Growing Patterns : Fibonacci Numbers in Nature (Hardcover)

from ktnguyen

This book would be good to use in both a math class and in biology. The book starts of with the mysterious code of what provides plants and animals their shape, size, and color. The book then work towards answering this question with an exploration of the number pattern known as Fibonacci numbers...

from ArielDean

I really enjoyed this book. Fibonacci numbers were illustrated through flower petals. I never thought about it like that. Math can be found anywhere. I like at the end it gives a little information about the numbers and there's a glossary.

from nbmars

One way to get kids interested in math is to point out all the ways in which numbers have special and very cool properties that are reflected in nature. This book focuses on the way Fibonacci numbers can be found in everything from sunflowers to pineapples. The Fibonacci sequence is a series of n...

from pataustin

With few words and catchy, carefully-placed photos, the author shows the Fibonnaci sequence in nature: peace lily with one petal, spiderwort with three, flowering quince with five, cosmos with tight, making the case that "the numbers of petals on thee flowers-1, 2, 3, 5, and 8-have a special rela...

from MeganSchneider

I love the way this book introduces the Fibonacci sequence into patterns throughout nature. People can usually say that this sequence shows up in nature but this book actually shows how and where. I love the incorporation of different plants as well, bringing science and math together. I love tha...