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Pbs Learning Media: Patterns in Nature
In this video segment [3:25] from Cyberchase, a plant expert shows Bianca the patterns and symmetry found in nature.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Patterns in Larger Numbers
Patterns are everywhere. We can use patterns to help us deal with larger numbers
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Toothpicks: Patterns in Geometric Shapes
This interactive exercise focuses on determining probabilities associated with repeated coin tosses and building tree diagrams to take math out of the classroom and into the real world.
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The Actuarial Foundation: Math Academy: Can You See It in Nature? [Pdf]
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Algebra Plus: Targeted Math Instruction
Algebra lesson focuses on using patterns and relationships to write equations with two variables to represent relationships and patterns in real-world problems, plotting ordered pairs on a coordinate grid, and interpreting the meaning of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Review: Outliers in Scatter Plots
Learn about the points that don't fit the pattern in a scatter plot with this article. Site also includes practice questions to test your knowledge of the topic.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Finding Patterns to Make Predictions
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,...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Using a Pattern to Solve a Problem
Patterns are prevalent in all levels of math. Common Core Standards expect students to be able to use structure - like that found in repeating the patterns of odd and even numbers or counting by 5s or 10s - to solve problems (MP7).
PBS
Pbs: Super Stairs: Patterns of Ordered Pairs
Try to find the numerical pattern to describe what happens when Dan runs stairs. This interactive lesson focuses on using what you know about pattern recognition and using data to write expressions in order for you to figure out the...
PBS
Pbs: Creating Numerical Patterns With Rules: Bianca Functions in the Wild
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shapes & Patterns
In this lesson, students will watch videos about shapes and identify shapes in their environment and in art. Links to the videos are at the bottom of the lesson overview, other material links are also provided.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Review: Clusters in Scatter Plots
An article that discusses what we mean when we talk about clusters in scatter plots. It also includes practice questions that test your knowledge of the topic.
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Made in America: The High Cost of Fashion
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reading a Thermometer
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns how to read a thermometer as they try to keep their chocolate sculpture from melting.
Iowa State University
Math Jeopardy
It's time for Jeopardy. Detailed directions and suggested game questions are given for Math Jeopardy. Questions are attached in a PDF file that can be downloaded and printed.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Traffic Jam Activity Lesson Plan
There are seven stepping stones and six people - three on the left facing the three on the right. How is it possible to have the three on the left end up on the right, and vice versa, while everyone was at all times standing on a stone...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Nature, the Golden Ratio, and Fibonacci, Too
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...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Gnomon 1
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fraction Fun
The students will participate in a hands-on lesson about dividing a whole object into parts. They will also practice simple addition.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Pets, Pets and More Pets
Second graders love to talk about pets and in this lesson they can share how many pets they have.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Suzanne Alejandre's Designs With Circles
In the Islamic culture, circles are considered to be a unit of measurement and the basis for the organization of space. This is illustrated at this site by a series of exercises.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Polyominoes Fun With Dominoes
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...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Camouflage Predation Challenge
Through this simulation, students will understand the role of camouflage in keeping animals from attracting attention of their predators. Using newspaper and patterned wrapping paper, students will construct two habitats. Students will...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data Portal
Access and explore large datasets from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2003). Working with large datasets that emphasize exploration, finding patterns, and modeling is an essential first step in becoming...
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