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
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Patterns in Larger Numbers

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Patterns are everywhere. We can use patterns to help us deal with larger numbers
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Nature, the Golden Ratio, and Fibonacci, Too

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at how spirals form in nature when cells reproduce in a flower, for example. An interactive lets students try entering different values to see if they can make a spiral pattern with no gaps. The correct figure would be the Golden...
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...
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Counting Beyond Our Fingers and Toes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will practice counting from 1-30 and having one-to-one correspondence with objects for these numbers. Also, they will practice finding patterns on a hundreds chart. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students...
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: It Figures!

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Learn fraction multiplication with this fun tutorial.
Interactive
University of Richmond

Digital Scholarship Lab: American Panorama: Foreign Born Population

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore trends in immigration to the United States between 1850 and 2010 with this interactive map. Each year shows the numbers of people that were born in a foreign country, with the data being represented in multiple ways. Use the...