Annenberg Learner: Patterns in Mathematics: Guess My Button

Explore patterns in the multiplication table in order to deepen your third graders' understanding of this essential skill. Implement this activity as a whole-class lesson, allowing students to work in pairs or small groups to support...

Help your class discover the commutative property of addition with this exploration of the addition table. By folding and coloring the table, a symmetry is found that directs students to an understanding of this crucial mathematical...

Turn young learners into pattern detectives with this fun hands-on activity. Using the included set of cards showing different block towers, children replicate each pattern with their own manipulatives while...

Students will follow the given steps to explore the patterns in the addition table.

Students look for patterns to determine how many valentines will be distributed in a class of 28 students. After trying the problem, they can look at several other methods that could be used and compare the answer they got. There is also...

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.

This interactive activity allows you to change an equation's numbers in an attempt to figure out what operations are being used to control the answers.

This website helps students work with word patterns by having them create limericks and sentences. Students receive feedback and guidance as they work their way through the activities.

Students answer multiple choice questions that explore patterns in Geometry. Hints and solutions are included.

Read about what math has to do with cooking, chances of winning a game, even decorating your home. Teachers may want to peruse this site for ideas about real world applications in their lesson planning.