In MYP2 we are looking at patterns, and how to communicate what we see using the language of mathematics. This then becomes something we can use to make predictions.
Our Unit Question is "What is nature's shape?" Do you know?
Here is one of my favourite patterns and some of my favourite Mathematics.
Some of my students said "no! anything but Fibonacci" when I first mentioned patterns this year. That made my mathematical heart and soul ache with sadness for my students. There is so much incredible beauty in nature that can be communicated by the incredible versatility of Mathematics.
I hope this helps to spread the joy and curiosity
Here is the Vimeo Channel of their work.
And if you'd like to get deeper into how they made the video (using gorgeous mathematics) please check out the blog that goes with this video right here.
Stuff about Mathematics - this blog was set up for the Mathematicians at my school in Thailand. I migrated the contents when I left, so please excuse any images that didn't make the journey. They are bouncing around somewhere in the blogosphere. Image is from my travels in Argentina, 2013. The beautiful natural geometric patterns found in Humahuaca 2013
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