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Connections: Peddling Petals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify various patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, students assemble paper flowers by using patterns. Students discuss how they constructed their flower.
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U Boat Hunt

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students recognize patterns and sequences in numbers. In this geometry lesson, students create rules to define the sequences and patterns they obsere. They translate coded messages as they dicuss navigational terms.
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Terrific Tessellations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create, transform, and critique their own piece of artwork. In doing this lesson, students get more experience working with angles, lines, and measurement. They gain experience seeing, and creating their own patterns and shapes.
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Symmetries in Quadrilateral Tilings

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze symmetries of quadrilateral tilings and discover how various types of symmetries, used alone or in combination, can generate the same pattern in more than one way.
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Tilted Squares and Right Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate squares. They generate patterns from structured situations and find a rule for the general term and express it using words and symbols. Students generate patterns from a rule and substitute values and formulas.
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Spore Drop

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils observe the pattern of the inside of a mushroom and write down what they see. For this mushroom lesson plan, students cut a mushroom at the top and draw what they see in the spore of the mushroom.
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Skip-counting Practice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars practice skip counting. In this skip counting instructional activity, students practice skip counting using hundreds boards and patterns. Young scholars complete several examples and problems to ensure their...
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How popular is your favorite site?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners gather data for the project for the entire year. They plot their data, try to fit a equation to their data, and speculate on why the data shows the pattern it does and project its future growth.
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Next Time

For Students 1st
In this clock patterns activity, 1st graders draw clock hands on three clocks to show the time that comes next in each row of clocks. Students show a pattern on the last three clocks on the fourth row.
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Friendship Bracelets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create friendship bracelets using a circular pattern. In this friendship activity, students use visual aides such as Kidspiration and use a problem solving method to learn more each other.
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Visual Patterns in Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore tessellations as well as various types of polygon. Students examine tessellating patterns in the world around them. Students examine tessellations by creating their own tessellations and completing the included worksheet.
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The Power of Algebra

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore patterns. They look for patterns in number problems and use algebra as a means of solving general problems. Students devise a strategy to solve the number problem.
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Tessellation Project

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders will be predicting and describing the results of sliding, flipping, and turning two-dimensional shapes. They will also understand patterns so they can describe, extend, and make generalizations about geometric and numeric...
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Cracker Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are presented with the following problem: A cracker manufacturer has been losing money and has to find a way to save her factory. They are given the task to design a new shape for the cracker manufacturer so that as little...
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TAKS 3rd Grade Upkeep 3

For Teachers 4th
In this TAKS worksheet, 4th graders identify patterns, determine the best operation, and plot numbers on a number line. The three questions pertain to objectives covered on the Texas state test. This would be good bellwork.
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Fun With Calendars

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use four numbers to find calendar dates that form square numbers. For this square numbers lesson, students use algebraic equations to calculate and locate number patterns using a monthly calendar.
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Is the System Fair?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate shapes and patterns. In this algebra lesson, students move from concrete to abstract understanding of shapes and concepts. They use variable to identify the unknown.
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Prime Time

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners participate in activities to investigate properties of numbers. They identify prime and composite numbers and determine the patterns associated with these numbers. They answer questions associated with each activity.
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TAKS 3rd Grade Daily Upkeep 2

For Teachers 4th
In this TAKS worksheet, 4th graders identify the number of sides in a shape, discover a pattern, and find the sum of several numbers. Questions relate to objectives covered on the Texas state test. This would be good bell work.
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The Legend of the Poinsettia

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the poinsettia and its symbolism as a Christmas flower. Students will listen to a story about the poinsettia and its origins in Mexico and discuss what they know about Mexico. They will discuss the poinsettia's...
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Number Patterns and Sequences

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners review how to solve a variety of word problems, focusing on problems that have multiples of 5. They utilize the formula for using number squares and number sequencing with lowest common multiples. Number...
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Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students participate in a verb patterns pellmanism game where students put together a variety of thirty-six verb patterns in a variety of different ways.
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Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Advanced)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students participate in a Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Advanced) in teams of four. Students match up as many verb patterns from the thirty-nine verbs listed as they can.
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Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students participate in a verb patterns pellmanism game where each students match a set of eighteen verb cards with each other in context.