So trendy! Show your class how to identify trends in sales patterns using mathematics. Scholars use a software simulation to collect data on age groups, price, and sales at a fashion store. This data allows individuals to determine the...
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Math for the Frontier
Make history come to life by using the Frontier House series to engage learners in the past. Your class will "prepare" for a trip to 1833 Montana. They will learn about homesteading, frontier life, inflation, and cost of living. Using...
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Investigation - Patterns/Functions
Young scholars explore one-to-one correspondence. Through activities, students examine rhythm and patterns. From the patterns discovered, young scholars create a visual representation of the pattern with blocks.
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Simplifying Exponential Expressions
This exponential expression resource has each of the class members determine the value of given exponential expressions. They use their calculator to find the values and identify patterns. Besides writing the numbers exponentially, they...
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Guess That Sequence!
Students explore number sense by completing problems in class. In this patterns instructional activity, students examine a group of numbers and identify what the pattern is and how it should correctly continue. Students practice...
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What’s Your Coordinate?
Your middle schoolers will show what they know with their bodies when they become the coordinate plane in this conceptual development unit. Starting with the characteristics of the coordinate plane, learners develop their skills by...
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Mother Nature Pattern Maker
Students in a teacher education program enhance their awareness of patterns. They discover how to support their students in developing this skill in mathematical terms. They role play the role of a K-2 student and collect images from...
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Fun with Patterns
Students identify, extend and create patterns using various types of manipulatives and then work a pattern game in the computer lab to reinforce what was learned.
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Angles
Fourth and fifth graders investigate angles and name them according to the criteria for obtuse, acute, and right angles. They examine a human-made yarn pattern on the floor of their classroom and identify angles, vertices, and types of...
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Our Sky Clock
Young scholars explore space science by completing a worksheet in class. In this astronomy lesson, students discuss and identify star patterns in the night sky and relate these patterns to the approximate time they appear. Young scholars...
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Examining Geometric Solids
Students explore geometry by completing a math worksheet in class. In this shape identification lesson plan, students identify the characteristics associated with 15 solid geometric shapes. Students identify patterns between vertices,...
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Fair Shares and Geometric Spirals
Young scholars tackle the problem of how to divide a triangular piece of land fairly among four people. They decide whether their method of fair division always works or if it only works in special cases.
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What's the Best Deal?
Students explore number sense by solving consumer math problems. In this pattern identification lesson, students analyze a list of numerical and geometric patterns while predicting the future outcome. Students utilize inference skills to...
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The Young Gymnast
Second graders compare and contrast gymnastics in 1859, 1900 and today. Students contrast differences in gymnastics for boys and girls today. Students pretend that they are interviewing a famous gymnast and write up their interview....
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 2: Dancing Duo
Second graders and teachers identify geometric vocabulary word by searching a geometry website. They create a Quilt Word Wall using the geometry words.
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Guess That Sequence!
Pupils analyze number sense by participating in a pattern identification activity. In this number sequence lesson, students examine several groups of numbers and identify the sequence in the group before adding on to it. Pupils check...
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Shell Sort; Serving up Seafood
Students complete various small group activities to classify items and determine the types of combinations that can be made with these items. In the second lesson, students create menus for a restaurant to help them gain money sense and...
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The Great Pollinators
Students discover the reproductive parts of a plant. In this biology lesson, students identify and categorize several different plants they dissect in class. Students record their information using a data chart.
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More or Less Pigs in the Pen
Students practice simple addition and subtraction. They identify relationships among whole numbers.
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Modeling Atoms
Students create an atomic model using a computer program. In this technology lesson, students identify the difference between radius and diameter. They create circular patterns and spheres based on certain specifications.
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Monthly Cost of Living - Food
Students determine how much they would need to feed a family for a month. They plan meals and use Internet grocery stores to find the cost of individual food items. They brainstorm in small groups to come up with 1 weeks worth of menus.
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Dancing Number Sentences
Students explore how dance can be infused with mathematics. In this art and mathematics lesson, students recognize how the ABA dance form is similar to a math number sentence. Students create a dance choosing dance words to represent...
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Can You Create a Congruent Figure
Fifth graders discover congruent figures by investigating graphs and manipulatives. In this geometry lesson, 5th graders identify congruent figures and patterns with their classmates. Students collaborate in groups to create...