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Curated OER

Proportionality: Modeling the Future

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore and examine how patterns, measurement, ratios and proportions are utilized in the research development and production of airplanes. They meet a pilot from the Federal Aviation Association who describes the growth of air...
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Curated OER

Modeling pentagrams using Geometers Sketchpad

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners using visual modeling software will construct two regular pentagrams which are mathematically similar. They also create a multi-page document and learn to create links between the pages and to a website on the History of...
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Curated OER

How Many Cells Are Born in a Day?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners predict the number of cells after a series of cell divisions.  In this cells lesson students create a graph of their results and create a patterned drawing. 
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Curated OER

Chessboard Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together on a word problem. They write a written report of the answer. They participate in a chessgame in which the answers are used.
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Curated OER

Building Patterns Incrementally

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the recurrence rules for patterns where the increase from one term to the next is not constant. They look for the recurrence rule on their own. They copy the pattern and create the next element, continue the pattern with...
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Curated OER

Building Patterns Constantly

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to some number patterns using buildings constructed with squares. They construct tables of patterns and finding the recurrence rule for a simple pattern where the increase from term to term is a constant.
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Curated OER

Space Tiling with Captain Planet

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders Apply the symmetry and angle properties of polygons, using symmetry and angle properties of polygons to solve practical problems. They study tessellates and explain why a shape tessellates.
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Curated OER

What's My Function?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders utilize input/output tables to help them solve algebraic equations. They incorporate patterns, number sequences and relations to represent and analyze mathematical problems and number relationships using algebraic symbols.
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Curated OER

Estimation and Pattern Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students collect sunflower heads from their community garden. They estimate its seed count using different strategies. They graph their estimations on a graph and use calculators to find the actual total.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Numbers in Nature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Fibonacci sequence lesson plan is aimed at grades 9-12, but would be appropriate for some junior high classes. It includes historical background and examples of Fibonacci numbers in nature, as well as suggested readings and ties to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fibonacci Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will review the Fibonacci sequence and compose poems with the number of syllables in each line corresponding to the the numbers of that sequence.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Domino Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Math Forum site has students discover the the pattern of the Fibonacci Numbers by playing with dominos

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