Making Sense Of Maths

Empowering teachers. Discovering the joy, power and pattern of mathematics

 

Why the Nautilus Shell?

Why did we select the Nautilus shell?

Patterns of Mathematics are everywhere
– in nature, art, architecture and music.

Nautilus Shell

For example,
the Golden Ratio is a magical number generated from the
Fibonacci Sequence
– a pattern created by adding sequential numbers together: 1 1 2 3 5 8 13…

 

“A perfect spiral may be drawn by linking a sequence of rectangles using the Golden Ratio.
When we see the wonders of nature through the eyes of pattern, Mathematics makes sense!

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By admin
On February 17, 2008
At 5:15 pm
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