Preparations are already underway as we design and create Fibonacci related activities for our first through sixth grade students.
But I am sure you are thinking, Fibonacci what?
Leonardo Pisano (Leonardo de Pisa, Leonardo Bonacci) was born in Italy (around 1170) and educated in North Africa. As a child, he was encouraged to study accounting. He recognized the enormous advantages of the mathematical systems used there and introduced Arabic Numerals (Hindu-Arabic numerals) to the Western world.
Leonardo is known for his published work, Liber abaci. One section of his book led to the introduction of the Fibonacci numbers and the Fibonacci sequence for which he is best remembered today.
The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...Can you figure out the sequence?
Want to learn more about Fibonacci and patterns?
Join us for Fibonacci Day:
A Day of Patterns and Numerical Relationships!
Monday, November 23, 2015 (11/23--get it?)
The Peck Place School Gym8:40-9:40 Grades 3 and 6
10:00-11:00 Grade 5
11:30-12:30 Grade 1
1:00 -2:00 Grade 2
1:45-2:45 Grade 4
We are in need of parent volunteers for this day. If you are interested, please contact Susan Lukianov (slukianov@orange-ed.org).
We are also in need of pine cones for this day. If you have some you can spare, please send them in with your child.
Hope to see you there!
For more information:
https://plus.maths.org/content/life-and-numbers-fibonacci
