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Investigation - Looking For Triangles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate a series of triangles, looking for patterns and generalizing what they have found. They analyze the pattern data and organize it into a table and graph. Students identify the relationship and discover the rule...
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Odd and Even

For Teachers 2nd
Explore the concept of odd and even with your class using this resource. Learners take an online test demonstrating their knowledge of odd and even, sing a song about the concept, and engage in computer-based activities.
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Graphing the Population Explosion of Weeds

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars are introduced to the seed cycle and draw the specific steps. In groups, they identify the human barriers to the spreading of weeds. After calculating the rate of spreading of the Yellowstar Thistle, they create graphs to...
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Word Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 6th - 7th
In this word problem strategy worksheet, students solve and complete 11 different steps related to solving a given word problem that includes a growing pattern. First, they determine what is needed and what information is important in...
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Product + 1: Integers

For Students 9th - 12th
In this integers worksheet, students solve 1 word problem using proof.  Students prove their hypothesis of the result of multiplying four consecutive positive integers and adding one to the product.
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Say It With Shapes

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create patterns with shapes and words. In this patterns and shapes instructional activity, students recieve an envelope with shapes with words on them. Students make patterns with the shapes that also create a poem. Students can...
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Mathematics Vision Project

Geometric Figures

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Logical thinking is at the forefront of this jam-packed lesson, with young mathematicians not only investigating geometric concepts but also how they "know what they know". Through each activity and worksheet, learners wrestle with...
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Table Settings

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore and examine how to make organized lists and find patterns to help them solve problems. They identify, analyze and determine a rule for predicting and extending numerical patterns involving operations of whole...
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Connecting Algebraic Reasoning to Models

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students analyze relating a model to an algebraic equation and visa versa. Patterns are reviewed in detail and then in pairs new models are created and then translated into a word problem or equation. They illustrate their models on...
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Spending Going Up!

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this patterns learning exercise, students analyze a chart showing prices of movie tickets and refreshments long ago and today. Students determine the pattern for each set of prices and write the prices for the future.
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ABC...1, 2, 3...Green, Red, Blue...Do You Have a Clue?... IT'S PATTERNS

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view clips from the animated series Math Monsters, and discuss the many ways patterns can be found in the world around us. Following the video portion of the lesson, 2nd graders visit a variety of Web sites to assess their...
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Christmas Tree Farming in Ontario

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars realize that Christmas trees produced in Ontario are a field crop that is harvested annually. They find out that Christmas tree farming is important to the economy and the environment of our province.
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Calculator Pattern Puzzles

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore number patterns and relationships while being introduced to the calculator at the same time.
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Himalayan Herds: Fractional Exponential Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve problems by identifying exponential growth and decay and differentiating between patterns, relation and functions. In this algebra lesson, students apply concepts of exponential growth to solve problems.
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Animals Finding Rice Paddies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the animals who live in rice paddies and create a chart.  In this rice activity, 4th graders link the types of animals living in each ecosystem with a bar graph. Students use colored bars to show...
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Alternative Snowflakes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how snowflakes in nature are really formed, and recreate this process with paper and glue.
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Perpendicular and Angle Bisectors

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders solve problems that are based on the theorems associated with perpendicular and angle bisectors of a triangle.  An application on the coordinate plane is included.  The one page...
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Spending Plans

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share." They engage in activities that help them explain that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for different purposes.
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Dancing Number Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how dance can be infused with mathematics. In this art and mathematics lesson plan, students recognize how the ABA dance form is similar to a math number sentence. Students create a dance choosing dance words to...
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Estimation and Pattern Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars collect sunflower heads from their community garden. They estimate its seed count using different strategies. They graph their estimations on a graph and use calculators to find the actual total.
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Geometry Everywhere; Fractal, Math & Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore fractal geometry. They do online explorations of fractals to discover applications of fractal geometry for a report.
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Algebraic Relationships

For Students 8th - 9th
Here are 17 various forms of problems that range from matching equivalent expressions to word problems. Included are problems for substutiing values into expressions and using the order of operations, simplifying algebraic expressions,...
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Logs of Straw: Dendocronology

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate the age of trees by analyzing tree rings.  In this dendocronology instructional activity, students examine sample images of tree rings and identify their age by the amount of rings.  Students complete a...
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The Skip-Counting Game!

For Students K - 1st
For this math worksheet, students learn skip-counting by 2's, 5's and 10's by learning a memory device poem. The 4 verse poem helps students discover number patterns.