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Assignment #1 1. Activities Activity 1: The Fibonacci Sequence

The document summarizes how the Fibonacci sequence appears in nature, specifically in sunflower seeds and tree branches. It explains that the number of clockwise and counterclockwise spirals of seeds on a sunflower head will be consecutive Fibonacci numbers, such as 21 and 34. It also describes how the branching patterns of trees follows the Fibonacci sequence, with each new branch splitting into a main branch and smaller sapling according to the numbers in the sequence. The document encourages observing plants in one's garden or neighborhood to look for natural patterns that may reflect the Fibonacci sequence, such as the number of leaves or petals on flowers.

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Assignment #1 1. Activities Activity 1: The Fibonacci Sequence

The document summarizes how the Fibonacci sequence appears in nature, specifically in sunflower seeds and tree branches. It explains that the number of clockwise and counterclockwise spirals of seeds on a sunflower head will be consecutive Fibonacci numbers, such as 21 and 34. It also describes how the branching patterns of trees follows the Fibonacci sequence, with each new branch splitting into a main branch and smaller sapling according to the numbers in the sequence. The document encourages observing plants in one's garden or neighborhood to look for natural patterns that may reflect the Fibonacci sequence, such as the number of leaves or petals on flowers.

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Edica, Cherrylane B.

1st Year – BS Accountancy

Assignment #1
1. Activities

Activity 1: The Fibonacci sequence


Task: Describe how the natural patterns reflect the Fibonacci sequence in the
following examples: (Choose only 2 pairs)
1. Honeycomb and Snowflakes
2. Broccoli and Pinecones
3. Sunflower and Tree branches
4. Tiger’s stripes and Hyenas spots
5. Nautilus Shell and Starfish

Sunflower and Tree branches


When you look at the patterns on sunflower seeds, you'll see that the individual seeds form
spiral arms that curve to the right and left. However, the number of spirals on the left does
not match the number spiraling on the right. The spiral arms to the left and right are always
two Fibonacci numbers apart.

There are 21 spiral arms curving to the right and 34 spiral arms curving to the left, as seen in
these two pictures. In the Fibonacci sequence, these two numbers are consecutive. As a
result, sunflower seeds follow the Fibonacci sequence pattern.
A sunflower's seed pattern follows the Fibonacci sequence, which is 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34,
55, 89, 144... The spirals you see in the center of sunflowers are made up of this sequence.

The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical formula that an 18th-century naturalist dubbed


the "divine number." The Fibonaccis has been discovered in a variety of forms in nature by
scientists and naturalists.

In tree branches, there is a certain period of time where a branch will split into two smaller
branches: a main one and a sapling. The sapling retains the same size as it develops to
adulthood in the next time period, while the main branch splits into two again.
The black numbers on the right represent the
number of branches at each time step. The
Fibonacci sequence is a set of numbers in
which the next number equals the sum of the
previous two while the little blue numbers next
to each branch show its width.

Activity 1: Patterns at Home

Why don't you go into your garden or if you have plants/flower pots near
doorsteps or at the windows or maybe at the park nearby, and start counting leaves
and petals, and measuring rotations to see what you find.

You can write your results on this form:

Plant Name or Description: Nilad Plant


Do the Leaves Grow in Spirals? Yes
Count a group of Leaves: 1
How many leaves (a) ? 8
How many full rotations (b) ?  4
Rotation per leaf (b/a) :  1/2
Rotation Angle (360 × b/a) :  180
Are There Flowers? N
How many petals on Flower 1:
Flower 2:
Flower 3:

(But remember, nature has its own rules, and it does not have to follow mathematical
patterns,
but when it does it is awesome to see.)

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