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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Investigating Patterns Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding and Completing Growth Pattern Sequences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice identifying and continuing number patterns.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding and Completing Growth Pattern Sequences

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students must identify a simple pattern in a series of numbers and continue the pattern. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...
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Google

Google for Education: Applyng Discrete and Continuous Data in a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect data in a spreadsheet and learn to use various functions and analysis tools to better see patterns in their eating habits.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Looking for Patterns + Show What You Know

For Students 6th
How would you solve 3 1/4 - 1 5/6? What do students understand? What gaps do they have in their understanding? Students continue looking for patterns when they are adding and subtracting fractions and then they take a quiz.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Moon Rock Patterns

For Students 1st - 4th
Continue the pattern of the moon rocks left by the rocket ship.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Continue Number Sequences

For Students 4th - 7th
Determine the rule to continue the number sequence.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Houses in a Row [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of geometric and numerical patterns to identify and continue a pattern.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Games: Codebreaker

For Students K - 1st
Help find a safe passage by avoiding the boobie traps in this game. See the pattern on the top of the screen for each level and continue that pattern as you move forward through each level.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Predicting the Next Shape in a Sequence of Complex Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and try practice problems on identifying and continuing geometric patterns.
Activity
Mensa Espana

Mensa: Test Orientativo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Which choice creates the best continuing series of the first three drawings? See if you can answer the 18 questions in less than 8 minutes.
Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Polyominoes Fun With Dominoes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Quick Flashes With Shapes

For Teachers 1st
Today students will focus on replicating 2-D shapes that are flashed before their eyes and then continue working with pattern blocks activities.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sunspot Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Sunspot activity has been monitored continuously since about 1700. The historical data shows that sunspot activity rises and falls in a roughly 11-year cycle. This project shows you how you can use both graphical and statistical analysis...
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Other

Encourage Play: Two Fun Ways to Practice Conversation Skills

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Listening and responding on topic during a conversation is a skill our kids need to practice and learn. Here are two fun ways to practice this skill. You can do these activities with groups of kids, or pairs of kids. If you are working...
Handout
Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
Article
Other

Responsive Classroom: Teaching Children How to Converse

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Conversation skills are important for academic and social learning at all grade levels. This first-grade teacher teaches conversation skills very specifically, starting at the beginning of the year, and provides lots of structured...
Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971

For Students 9th - 10th
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...