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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 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to look at a pattern of 2D shapes to determine the next shape in the pattern. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Divergent Series

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses divergent series, providing links to more detailed information about various aspects of divergent series.
Handout
Northwestern University

North Western: Taylor and Maclaurin Series Approximations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The site gives the Taylor and Maclaurin Series Approximation.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sequence Fibonacci

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review the Fibonacci sequence. The students will be able to complete Fibonacci's mathematical sequence following a study of the pattern.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Multilink Sequences Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students are presented with various shapes made up of a sequence of individual blocks. Students apply reason to predict the number of shapes needed to extend the series.
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.
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University of Vienna (Austria)

University of Vienna: Arithmetic or Geometric?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive quiz in which the first few terms of a sequence are given, which then must be identified as an arithmetic or geometric sequence. After completion, the site returns a score to judge understanding of the different types of...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Calculus Tools App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This user-friendly application extends the build-in power of your TI-89 and TI-92 Plus by providing more specialized functionality. Use Calculus to investigate applications of differentiation, compare numerical integration techniques and...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Differential Equations and Slope Fields

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate and learn about functions known as sequences. They learn how they can be represented symbolically, graphically, and numerically.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Arctic Story Puzzles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Construct a story about the Inuit or the polar bear from a series of pictures that can be put together in a sequence.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Explicit Formulas

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn about explicit formulas for identifying terms of a sequence without knowing the preceding term. Students examine guided notes, review...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Explicit Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to write the nth term and how to use it to find terms in the sequence. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice and attempt...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Geometric Sequence?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, set up as a question format to ask Dr. Math, concerns itself with the fundamentals and basics of geometric progression.
Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: The Term to Term Rule

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore the concept of the term to term rule by working through an online tutorial and then attempting a ten question quiz that increases in difficulty as questions are answered correctly.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A sse.b.4: Cantor Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This tasks requires students to explore properties of the Cantor Set, which has many uncountable points, no intervals of real numbers, and has length of zero. Aligns with A-SSE.B.4.
Activity
University of Toronto (Canada)

The Reasons for Geometric Sequences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is set up to discuss and explain the reasons why geometric progression is given its name.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sequences and Series Involving Finance Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using mortgage formulas, students find mortgage payments, amount borrowed, and principal paid. With annuity formulas, students answer questions about saving for the future. Solutions and verifications are given for all questions.
Activity
Other

Digital World Biology: Blast Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
A series where students see how to submit a nucleotide sequence, compare it to other sequences using blastn, and interpret some of the results.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Fibonacci Sequence & Robots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using the LEGO NXT robotics kit, students construct and program robots to illustrate and explore the Fibonacci sequence. Within teams, students are assigned roles: group leader, chassis builder, arm builder, chief programmer, and...
Unit Plan
Other

University of Surrey: Hard Fibonacci Puzzles

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of difficult puzzles that deal with Fibonacci sequences and numbers. Especially interesting for students who enjoy puzzles and sequences.
eBook
Other

Bc Open Textbooks: Physical Geology: Crystallization of Magma

For Students 9th - 10th
The minerals that make up igneous rocks crystallize at a range of different temperatures. The sequence in which minerals crystallize from magma is known as the Bowen reaction series. An explanation of the reaction series is provided...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Discovering Phi: The Golden Ratio

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the mathematical constant phi, the golden ratio, through hands-on activities. They measure dimensions of "natural objects"--a star, a nautilus shell and human hand bones--and calculate ratios of the measured values,...
Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Time Organizers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a series of five graphic organizers that help with organizing time.

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