Students use pattern shapes to explore geometry and fractions, creating their own designs, or filling in outlines. As they work with the shapes students explore geometric relationships, think about angles, investigate symmetry, and...

Students work in groups to build their own kite. The activity explores estimation, geometry, measurement, and patterns. The resource consists of a lesson plan, group activity instructions, lesson overview, and an expert page.

Students work in groups to investigate weather and estimating cloud cover. The activity explores estimation, spatial sense, fractions, and patterns. The resource consists of a lesson plan, group activity instructions, lesson overview,...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept introduces students to inductive reasoning and provides many examples of inductive reasoning.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize and describe visual or geometric patterns.

Site provides information and activities on various aspects of geometry, from shapes to patters and symmetry. Make your own tetra puzzle or build an icosahedron in the classroom. Interactive and fun.

Teachers, here's a great resource for worksheets and presentations about symmetry. Includes PowerPoint and smartboard presentations.

Investigate tessellations using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will explore transformations, namely line symmetry, rotation symmetry, and translation occurring within a tessellated pattern. Be sure to follow the...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Extend numerical patterns by identifying and following rules

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...

Mathematicians in ancient Greece were amazed by mathematical patterns, and wanted to explore and explain them. They began to study mathematics just "for fun" without a specific application in mind. One of these mathematicians, Thales of...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reasoning is a fundamental part of geometric proofs. There are several types of reasoning, many of which we innately and naturally picked up. However, the different...

Identify the patterns using addition, subtraction, and geometry to solve the puzzle and crack Hacker's code.

A geometry instructional activity that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages students in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive instructional activity that considers students with diverse learning...

Knowledge in Action! Today you will find out if the students are understanding the idea of decomposing and composing shapes with pattern blocks.

This lesson focuses on wallpaper groups. While there are infinitely many possible patterns, they all have one of just 17 different symmetry groups. These are called the Wallpaper Groups. Every wallpaper group is defined by a combination...

This lesson focuses on tessellations, a tessellation is a geometric pattern that covers a surface without gaps or overlaps. They can be seen everywhere in nature such as a honeycomb or a tortoise shell.

Students explore slides, flips, and turns in this interactive web lesson.

This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan explores tessellations and their geometric properties. Plenty of interactive support is available for students. Lots of resources for teachers to use.

This two-part geometry lesson plan has students identify, describe, and classify two-dimensional shapes. Students engage in hands-on activities including identifying shapes in the classroom, creating patterns with shapes, identifying...

A colorful, engaging site where students can manipulate pattern blocks to create patterns or pictures. Included in the detailed directions are possible activities and a feature that allows you to email your patterns to a friend.

A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to solve.

Investigating designs and shapes in quilts around the world is the activity in this internet exploration. Learners will also design their own quilt on paper or on the computer. Acrobat Reader required.

Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...