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Fibonacci Naturally
0,1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34...
please view this video of the fibonacci sequence in nature by It’s Fibonacci, 0+1=1, 1+1=2, 2+1=3, 3+2=5, 5+3=8, 5+8=13, 13+8=21, launching21+13=34 the Aurasma App and following Nicole Middleton Channel as indicated on page 4 of this issue. Naturally Leonardo Fibonacci made brilliant discoveries about the It’s summer and it’s a great time to observe the living world around us. Would you believe that while observing nature, you’re doing math? It just so happens that we can estimate, predict, and count numbers and patterns in nature using the Fibonacci numbers. Do you remember Fibonacci? He is another famous mathematician whose brilliant discoveries about number patterns gave us the code to repetitive numbers in nature. Flowers, pineapples, seashells, pinecones, tree branches and countless other natural phenomena grow in patterns we know as the Fibonacci sequence. They have shown up before in Brainspace (Summer 2013). Here is the Fibonacci number sequence:
number patterns in life. The code to many elements in nature like flowers, pineappples, seashells, tree branches and countless other natural phenomena demonstrate patterns that are true to the Fibonacci sequence. It is the pattern of sums that begins with 0 and then 1 and adds itself to the preceeding number. 1 + 0 = 1 thus the first numbers of the sequence are 0,1, 1 then 1 + 1 = 2, thus 1,1,2 then 2+1=3, thus 1,1,2,3 then 3+2=5, thus 1,1,2,3,5 and so on.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 33.... Fibonacci in Biology 1+1=2 1+2=3
2+3=5
3 + 5 = 8 5 + 8 = 13
8 + 13 = 21
13 + 21 = 33....
Bees’ family trees reflect a Fibonacci number sequence - but only if the bee is male. Fact Queen Bees are born from the mating of a Queen with a male.
Male bee 1 Queen bee 1
Fact Male bees are born from a Queen without mating with a male. See below for a male bee’s family tree:
Male bee Queen bee 1 2 Queen bee + Male bee Queen bee 1 2 3 Queen bee + Male bee Queen bee + Male bee | Queen bee 1 2 3 4 5 Queen bee + Male bee | Queen bee | Queen bee + Male bee | Queen bee+ Male bee | Queen bee 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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male bee has parent, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, and great-great-great grandparents. nature is pretty amazing isn’t it? Try a family tree for a Queen bee’s family. does her tree also exhibit fibonacci numbers?
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