How Many Will There Be? Stairs

🔒 This is just a preview! With a Byrdseed.TV PD account, you can use this video as professional development. You'll save some serious time. You'll never wonder what to present again. You can give your teachers the specifics they want. It's a game changer. Byrdseed.TV has 100s of lessons your teachers can use plus professional development resources for you! You'll save some serious time. You'll never wonder what to present again. You can give your teachers the specifics they want. It's a game changer. You can use these lessons directly with your students. Your teachers can use these Byrdseed.TV lessons directly with their students! It's a game changer. Your teachers can use Byrdseed.TV lessons directly with their students and you get access to PD resources. It's a game changer. Want to try Byrdseed.TV? Set up a free trial →
 

Related

Trickier →

Summary

Give kids a taste of a sequence, let them build an understanding, and then see how far their predictions can take them.

  1. First, students count the squares in each step, search for three patterns, and predict Step 5.
  2. Next, they use their patterns to predict Step 10.
  3. Finally, students try to predict Step 100.
  4. We review the answer and I introduce two extensions: Triangular Numbers and Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Start using these resources with your students today! Get access to the library of done-for-you PD resources! Give your teachers access to hundreds of high-quality, done-for-you lessons! Get access to lessons for your teachers, plus done-for-you PD resources! Get access to the videos plus printable resources, interactive apps, and more!

Set up a free trial!

Teachers love Byrdseed.TV!

"I LOVE these videos. It's like having two teachers in my classroom." ~  Kristi in Ohio

"Love, love, love Byrdseed TV... I used many ideas and lessons this year. The kids loved the lessons and were engaged!" ~  Tiffany in California

"Byrdseed.TV has always been amazing but during the last year, you have been elevated to SUPERAMAZINGFANTASTIC status. You have saved my students from super boring lessons." ~  Heidi in California