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Maths in Nature

Maths in Nature. Have you ever wondered why flowers have a certain amount of petals or a pineapple has spirals? Well, it is all to do with Maths and a special sequence of numbers!. How many petals are there on each of the flowers?.

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Maths in Nature

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  1. Maths in Nature

  2. Have you ever wondered why flowers have a certain amount of petals or a pineapple has spirals? Well, it is all to do with Maths and a special sequence of numbers!

  3. How many petals are there on each of the flowers?

  4. Photos courtesy of Jill Britton, mathematics instructor, Camosun College in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

  5. 5 Petals columbine 3 Petals trillium 1 petal white calla lily 2 Petals euphorbia 34 petals field daisies 13 petals black-eyed Susan 21 petals shastadaisy 8 petals bloodroot Do you recognise these numbers?

  6. There is a special number sequence which was discovered over 800 years ago by an Italian mathematician called Leonardo Fibonacci. • It is called the Fibonacci sequence. • Can you spot the pattern? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89……………

  7. I wonder what happens if we look at other things in nature!

  8. Pineapples Count the spirals on your pineapple. How many do you have? Try counting them in a different way…

  9. Pine Cones Count the spirals on your pine cone. How many do you have?

  10. Sunflowers Count the spirals on your picture. How many do you have?

  11. 5 3 8 21 2 13 34 Click to view Click to view Distribution of seed heads in a sunflower 1

  12. The Golden Ratio 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89… • √5 +1 • 2 F = What does it mean? How do we get this? Or F = 1.618033989…

  13. An ear Space Nautilus Shell Look familiar? Kate Moss Eggs A rose Mona Lisa Parthenon in Greece

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