Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Creating Numerical Patterns With Rules: Bianca Functions in the Wild

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Cyberchase video, Bianca and her friend go camping and soon realize that Bianca has left the food at home. They find a vending machine in the woods, but it doesn't dispense the food that corresponds with the numbers Bianca...
Lesson Plan
Other

The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Can You See It in Nature? [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners will build, extend, describe, predict, graph and generate rules for patterns and functions designed to help students understand the connection between geometric and numerical patterns (younger learners) as well as between...
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Finding Patterns to Make Predictions

For Students 6th - 8th
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,...
Handout
Other

Helping With Math: Generating Patterns & Identifying Relationships

For Students 5th Standards
A tutorial and downloadable worksheets that practice generating patterns and identifying relationships. It offers a pretest, an explanation with examples, practice, and a test.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Gnomon 1

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to explore a specific number pattern named the "Fibonacci sequence." See what other patterns you can discover while you manipulate the blocks. There is a "Printable Page" link if you...