CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Explicit Formulas
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn about explicit formulas for identifying terms of a sequence without knowing the preceding term. Students examine guided notes, review...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b.4: Course of Antibiotics
This task presents a real world application, prescribing a course of antibiotics. In this task, a finite geometric series is utilized. Aligns with A-SSE.B.4.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b.4: Cantor Set
This tasks requires students to explore properties of the Cantor Set, which has many uncountable points, no intervals of real numbers, and has length of zero. Aligns with A-SSE.B.4.
Other
Math Portal: Arithmetic Progressions
A mini-lesson on arithmetic progressions includes a definition, examples with solutions, and a set of interactive problems at the completion of each lesson.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Limits
In this activity, you can see a representation of several geometric series and their limits.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Algebra 2: Binomial Theorem
Provides an explanation, examples, and a video lesson all related to the binomial theorem. [1:30]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Explicit Formulas
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to write the nth term and how to use it to find terms in the sequence. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice and attempt...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Ven Conmigo; Giving Advice About Job Interviews
From Holt Rinehart Winston's, on-line Ven conmigo series, this is a reading comprehension and sequence exercise on giving advice about job interviews in Spanish.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Elements of a Story Interactive
Explore different ingredients, or elements, that go into stories and make them so much fun. Read the story, "Cinderella," and look at all the different pieces of the tale to see how they all fit together.
University of Toronto (Canada)
The Reasons for Geometric Sequences
This site is set up to discuss and explain the reasons why geometric progression is given its name.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Arithmetic Progressions
A description of an arithmetic series begins this demonstration, followed by formulas and examples. A real world application is included for practice.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart accompanies the story Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind from the Scholastic Reading Series, Literacy Place for 4th grade. It introduces and discusses the genre of tall tales, vocabulary,...
Other
Digital World Biology: Blast Tutorial
A series where students see how to submit a nucleotide sequence, compare it to other sequences using blastn, and interpret some of the results.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Fibonacci Sequence & Robots
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Discovering Phi: The Golden Ratio
Students discover the mathematical constant phi, the golden ratio, through hands-on activities. They measure dimensions of "natural objects"--a star, a nautilus shell and human hand bones--and calculate ratios of the measured values,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Jumping Math: Lesson Plan
Combine counting sequences with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a fifteen to twenty minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked to work in any elementary classroom.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Module K: Shapes
In this series of STEAM activities, students will discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences. Another activity in this module will allow students to identify shapes by applying...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Irregular Word Activities
This extensive site has links to games and activities that teach students to read 30 high-frequency irregular words. There are over 20 activities and games at the bottom of the site in additional to sequenced irregular word activities....
Other
University of Surrey: The First 500 Fibonacci Numbers
A list of the first 500 Fibonacci numbers, including their prime factorization and whether they are prime.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Algebra: Figurate Numbers
There are many other sequences that are based on certain geometric shapes. These sequences are often called Figurate numbers, numbers that can be represented using geometric shapes. Examples include square, triangle, and tetrahedral...
Mathigon
Mathigon: Algebra: Fibonacci Numbers
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.
Other
If Only Every Function Were a Polynomial
This site explains why not every function is a polynomial and discusses infinite series.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Little Red Ant
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Little Red Ant and The Great Big Crumb is a story in the third grade Scholastic Literacy Series. This flipchart contains activities on order of events, cause/effect, vocabulary, and plot sequencing.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Convergent Sequence
This site from MathWorld explains convergent sequences with links to related information. The information is very brief, but examples and formulas are provided.