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Showing posts with label Fibonacci numbers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fibonacci numbers. Show all posts

Monday, 18 January 2016

Global ibook: The World is my Audience #3 Patterns

At the end of last year we were involved in a project called, "The World is my Audience". The focus was on patterns and we chose to learn about Fibonacci numbers and patterns in nature. 


Message from organiser, Johnathon Smith: #twima3 is now live in the iBookstore.  Tell everyone you know of every platform you use.  Let's get millions of downloads of the iBook.  I am very happy with the way this book turned out and I hope you are too.  A special thanks goes out to all of you who were willing to be part of this project.  A major round of applause needs to go out to Leah LaCrosse who helped me compile this iBook for all of you.  Below you will find a link to #twima3.  Share at will and keep your eyes peeled for #twima4 which starts at the end of next month.


Monday, 19 October 2015

Fibonacci Numbers

We learnt the rule of the Fibonacci sequence. Fibonacci numbers are an interesting mathematical idea.
The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.
  • The 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+1)
  • Similarly, the 3 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+2),
  • And the 5 is (2+3),
  • and so on...


We did some investigations-
We had to continue the pattern and see how far we got.
We did other challenges too:




On many plants, the number of petals is a Fibonacci number and the seed distribution on sunflowers has a Fibonacci spiral effect.

The Fibonacci number pattern can also be seen elsewhere in nature:


    • with the rabbit population
    • with snail shells
    • with the bones in your fingers
    • with pine cones
    • with pineapples

We drew the patterns on a piece of squared paper.

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We went for a treasure hunt.




We enjoyed watching: