Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding and Completing the Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice determing a number pattern and then completing the pattern.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Fashion Store: Pattern and Function

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Molly organizes her clothes in a pattern using functions.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Surfing Beach: Patterns

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Zeke likes surfing and hanging out at the beach. Join him and learn more about number patterns.
Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Common Number Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Developed by a mathematics teacher from the UK, this page identifies and illustrates several common number patterns.
Unit Plan
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.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: People Patterns

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
This interactive website offers young students an opportunity to discover the pattern and predict who will come next. Feedback and guidance are given for each response. It also offers three increasingly difficult levels that are available.
Website
Other

Link to Learning: Patterning and Algebra

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Link to Learning is a site popular among Ontario teachers. This collection of sites addresses aome of the Patterning and Algebra expectations in the Ontario Math curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 8.
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Patterns for Children: Moon Rock Patterns

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Moon Rock Patterns challenges students to identify and complete ten color patterns.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
Interactive
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Got It

For Students 1st - 8th
Sharpen your logical thinking and see if you can figure out the strategy to get to the target number before the computer.
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Number: Continue Number Sequences

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

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Think of Two Numbers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Calendar Patterns

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this calendar challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Finding the Number From the Figure Patterns

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine the division pattern in a series of number to find missing numbers. The video is followed by practice problems to assess student...
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Magnifying Max

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
This site has the view through Max's magnifying glass. The ants seem to be walking past him in a pattern, can you help him predict how many ants are coming next? Teachers will like the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson plan engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals...
Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Patterning and Algebra

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Large manipulatives and hands-on activities are used to teach patterns to Kindergarten and Grade One.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Find a Pattern Using Children's Literature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the problem-solving strategy of "find a pattern" to predict the number of grains of rice Rani (from the book, One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi) will receive after 30 days. Students use a spreadsheet to...
Activity
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Missing Numbers

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The learning exercise has student identify the missing numbers in a number sequence.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Radar Bills

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you seen a radar bill lately? Explore number patterns, number combinations, and probability in this math challenge that examines serial numbers on U.S. bills. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Mathemagician's Seven Spells

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
See if you can find the pattern in the sequence of numbers that will break the Mathemagician's spell. The solution is available at this one page website. After you find your solution you can check it.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Cyberchase: Crack Hacker's Safe

For Students 2nd - 5th
This resource provides an interactive game which involves number, color, and shape patterns. Click on the help button when additional help is needed.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: How Old?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.