Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Algebra: Number Patterns

For Students 4th - 5th
Complete a step by step lesson regarding number patterns then assess your knowledge with a quiz.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Finding Patterns to Make Predictions

For Students 6th - 8th
Make predictions then explore the patterns found in everyday objects like stairs. This interactive exercise focuses on developing an equation to represent a mathematical rule and working with virtual manipulatives to visualize a concept,...
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Patterns in the Addition Table [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Students will follow the given steps to explore the patterns in the addition table.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Algebra: Geometric Patterns

For Students 5th - 6th
Explroe geometric patterns with this step by step interactive lesson.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: 2 Step Word Problems

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Solve two-step word problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Some questions include estimation. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Guess My Button

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This website gives students an opportunity to sort and classify attributes of a group. The applet responds to each selection made and guides student to the next step.
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Other

24 Hour Museum (u.k.): Marbling Paper Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site reviews techniques for creating marbled paper or marbling. A step-by-step demonstration is provided to walk the user through the process and picture are given for every step of the process.
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.
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Two Step Number Patterns [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The student learns how to create number patterns involving addition and subtraction.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Draw a Story: Stepping From Pictures to Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Help young young scholars move from drawing pictures into writing simple stories. Good plan for having students put pictures in sequential order and teaching them about sequential order.
Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Real Survival Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about process analysis, writing procedurals texts, the steps of the writing process, and cause and effect in this unit. Also, examine patterns of organization in writing. A handy chart shows common organizational patterns which...
Lesson Plan
Other

Laus Dnet: Grade 1 Word Lesson Plan (Stone Soup) Pdf

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students use Stone Soup by Ann McGovern to generate word lists and use patterned text to assist with descriptive writing. Gives links to step sheets and samples for creating a table , a template for shared writing, a...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Sierpinski's Carpet

For Students 9th - 10th
Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Carpet, a fractal made from subdividing a square into nine smaller squares and cutting the middle one out. Explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Effect of Artificial Light on Migration Pattern of Daphnia

For Students 6th - 8th
This elegant project employs a scientific approach that is particularly valuable in Environmental Science, but can be applied to other areas as well. The approach has three steps: 1) from your observations in the field, form a...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Stream Velocity Investigation Using Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An outdoor activity where students visit a local stream for a scientific inquiry. They make observations about the stream, and take measurements of the stream's velocity, depth, and width. They will also develop a sediment thickness...
Activity
Other

Math Stories: Finding a Pattern

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
At this one page site, you can work through step by step a sample problem that illustrates the problem-solving strategy for "identify a pattern." The answer is right there to help you check your thinking.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Hero's Journey: Life's Great Adventure, Reg Harris[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the three-page PDF article "The Hero's Journey: Life's Great Adventure" by Reg Harris which outlines the characteristics of the journey motif in literature including the basic eight-step journey pattern.
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing Essays for Exams

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout provides a comprehensive look at writing essays for exams including what a well-written answer to an essay exam question includes, a step-by-step decription of how to write an effective essay exam, an explanation of patterns...
Lesson Plan
Other

Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System: Using Expressions and Equations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson provides learners with opportunities to practice writing equivalent equations and expressions for finding perimeter and patterns on a calendar. It also gives extension and remediation ideas as well as related instructional...
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Need help with doing a descriptive paper or personal narrative? Need a writing lesson plan? Meet Virginia Hamilton and follow her step-by-step guide to writing. When done, you are eligible for a certificate signed by this author.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bonus Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article gives a step-by-step guide to how the boundary lines in a Voronoi diagram can be calculated and provides practice questions and answers.
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Social Dances for Upper Elementary

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teach your students some dance steps to help their coordination and cognitive abilities. Step patterns and music suggestions are included in this instructional activity from ARTSEDGE.
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PE Central

Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Jumping Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through this activity, students practice jumping and landing in specific patterns (2-step sequence and 3-step sequence). Included at this website are ideas for varying the activity, assessing students' effort and participation, and...
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...