Fibonacci Numbers In Nature
Site Title: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
Site URL: http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/fibslide/jbfibslide.htm
Useful Content: The site provides information about the Fibonacci sequence as it explores its occurrence in nature. Specifically, the site looks at the Fibonacci Sequence as it appears in the leaves of flowers, tree growth, pinecone scales, and seed patterns. Other pages on the site address how to create the Fibonacci Sequence and other related sequences.
Appropriate Grade: 8-12
Unit of Study to Connect With: Math – Algebra I, Algebra II
Subjects to Incorporate: The use of this site would be relevant in Algebra I and II, because the Fibonacci Sequence is discussed in those classes. It would also be useful to look at this site to illustrate examples of this sequence as it occurs in nature. Students could also explore other sequences found in nature, particularly the Golden Section. In a Social Studies class, students can investigate the time period these discoveries were made and other times in history where this sequence was found or used. Biology classes could look flowers whose number of leaves are in the Fibonacci Sequence and what similarities they might have an a biologic level.
Specific Skills to Tie-In With This Link:
· Reading comprehension
· Digital literacy
· Pattern recognition
Specific Outcome of Visiting This Site: This site can be used to supplement the instruction in an Algebra classroom. The information serves to provide examples of a concept discussed in class. Students can use this information to fuel their own research into this or a related topic. Specifically, students can organize the information they learned from this site in a graphic organizer and find related links and sites that discuss other similar phenomena. With this information, students can create a video where they look at one phenomenon as it occurs in nature.
Site URL: http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/fibslide/jbfibslide.htm
Useful Content: The site provides information about the Fibonacci sequence as it explores its occurrence in nature. Specifically, the site looks at the Fibonacci Sequence as it appears in the leaves of flowers, tree growth, pinecone scales, and seed patterns. Other pages on the site address how to create the Fibonacci Sequence and other related sequences.
Appropriate Grade: 8-12
Unit of Study to Connect With: Math – Algebra I, Algebra II
Subjects to Incorporate: The use of this site would be relevant in Algebra I and II, because the Fibonacci Sequence is discussed in those classes. It would also be useful to look at this site to illustrate examples of this sequence as it occurs in nature. Students could also explore other sequences found in nature, particularly the Golden Section. In a Social Studies class, students can investigate the time period these discoveries were made and other times in history where this sequence was found or used. Biology classes could look flowers whose number of leaves are in the Fibonacci Sequence and what similarities they might have an a biologic level.
Specific Skills to Tie-In With This Link:
· Reading comprehension
· Digital literacy
· Pattern recognition
Specific Outcome of Visiting This Site: This site can be used to supplement the instruction in an Algebra classroom. The information serves to provide examples of a concept discussed in class. Students can use this information to fuel their own research into this or a related topic. Specifically, students can organize the information they learned from this site in a graphic organizer and find related links and sites that discuss other similar phenomena. With this information, students can create a video where they look at one phenomenon as it occurs in nature.