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Channel 4 Learning

Channel 4 Maths: Mathszone

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you help Ben and Mai escape their captors and foil the robbers' getaway plan? Test your mathematical aptitude in this captivating, interactive, adventure game that uses a PDA/calculator to solve math clues. Students will activate...
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Kitchen Floor

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying logic with basic math skills to solve how many tiles are needed to complete the kitchen floor pattern.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Predicting the Next Shape in a Sequence of 2 D and 3 D Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on how to predict the next shape in a two dimensional or three dimensional pattern.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Peg and Cat: Chicken Dance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help the chickens dance by making and completing their shape patterns.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Following Rules

For Teachers 4th Standards
Fourth graders often confuse skip counting with finding a rule or pattern for a given set of numbers. Here, they focus on how one number relates to the next and extend the pattern to determine the rule.
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: El Nino's Extended Family Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses cycle of global weather patterns and its relation to El Nino. Learn how global weather patterns are being tracked by satellites and how scientists are predicting weather patterns up to a year in advance.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Extend Geometric Sequences

For Students 9th - 10th
Given the first few terms in a geometric sequence, find the next term in the sequence.
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Arizona State University

Alberto Rios, Arizona State U.: Glossary of Rhymes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very extensive list of rhymes that "Occur frequently in discussions of poetry and critical writing, but not with absolute consistency." All have definitions, and many have examples. They are organized into five categories:...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: m.c.escher: Mathematics and Visual Arts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This cross-curricular middle school unit integrates mathematics and visual art. Through the study of the M.C. Escher?s work, students explore tiling from both a mathematical and artistic point of view. Points for discussion and...
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Other

Who's Missing?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click on different shapes to extend the pattern. Three levels of difficulty.
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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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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Beam of Light

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
A "one star" geometry problem that requires finding the visual pattern and applying and pattern extensions to solve the beam of light problem.
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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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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Fractals

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you figure out what pattern comes next? Explore patterns and perimeter in this math challenge on fractals. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Peg and Cat: On the Farm: Chicken Dance

For Students K - 1st
Help the chickens do their really cool chicken dance by extending a simple shape pattern.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Camp Tv

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Welcome to CAMP TV-a day camp experience in your living room! An enthusiastic head counselor, played by Zachary Noah Piser, guides "campers" as they learn through play. Content partners include the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center...
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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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Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: The Tooth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read this spooky rhyme and then use the activity page to create patterns with Halloween candy. The teacher's guide and extra challenges will help teachers make fun and interesting lesson plans.
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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.
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PBS

Pbs: Valentine Cards: Exploring Relationships Between Variables

For Students 6th - 8th
Determine how many valentines will be exchanged depending on the number of students in each class. This interactive exercise focuses on examining data to find a pattern and extending the pattern until a rule can be realized, taking math...
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Residence Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar College provides an explanation of the different types of family residence patterns found in the world. Uses cultural examples and diagrams.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: 3rd Day of School

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders extend and identify the patterns of decreasing time and be able to understand relationships among units and convert from one unit to another unit within the same system.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Numbers in Nature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Fibonacci sequence lesson plan is aimed at grades 9-12, but would be appropriate for some junior high classes. It includes historical background and examples of Fibonacci numbers in nature, as well as suggested readings and ties to...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Multiplying Magic Squares

For Students 6th - 8th
The math concept of "Magic Squares" is explored here with basic terminology and examples to begin with. Once students have mastered these, the more challenging idea of how to multiply magic squares is introduced. Review materials are...

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