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Patterns: A Stitch in Time

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners recognize shapes, designs and numbers that form patterns. Using their surroundings, they identify common patterns. They create their own patterns in various software programs and share them with the class.
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Ordering Numbers (Worksheet e)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ordering instructional activity, students are given a list of four numbers, all containing three digits. Students rewrite the numbers in order, according to the instructions. Some numbers are written greatest to least, and...
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Learning about Fibonacci

For Students 5th - 7th
In this learning about Fibonacci learning exercise, students read about Leonardo Fibonacci and his contribution to mathematics, then study the pattern of Fibonacci numbers, in math and in nature.
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Starfish Surprises

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this missing numbers worksheet, students write the missing numbers covered by the starfish in the patterns. Students complete 6 problems total.
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A Creative Presentation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Bring writing to life with this lesson in which elementary and middle schoolers create a display of the imagery they identify in a series of Gary Paulsen books. They read the suggested materials, identify imagery and descriptive...
Unit Plan
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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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Arithmetic Series

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Fall for a series. Learners determine how to find out how far a skydiver falls in the first 20 seconds. The Algebra II lesson introduces the idea of adding up the terms of an arithmetic sequence. Pupils learn how to use Sigma notation to...
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August House

The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Turn your classroom into a pig sty with a instructional activity based on the Appalachian folktale The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday. Similar to the story of The Three Little Pigs, the folktale tells a story of four pigs who leave...
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National Security Agency

Multiple Representations of Limits

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
After an introductory activity to demonstrate the theory of a limit, additional activities approach a limit from graphical, numerical, and algebraic methods. The activity looks at the multiple ways of understanding and evaluating a...
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National Humanities Center

Teaching Emily Dickinson: A Common Core Close Reading Seminar

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Three of Emily Dickinson's poems, "I like to see it," "Because I could not stop for Death," and "We grow accustomed to the Dark," provide instructors with an opportunity to model for class members how to use close reading strategies to...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Macromolecules

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Finally, a chance for the class to play with their food! Allow pupils to simulate stomach acid with common foods, and introduce specific macromolecules into the mixture to explore characteristics of carbohydrates, lipids,...
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Dancing Number Sentences

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

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these number sequences worksheets, students complete 19 problems determining the number sequence for each problem. Students improve their number and pattern recognition skills.
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Applied Science - Science and Math Pre Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars find Fibonacci sequences. In this applied Science lesson plan, students solve Fibonacci sequence problems. Young scholars explore the mathematical patterns of objects in nature.
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Sequences

For Students 9th
In this sequences learning exercise, student solve 10 different problems that contain various types of sequences. First, they determine the sixth term of the sequence given. Then, 9th graders write the first four terms of a sequence...
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Sequences and Series: Geometric Sequence

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometric sequence learning exercise, students find the next two terms of a geometric sequence. They identify the nth term and complete a sequence statement. Next, they find the geometric means of a given sequence. This...
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Turk-o-nacci Sequence

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sequence activity, students use the Fibonacci sequence to determine the number of turkeys in a flock.  This one-page activity contains 1 multi-step problem.  The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
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Sequences and Exponents

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice multiplication sequences and multiplying with exponents. They study how a sequence is a set of numbers which follows a mathematical rule and can be used with all four operations and with combinations of operations.
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Numerical Analysis: Sequence

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this sequence worksheet, students explore the convergence of a sequence and the rate of a sequence. They explore problems and identify the order of convergence. This three-page worksheet contains approximately six problems. ...
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Sequences, Counting and Probability - Week 4

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this sequence worksheet, students complete problems involving geometric sequences. They identify the nth term in a sequence. Students explore various positions in the Fibonacci sequence. This two-page worksheet contains eight...
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Using the TI-83 to Evaluate Sequences

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this evaluating sequences worksheet, students use the TI-83 graphing calculator to evaluate sequences. Instructions on how to use the calculator with these type of problems is provided. There are three problems on this one-page...
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Number Sequences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math number sequences worksheet, students record data for 5 problems and then write the rules for each of the 5 problems based on the data they collected.
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Number Sequences

For Students 4th - 5th
In these number sequence worksheets, students study the sets of numbers and write down the next set of numbers for each sequence. Students complete 3 sets of numbers and 30 problems.
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Seven Sequences and Series Activities

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this sequences and series worksheet, students complete seven activities covering arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, and series.  Fully worked out examples, formulas, and explanations are included.