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Non Linear Web Quest February 9, 2012

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Non Linear Web Quest

   

 

 

                     

 

 

Fibonacci

http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html

Great site. Provides walk through explanations and activities that apply Fibonacci formula to all things in nature that are non linear. Photographs are excellent, giving real life examples. . Also includes activities on the Golden Rule.

The Golden Ratio

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~dlnarain/golden/activities.htm

This sight has interactive learning on the “Golden Ratio. Where it is in nature, Art and Architecture. It works you though how to construct a golden rectangle. Colorful and easy to read.

Prime Numbers

http://www.softschools.com/math/prime_numbers/prime_numbers_up_to_100/

Provides simple games for identifying prime numbers.

Arranged by grade level.

All topics in math for 7th grade. Offers quizzes, worksheets and games.

Pentagram

http://www.angelfire.com/id/robpurvis/pentagram.html

I found this information interesting, I never thought of a pentagram in terms of a human. I guess that is why we are all shining stars.

  • Were there ideas or concepts you were not familiar with? What were they?

I had never really thought of any of the things in nature as mathematical. Great realistic ideas to use within the classroom. Nor have I thought of a human in pentagram form although I have seen this picture before.

  • What images did you find particularly striking?

I found the snail shell the most fascinating. I spend a lot of time looking for shells; those are hard to come by.

  • Can you identify any manifestations of nonlinear patterns within your home or your workplace? What are they?

Plants, figurines, pictures of people, acorns.  Celtic knot ring, Celtic spiral wind chine, foods, and the design on the wall in my computer room (son’s old room.) It is sponge painted, randomly throwing method plus hand prints.

  • How can you adapt this web quest activity for your classroom?
  • If I interpreted the assignment correct than students could do a web quest on any topic and always come away more informed the before they started.