Students use rectangles to explore patterns. Once they understand the concept, students can create their own patterns for others to explore.

This compilation of math activities engages parents and children in the use of math whenever they are at home. Packed with concise, high interest activities, related illustrations, detailed "parent pointers," and easy to following...

On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario on a soccer field. Those skills include creating numbers for a number pattern, creating patterns using manipulatives, and using diagrams to...

Make predictions then explore the patterns found in everyday objects like stairs. This interactive exercise focuses on developing an equation to represent a mathematical rule and working with virtual manipulatives to visualize a concept,...

How can you describe the pattern made by a growing triangular shape? This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about pattern recognition and completing a table so you have data you can use to graph the coordinates on a...

Interactive tool using pattern blocks for students to explore.

Join Tia at the food market. Can you help her buy some food for her birthday party?

Abubakar lives in Egypt near the pyramids. He needs your help to decide the position of objects. Can you help him?

This is a good site for elementary teachers to help educate students about symmetry by using pattern blocks. This link has multiple activities that the instructor could use including technological and standard activities.

This introductory addition lesson, explores the relationship between adding and number patterns using a number pyramid designed by mathematician Carl Gauss. A short lesson with interesting facts and links to related games for practicing...

This lesson is about counting by tens from AAAmath.com. There are separate sections for learning, practice, playing a game, and exploring more about skip counting.

This lesson builds a foundation for adding larger numbers which is supported by the Common Core standards for second grade.

Use this interactive game to improve your knowledge and understanding of patterns and algebra. Can you describe a rule to follow where you make the least moves? Just follow the instructions below it.

This site offers many uses for Sudoku, including free online puzzles, free puzzles for school publication, and it gives the history of Sudoku.

Here, at this site from the Arizona State University, is a simple lesson plan for math or art teachers in the primary grades. Students create their own symmetrical design based on Pennsylvania barn signs. Also has a link to a site with...

SWBAT use patterns on a 50 chart to identify missing numbers.

Investigate data on changes over time in where our apparel is made and how much we spend on it in these images from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students use the interactive and graph the data. They also look for...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson provides a review of a variety of sequence types including recursive, arithmetic, and geometric. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...

For students who have ever played dominoes and Tetris, polyominoes will strike them as a great deal of fun. Teachers will see the educational benefits of working with similar and congruent shapes and rotating them in a plane. Exploration...

It is important to assess understandings of concepts that students have worked on before moving ahead with new concepts or higher level thinking.

The connected machine is a single function that takes an input, runs it through the network inside and produces an output. You control a network of function machines along with the input and the operation performed by each machine to...

Explore the concept of slope. Ask yourself why the slope between pairs of points would change or why it would stay the same.