The Fibonacci Sequence

Recently in math, we started inquiring into different types of patterns. 

After all, if you were to ask mathematicians to define mathematics, many of them will say it is "the science of patterns". 

We began our inquiry by exploring a famous pattern which can be seen through nature: the Fibonacci sequence.

The sequence goes like this: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ...

Have you noticed the pattern? 

The first and the second numbers add up to the third number, the second and the third numbers add up to the fourth number, the third and the fourth numbers add up to the fifth number, and so on. 

Here is a video you could watch if you would like to learn more about the Fibonacci sequence. 

In the video below, we used our social skills to work in teams to identify the Fibonacci pattern and extend it visually. 

As mathematicians, we made sure to measure properly so that our work is accurate.

As communicators, we have started discussing how we can visually represent our thinking through illustrations and diagrams in math.

We will continue to work on this skill throughout the year.