Patterns+and+Sequences

=Patterns and Sequences= [|Toothpick Problem] Dan Meyer 3 act problem...how many levels of the pyramid can you make with only 250 toothpicks?

I print out a set of sequence strips on cardstock and cut them out...Students then work in small groups to look for similarities and differences betweeen the different sequences and sort them into "like" groups. From there we name the different types of sequences and talk about ways to extend them and make predictions about the "nth" term in the sequence.

This is a similar exploration to the strips in the activity above- but all on a two page worksheet instead.

Practice for linear, simple quadratic, simple cubic, and geometric sequences.

- First page briefly describes how to determine the function that represents a quadratic sequence.

[|Growing Patterns]- tons of great patterns activities.

-Task with scaffolded levels of challenge. The last page is the original task. Parts D and E are great extensions with some challenge!









[|BBC Linear Sequences Resource] Can be used online or printed- first page has examples of different types of common sequences...this page shows how to write an expression to represent a given sequence.

[|BBC Quadratic Sequences Resource]- Can be used online, but I print out the directions and pair it with the Quadratic Sequences worksheet below.

Table for practicing writing expressions to represent quadratic sequences.