Variability and Change

Last updated 23 November 2003

Fourth Grade Mathematics

This site explores the concepts of variability and change. This is a collection of lessons which introduces various fundamentals for the understanding of variability and change. There is no specific order in which to complete the lessons; use the lessons as a tutorial for classroom work. In this way, use only the parts of the lessons, worksheets, and websites that are needed. Each of the PowerPoint presentations correlates to an elementary benchmark in Strand 1, Content Standard 2 of the MCF.

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PowerPoint Lessons

Supplemental Websites

Worksheets

Interactive Activities

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PowerPoint Lessons

Growing, Shrinking, and Repeating

What's My Rule?

The A B C's of Patterns

Are We Related?

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Supplemental Websites

What's My Rule? practice website

Growing Patterns practice website

Shrinking Patterns practice website

Repeating Patterns practice website

Describing Related Variables practice website

Patterns of Change practice website

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Worksheets

Patterns practice worksheet

Patterns practice answers

Growing, Shrinking, AND Repeating practice worksheet

Growing, Shrinking, AND Repeating answers

Patterns Challenge worksheet

Patterns Challenge answers

Comparing Patterns worksheet

Related Variables Comprehension worksheet

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Interactive Activities

Find the Missing Number

Number Cracker

Complete the Pattern

Pattern Palace

Pattern Quest

Tower of Hanoi

For this last activity, consider whether there is a relationship between the number of disks and the number of moves.

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J. Paquette
jopaquet@nmu.edu