Algebra
Updated Oct. 2007
Updated Dec. 2007
Numbers and Number Concepts
Updated Oct. 2007
Patterns and Relations
Updated Dec. 2007
Updated Jan. 2008
Problem Solving
Rebuilt Sept. 2007

Courtenay Middle School Library
Mathematics - Patterns and Relations
BC Math 7 IRP
- - Examples
: BC Math 8 IRP - - Examples

Readability levels = easiest, = at approximate grade level, = advanced, = most difficult.

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Table of Contents
. 1. Patterns in Arithmetic . 3. Patterns in Geometry
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. 2. Patterns in Measurement . 4. A Melding of Art, History, and Math
. . . ----Ancient Rome----India----Islam----Middle Ages
5. Miscellaneous
Readability
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1. Patterns and relations from the BC IRP .
2. Math in daily life (Learner.org) .
3. Why study Math?: video (youtube) .
4. Why must I learn Math (Mark Karadimos, mathguide.com) .
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1. Patterns in Arithmetic

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1. Patterns (BBC) .
2. Number patterns (edhelper.com) .
3. Patterns and functions quiz (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill) .
4. Fibonacci numbers and nature (University of Surrey, UK) .
5. Repeating patterns worksheet (edhelper.com) .
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6. Pattern worksheet (edhelper.com) .
7. How much is your time worth - Figure This: click on Getting Started (NCTM) .
8. Babe Ruth or Mark McGwire? - Figure This: click on Getting Started (NCTM) .
9. How many games? - Figure This: click on Getting Started (NCTM) ..
10. Locker problem (Queens University - Canada) .
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11. Sequencer (Shodor Education Foundation) .
12. Patterns and sequences (AAAMath) .
13. Sieve of Eratosthenes (National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Utah State University, USA) .
14. Prime Numbers Sieve of Eratosthenes (Faust-Gymnasium Staufen, Germany) .
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2. Patterns in Measurement
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1. Can you fill it? (PBS Kids) .
2. In a heart beat - figure this: click on Getting Started (NCTM) .
3. Bicycle Analyzer - Use with the Tour de Rock .
4. The golden ratio (University of Chicago) .
5. Measurement (aaamath.com) .
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3. Patterns in Geometry
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1. Pattern games in geometry (set time AND exercises before starting) .
2. Patterns made from tiles (ATM: UK) .
3. About shape - scroll to activities and select one (Learner.org) .
4. Patterns (Utah Education Network, USA) .
5. Geometric shapes .
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6. Mirror, mirror - figure this: click on Getting Started (NCTM) .
7. What comes next? - figure this: click on Getting Started (NCTM) .
8. Koch's snowflake (Shodor Education Foundation) .
9. Pascal's triangle (Shodor Education Foundation) .
10. Interactive Spider Geometry (Clint Sprott, University of Wisconsin, USA) .
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11. Classic tessellations .
12. Where's the Math PowerPoint (Melissa Hogg, Queens University, Ontario, Canada) .
13. Totally tesselated - ThinkQuest .
14. Tesselations (Brooklyn Children's Museum, NY, USA) .
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15. Tiling (Southern Polytechnic State University: Georgia) .
16. Tangrams (enchantedmind.com) .
17. Tangram puzzles (National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Utah State University, USA) .
17. The fractal microscope (shodor.org) .
18. Fractals database (Triumf Labratory for particle and nuclear physics - Vancouver, BC) .
19. Chinese number puzzle (themathlab.com) .
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4. A Melding of Art, History and Math
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Art of Ancient Rome .
1. Roman mosaics (mrdonn.org) .
2. Roman mosaics - seven examples (ancient-times.com) .
3. Roman mosaics - photo album (classicalmosaics.com) .
4. Stories in stone - conserving mosaics in Roman Africa (The Getty Museum, USA) .
5. Mosaics and tesselations (classicalmosaics.com) .
6. Patterns and tilings by their symmetry group (Steve Edwards, SPSU, Marietta, GA, USA) .
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Art of India ...
1. Taj Mahal (orientalarchitecture.com) .
2. Red Fort (orientalarchitecture.com) .
3. Palace Jaali (Image India) .
4. Padmanabhapuram - Asia's largest wooden palace: video (indiavideo.org) .
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Art of Islam .
1. Introduction to Islamic art (The BBC, U.K.) .
2. A city adorned (saudiaramcoworld.com) .
3. Islamic art (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA) .
4. Islamic architecture: examples (islamicarchitecture.org) .
5. The Sultan Ahmet, or Blue Mosque (jellesen.dk) .
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Art from the Middle Ages .
1. History trails - stained glass (bbc.co.uk) .
2. Stained glass windows (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany) .
3. Examples of stained glass windows (California State University, USA) .
4. Medieval stained glass windows in Great Britain: click yes to agree to terms (King's College London, UK) .
5. Stained glass: check out "3. Gallery of windows" section as well (wikipedia.org) .
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5. Miscellaneous
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Dictionaries and Glossaries .
1. Math glossary: A to E - F to J - K to O - P to R - S to Z (BC Ministry of Education, Canada) .
2. Math glossary (Ron Blond, Alberta Learning, Canada) .
3. Math dictionary for kids (Aussie Schoolhouse, Australia) .
4. Mathematics dictionary (Shodor Education Foundation, USA) .
6. English-Spanish math dictionary (math2.org) .
7. English-French-Spanish math vocabulary .
8. Babel Fish translation (altavista.com) .
9. Google Translate (google.com) .
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Scientific and Graphing Calculators .
1. Using a calculator (BBC) .
2. Simple calculator lessons (Missouri Valley Adult Education Association) .
3. Online calculators (www.math.com) .
4. TI calculator tutorials gateway (Texas Instruments) .
5. Graphing calculator tutorials (technicalmath.com) .
6. Graphing calculator lessons (Kutztown University) .
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Additional Resources .
1. Homework guidelines for mathematics (purplemath.com) .
2. Common math mistakes: misconceptions (mathsyear2000.org) .
3. Graph paper: pdfs (www.incompetch.com) .
4. Graphic organizers (enchantedlearning.com) .
5. Math clip art .
6. Patterns, functions, and algebra (Learner.org) .
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Created by Stew Savard September 2004. Revisions begun December 2007. All rights to "look and feel" reserved.
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