Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Patterns with Frogs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create patterns. In this math activity, students complete and create patterns using pattern blocks or disks. Learners analyze the patterns they see.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pascal's Triangle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students read the discussion about the importance of games. They create a game as directed. They also read the rules for the Pascal Triangle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation-How Many Toothpicks?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use toothpicks to investigate a series of designs and identify patterns. Data is organized and analyzed using tables and graphs, and students make generalizations using algebraic expressions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shape Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the world of shapes! After free tangram exploration and pair share time, learners describe various patterns and shapes in both the natural and designed world. They investigate the use of tangrams to create patterns and shapes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Black, Striped, White, & Plaid: Changing Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars create a new design for an everyday object using color and patterns after observing objects that surround them in the classroom; focusing on five examples that are either solid colored or patterned.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Learning about Fibonacci

For Students 5th - 7th
In this learning about Fibonacci worksheet, students read about Leonardo Fibonacci and his contribution to mathematics, then study the pattern of Fibonacci numbers, in math and in nature.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cube Coloring Problem

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers describe the various features of unit cubes, such as edges, corners, and faces. They also discuss how to represent measurements of a cube using exponents before engaging in various thinking and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who's On First?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Have you ever considered why the number 10 is so important to us? That's what learners do here. They explore patterns formed by powers of ten and by decimals, convert units of measure within the metric system, and express these in the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sunrise-Sunset

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students gather data, make and share predictions about the time of sunrise ans sunset in their area. Patterns are analyzed and shared with students from other areas.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We Flew With a Baboon

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
More vowels? Elementary schoolers recognize how vowel patterns change a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound. With an emphasis on the /oo/ that makes the long U sound, kids identify the phoneme and letter combination through...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Starfish Surprises

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this missing numbers worksheet, students write the missing numbers covered by the starfish in the patterns. Students complete 6 problems total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A-Okay

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. Then they practice identifying words with the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Complexity Madness

For Teachers 5th
After introducing the concept and formula for finding the area of a square, try this instructional activity. Fifth graders will use their prior knowledge to break apart various shapes in order to determine area. This instructional...
Handout
Office of Migrant Education

Poetry: Form, Syllables, Mood, and Tone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Looking for a resource to introduce homeschoolers and other out-of-class learners to the elements of poetry? Check out this packet that defines and illustrates important poetry terms.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Book Title: One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read a story and write math problems.  In this reading and math comprehension lesson plan, students preview and read the book "One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab".  Students predict ways to get a sum of 11, write math...
Handout
Santa Barbara City College

How to Make a Multiplication Table

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Teach children how to make a multiplication table, and they'll be multiplying for life. Following this series of steps, young mathematicians learn to use patterns and the relationships between numbers to create...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Sneaking Up on Slope

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Pupils determine the pattern in collinear points in order to determine the next point in a sequence. Using the definition of slope, they practice using the slope formula, and finish the activity with three different ways to...
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Curated OER

Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 4th
A great ESL lesson focuses on Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Mayflower. Printable versions of the Mayflower, a Thanksgiving booklet, a Pilgrim house pattern, and links to other free sites that offer all sorts of Thanksgiving...
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Rainforest Alliance

Get in Touch with Nature

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Take a trip to the Colombian rainforest through the sense of touch. Here, class members discover what's inside a mystery box: wood, cinnamon, Brazil nuts, a banana, and orange. Then, the class takes a trip outside for a tree rubbing...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Writing and Evaluating Expressions—Multiplication and Division

For Teachers 6th Standards
Don't table the resource on writing expressions for relationships in tables. Scholars investigate relationships between variables and write algebraic expressions involving multiplication and division. These expressions help solve...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Name Patterns

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Here is a fun, colorful, and engaging art project that is sure to get your kids excited! They make a piece of art using watercolor paints, and by making a design out of the letters of their first name. This would be a fantasti art...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Graphs (2006)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When told to describe a line, do your pupils list its color, length, and which side is high or low? Use a worksheet that engages scholars to properly label line graphs. It then requests two applied reasoning answers.
Assessment
Concord Consortium

The Bus Route

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Patterns are extremely helpful when solving a puzzle. Young scholars attempt to find times a bus will pass each stop. They identify a pattern in the known stop times to identify the solutions.
Activity
It's About Time

Volcanic History of Your Community

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Did you know there are 20 volcanoes erupting at any given time? Pupils look at various igneous rocks, read local geologic maps, and determine if their area has a history of volcanic activity. A reading passage and analysis questions...