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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

Univeristy of Regina: Math Central: Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan on early patterning is well written, well planned, and extensive. The math content is substantial for this age. There are lots of connections to other content areas. Materials needed are readily available or provided for...
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: How Many Valentines?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...
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Website
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Patterns and Picture Books

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
CarolHurst.com provides a sample chapter from Picturing Math, which teaches geometric concepts using picture books and activities.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: People Patterns

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This interactive website offers young students an opportunity to discover the pattern and predict who will come next. Feedback and guidance are given for each response. It also offers three increasingly difficult levels that are available.
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Interactive
Other

Websudoku

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fun puzzler to get any mind thinking logically! Try many levels of puzzles using the following rules: "Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: 1 Step 2 Step, Fibonacci

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find the patterns on the staircase. Mr. Fibonacci would be so proud to know you found the solution. You can check your solution right at this nifty one-page website.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Is It Magic or Is It Maths?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this magic challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Mathemagician's Seven Spells

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find the pattern in the sequence of numbers that will break the Mathemagician's spell. The solution is available at this one page website. After you find your solution you can check it.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Games Frogs

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Use this interactive game to improve your knowledge and understanding of patterns and algebra. Can you describe a rule to follow where you make the least moves? Just follow the instructions below it.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Train Carriages

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern creation skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: How Old?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Month Mania

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Sharpen your logic and pattern-creation skills while working on this challenge. A solution is available to check your results.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Doplication

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern extension skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: It Must Be 2000

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern extension skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Ice Cream

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Sharpen your logic and pattern creation skills performing this fun game. Includes solution.
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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...
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Sweets in a Box

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Improve logic and pattern creation skills performing this game. Includes solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Why 8?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Interactive
Other

Sudoku Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers many uses for Sudoku, including free online puzzles, free puzzles for school publication, and it gives the history of Sudoku.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Common Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Developed by a mathematics teacher from the UK, this page identifies and illustrates several common number patterns.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Calendar Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this calendar challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What's Missing?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you find the missing pattern in the "sona?" Explore missing patterns and growing patterns in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. Discover how archaeologist and anthropologist use these mathematical patterns to learn...
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Interactive
Fun Brain

Fun Brain: Number Cracker (Number Series Game)

For Students 2nd - 5th
The Number Cracker needs you to help find a secret code by identifying the missing number in a series.