Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding and Completing Growth Pattern Sequences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice identifying and continuing number patterns.
Interactive
Topmarks Online

Topmarks: Shape Patterns

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Shape Patterns is a sequencing game where children from 3 to 8 years of age need to complete the pattern of different coloured 2D shapes. Three levels of difficulty.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Koch's Snowflake

For Students 9th - 10th
Step through the generation of the Koch Snowflake, a fractal made from deforming the sides of a triangle, and explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.
Interactive
Topmarks Online

Topmarks: Paint the Squares

For Students K - 1st Standards
An interactive number chart resource with 8 different sized number grids including a regular hundred square provides a way to explore number patterns. Charts are printable and excellent for demonstrating number sequences on interactive...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Number Puzzles

For Teachers 1st Standards
SWBAT apply their understanding of patterns on the hundreds chart and the counting sequence to create a number chart.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Magnifying Max

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This site has the view through Max's magnifying glass. The ants seem to be walking past him in a pattern, can you help him predict how many ants are coming next? Teachers will like the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages young scholars in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Fibonacci Sequence & Robots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using the LEGO NXT robotics kit, students construct and program robots to illustrate and explore the Fibonacci sequence. Within teams, students are assigned roles: group leader, chassis builder, arm builder, chief programmer, and...
Website
AAA Math

Aaa Math: Counting by Fours

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson is about counting by fours from AAAmath.com. There are separate sections for learning, practice, playing a game, and exploring more about skip counting.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Predicting the Next Shape in a Sequence of 2 D and 3 D Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to predict the next shape in a two dimensional or three dimensional pattern.
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Algebra: Sequences: Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Pascal's Triangle, a number pyramid in which every cell is the sum of the two cells directly above. It contains all binomial coefficients, as well as many other number sequences and patterns.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Gauss Arithmetic Sequence Strategy

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss figured out how to sum up any arithmetic sequence without having to add up each and every term. This video focuses on using your critical thinking to follow along as Gauss determines his...
Article
Other

Ncte: Organizing Your Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This PDF article explains five different patterns of organization to help students select an organization that matches the purpose of their writing so that the audience can more easily follow along. The patterns are sequential, spatial,...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Marathon Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit on sequences and series is intended to help students make the connection from math to real life situations. Developing a marathon training program for a beginner runner is one simple way that students may use patterns in real...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Organizing Your Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Two slideshows and a screencast on organizational patterns used when writing essays and speeches. The first is a 20-slide presentation explaining the seven most common organizational patterns used in writing: time sequence, spatial,...
PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Text Structures: Analyze Organizational Methods

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This slideshow focuses on text structures for informational texts including how the author's purpose helps determine the organizational pattern to use and how the reader can use clues to identify the text structure used. Five...
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Algebra: Fibonacci Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Fibonacci numbers, a pattern based on the sum of the two previous numbers. It offers examples and practice exercises using some form of Fibonacci numbers.