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Curated OER

Creating, Describing, and Analyzing Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate patterns. In this kindergarten through second grade mathematics lesson, students use patterns to analyze relationships and make predictions. Students use an interactive math applet to investigate repeating and...
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Curated OER

Patterns That Grow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate growing patterns. In this additive patterns lesson, students analyze the core of growing patterns. Young scholars extend additive patterns based on the core.
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Curated OER

Attributes and Patterns with Buttons

For Teachers K - 1st
Students work with attribute buttons in order to sort, create, and analyze patterns. Students practice identifying patterns and verbalizing the sorting rules and patterns they used. Sample assessments and rubric are provided.
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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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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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Math Slice

Math Slice: Sundee Slice Special Test

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A concise tool for assessing a variety of math concepts including measurement, algebra, number sense, and data. Assessment is scored online immediately. An excellent tool for quick assessment.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals...
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Website
United Nations

Unesco: Math Games (In Arabic)

For Students 6th - 8th
This site offers games and lessons that teach basic math concepts such as area and volume, number patterns, time, etc. Games use familiar tasks such as shopping to reinforce math concepts. While the title of each page includes an English...
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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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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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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Word Patterns Activities

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website helps students work with word patterns by having them create limericks and sentences. Students receive feedback and guidance as they work their way through the activities.
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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Growth Creature Lab Data Collecting

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan completely explains how students will collect data on the growth of an "alligator" and determine the relationship of the growth data to the Fundamental Theorem of Similarity and to topics in geometry in general. All of the...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to figure out if women really do live longer than men. A math challenge taken from today's health journals that explores data collection, data analysis, patterns, and graphing skills. Learn how mastering these skills can be...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Crack the Code

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Cyberchase video in which the CyberSquad must get into a vault before Hacker, Buzz, and Delete by cracking a code of shapes and numbers. [3:20]
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Uncover Patterns in Number Sequences

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This Marilyn Burns lesson plan provides an activity and discourse to help lead intermediate young scholars through the pattern identification process.
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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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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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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Where Are They?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your logic, polygon properties, and pattern recognition skills working on this challenge. Solution included.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Think of Two Numbers

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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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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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Magic Plant

For Students Pre-K - 1st 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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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Logo Programming Overlapping Polygons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Using this Logo Program you can experiment with different values for N in the procedure and see the changes in the results.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Buzzy Bee Problem

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
See if you can find the pattern in Buzzy Bee's honeycomb. The solution is available right at this one page website.
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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.