Curated OER
Honey ! I Blew Up The Bee!
Second graders complete a variety of bee-themed activities. They consider the importance of honeybees in food production, conduct Internet research, prepare foods using honey, complete puzzles and compile a portfolio of their work.
Curated OER
Communities at Work
Students explore how people function together in small communities to reach a common goal.
Curated OER
SC Populations Along Major Interstates
Students examine the population among the interstates in South Carolina. Using the internet, they identify the counties and roads and compare it with their own drawing.
Curated OER
Lesson: Journey of a Tree
Third graders explore the operation of a Christmas farm and how trees are shipped. After taking a tour of a Christmas tree farm and researching transportation, location and cost issues, 3rd graders create a map to show the distribution...
Curated OER
Minerals
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals lesson plan, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Patterns in Division by 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students must identify number patterns involving subtraction and relate them to division and multiplication. Includes video demonstrating a...
PBS
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.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Investigating Patterns Activity Plan
Patterns are everywhere! In this week-long learning adventure, children will discover what a pattern is and explore patterns in different ways. Children will learn that patterns consist of a "core" or "unit" that repeats as they identify...
US Department of Education
Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math for the Fun of It
This compilation of math activities engages parents and children in the use of math whenever they are at home. Packed with concise, high interest activities, related illustrations, detailed "parent pointers," and easy to following...
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: Cemc: Math Circles: Patterns [Pdf]
This worksheet provides exercises in working with number patterns. Included are questions related to fractals, patterns in exponents, and perimeter and area.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Relate Number Patterns to Multiplication (Grade 5)
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This learning module features a video and a practice quiz where students compare products using patterns seen in multiplication and are asked to give the product of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Relate Number Patterns to Multiplication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A practice quiz where students identify the multiplication pattern in a sequence and fill in related numbers without using multiplication.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 3
Browse resources related to third-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Patterns Without Using Multiplication
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to divide by two using a model to show equal parts to solve a two-digit by one-digit division problem with no remainder. The video is...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Exploring Patterns & Writing Word Problems
For this lesson, students will listen to the book called The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang, but before reading, students will listen for the "different" way to solve the problem on each page. After reading, students will focus on one page...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Number From the Figure Patterns
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to identify multiplication patterns and to use their division facts to fill in missing factors. Includes video...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Division Patterns Within the Multiplication Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students relate division patterns to the patterns in a multiplication table. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:21] and a set...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Position and Patterns: Following Directions
Abubakar lives in Egypt near the pyramids. He needs your help to decide the position of objects. Can you help him?
Other
Tlsbooks.com: Printable Math Worksheets
You may print off addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, averages, fraction, and other miscellaneous worksheets that are related to mathematics. On the left hand side of this page you will also find links to other subjects,...
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Art of Oriental Carpets
This site from the Math Forum of Drexel University gives an idea of how symmetry and pattern is used in oriental carpets. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Semiregular Tessellations
This one page Mathworld site has a number of examples of semiregular tessellations. A definition and a small amount of related information is given at the bottom of the page.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Geometry: Introduction for Primary Students
These lessons are designed to guide young children through an introduction to geometry. Children learn to recognize shapes and to create patterns, and explore spatial relations and symmetry. Each activity is aligned to mandated standards.