Fourth graders solve problems that can be modeled with algebraic equations or expressions. There are five sets of problems. Students should attempt one problem from each set each day. They increase in difficulty as the week progresses....

Students develop the different jumping patterns (hopping; jumping using 2 feet take-offs and landings; leaping; 1-to-2 foot jumps; 2-to-1 foot jumps)

Learners practice sorting lids in different ways so that each group determines a sorting pattern. They examine how to work in groups while sharing ideas. They establish group work relationships that become apparent to the teacher in this...

First graders use simple vegetable cut out and colored paper flower peddles to make simple patterns. They start out with a simple 2-element patterns around the theme of a daisy and increase in difficulty.

In this symmetry worksheet, students view and draw border patterns and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 3 activities.

In this patterning worksheet, 2nd graders read and solve 6 word problems using a hundreds chart as needed. They finish patterns in which they skip count by 2's or 5's to find the next two or three numbers.

Students repeat patterns while listening to music. In this patterning lesson, students listen to a pattern on a tape of music and reproduce it by clapping or stamping their feet. They listen to stories about famous composers.

Students actively engage in the careful analysis of chromosome banding patterns and identify examples of inversion in homologous chromosomes.

Sixth graders practice recognizing teen numbers for the part-whole strategy of bridging to ten. They approach the advanced counting stage to problem solve addition facts to ten utilizing dot patterns on a quinary frame with dot patterns...

Students examine immigration. In this Oregon history lesson, students compare and contrast the population patterns of the state in the 1800's and the 1900's.

Students analyze art as a cloud pattern activity. In this cloud and art lesson, students view April Gornik's painting The Back of the Storm and make connections between science and art. Students observe cloud patterns for one week and...

Fourth graders explore patterns by participating in a class math activity. In this early algebra lesson, 4th graders utilize a die and chart to keep record of a snake game in which students must utilize a math function to solve a problem...

Students practice word patterns while playing the game of tic tac toe. For this sounding out accuracy lesson, students work with a partner to pick a word from a pile of words. Students then sound out the word from the pile of...

This dynamic 4-page packets challenges learners to practice number sequencing. The sequences get progressively more difficult. Your class must count by ones, backwards, by twos, and by threes. Students can complete this packet as an...

Students work in cooperative pairs to create a series circuit and a parallel circuit. Students compare and contrast the two different types of circuits using worksheets that are included.

Students explore the concept of paleoclimatological proxies.  In this paleoclimatological proxies lesson, students explain isotope ratios in deep water coral samples.  Students write a paragraph about global climate change as...

In this number sequence worksheet, 3rd graders fill in 40 missing numbers in sequence on 10 different number lines. Students calculate each single digit step up for each one.

Learners explore geometry by completing a color puzzle. In this shape identification lesson, students utilize deductive reasoning to complete a Google SketchUp puzzle with trapezoid, triangles and rectangular shapes. Learners...

After preparing baked potato nachos, the class views a PowerPoint about healthy food choices and takes notes on an accompanying worksheet. Although the PowerPoint is educational, the majority of the time is used for preparing and...

Practice place value skills with this lesson. Learners put numbers in order from greatest to least, identify the values of particular numbers, and engage in an activity to compare numbers using manipulatives.

Second graders view clips from the animated series Math Monsters, and discuss the many ways patterns can be found in the world around us. Following the video portion of the lesson, 2nd graders visit a variety of Web sites to assess their...

Young scholars study strip patterns and identify symmetry. They create a paper doll chain. They experiment with different shapes. They determine if their chain is a strip pattern. They create snowflakes with triangles.

Students in ESOL classes practice communication skills using voice intonation patterns. Using various patterns, they practice sentences with rising and falling intonations. With partners, students read passages orally with emphasis...

Middle schoolers find number patterns in the generation of several different types of fractals.