Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences and Series

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Examine the importance of sequence and series through contextual situations. Here, learners partake in a five-day unit that begins with the basics of arithmetic and geometric sequences and series. As it progresses, pupils apply the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sequences and Series

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students find the formula for the sequences and summation of each problem. There are 14 questions with a detailed answer key.
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 4: Linear and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Sequences and series are traditionally thought of as topics for the pre-calculus or calculus class, when learners are figuring out how to develop limits. But this unit uses patterns and slopes of linear functions in unique ways...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Linear and Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
This comprehensive unit on linear and exponential functions provides numerous clearly-written worksheets. Topics include graphing linear equations, solving systems of equations algebraically and by graphing, identifying the domain and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Patterns and Sequences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this finding the missing numbers in patterns and sequences worksheet, upper graders read a series of one-digit, two-digit, and three-digit numbers to solve the problems. They solve 10 problems.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometric Sequences and Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn to calculate the nth term of a sequence defined by an algebraic expression. They examine geometric sequences and series, relate geometric sequences to their explicit forms, find the partial sums of a sequence in a table, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dance Sequences and Phrases

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A series of lessons about dance would be a great addition to your physical education class. Straightforward as well as creative, it teaches the basic skills of dance movement. A rubric helps guide the dancers to let them know what steps...
Worksheet
Super Teacher Worksheets

Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Pattern recognition is an essential step in the development of young mathematicians fluency with the four basic operations. This simple skills practice worksheet asks children identify and complete three different...
Worksheet
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Curated OER

Geometric Sequences and Series

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve sequences using the geometric mean for sequences and series. They have to find the next number in the pattern using the formula for geometric means. There are 23 problems to be solved.
PPT
Curated OER

Sequences

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Provide your class with a comprehensive set of examples that help define sequences. They view a wide variety of sequences that range from animals, to letters and sounds. They work through each sequence to determine what should come next....
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Arithmetic Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Fall for a series. Learners determine how to find out how far a skydiver falls in the first 20 seconds. The Algebra II lesson introduces the idea of adding up the terms of an arithmetic sequence. Pupils learn how to use Sigma notation to...
eBook
Rice University

Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Algebra concepts are all wrapped up in one nice bow. The resource combines all the concepts typically found in Algebra I and Algebra II courses in one eBook. The topics covered begin with solving linear equations and move to linear...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Sums of Geometric Series

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Geometric series either get bigger or approach a single number. So, how do you know which it is? An interactive presents three different geometric series with varying common ratios. With the aid of patterns, pupils determine values of r...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hop To It!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students determine patterns. In this mathematics lesson, students act out a skit, play a sequence game, and complete patterns. Students use problems solving skills.
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Module 1: Sequences

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Take steps into sequences. An 11-lesson unit builds upon pupils' previous understanding of writing expressions to develop the idea of sequences. The resource explores both arithmetic and geometric sequences using recursive and explicit...
Assessment
Mathed Up!

Sequences

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explicitly talk to the class about sequences. A segment of a review series for the General Certificate of Secondary Education math assessment provides a review of arithmetic sequences. Pupils watch a video showing how to find terms given...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Integer Sequences—Should You Believe in Patterns?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Help your class discover possible patterns in a sequence of numbers and then write an equation with a lesson plan that covers sequence notation and function notation. Graphs are used to represent the number patterns.
Activity
Curated OER

Triangle Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your algebra learners emphasize the"geometric" in geometric series as they use a common ratio between algebraic terms and find that it corresponds to a repeated similarity transformation. 
Unit Plan
Film Foundation

The Day The Earth Stood Still: Film Language And Elements Of Style

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
In this, the third in a series of four resources that use Robert Wise's 1951 version of The Day The Earth Stood Still as the core text, young film makers examine the language of film including shot composition, camera angle, lighting,...
Activity
5280 Math

Interesting Times

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Gain a little interest in functions with a real-life task. Young scholars analyze home loan data with a geometric sequence and series. They use the models to make predictions about the total loan payments at certain intervals in a...
Lesson Plan
For the Teachers

Story Strips Sequencing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
What happens next? Work on story sequence with a lesson that prompts kids to put a story back in order. Additionally, they discuss what would happen if one event was missing from the sequence.
Lesson Plan
For the Teachers

Sequence Plot Chart

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Your kids can identify the plot sequence of a short story, but what about an informational article? Have them examine the chronological order of events in informational texts with a lesson on the sequence of events. 
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Hero or Tyrant: Connecting Beethoven’s Third Symphony to Napoleon, Part One

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The second and third movements of the Eroica, Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, provides listeners with an opportunity to connect to French Revolution and to Napoleon Bonaparte. As they listen to the music, individuals draw what their ears...
Worksheet
Math in English

Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Build the pattern recognition skills of young mathematicians with this simple skills practice worksheet. Given nine different sequences of two-digit numbers, children must identify the pattern and determine the next three numbers in...