PATTERNS & NUMBERS IN NATURE

Introduction:
Mathematics is all around us. As we discover more
and more about our environment and our surroundings we
see that nature can be described mathematically. The beauty
of a flower, the majesty of a tree and mountain, even the rocks
upon which we walk can exhibit nature’s sense of symmetry
and patterns. In group of four, describe orally the picture
below according to how you’re perceived it.
Have you ever stopped to look around and notice all the
amazing shapes and patterns we see in the world around us
Mathematics forms the building blocks of the natural world
and can be seen in stunning ways.
PATTERNS & NUMBERS IN
NATURE
What is Pattern?
-Pattern is a group of numbers,
shapes or object that follow a rule
while repeating or changing.
Patterns in Nature

-Are visible regularities of forms

found in the nature world.

-Natural patterns includes

symmetries, Trees , Spiral, Wave ,
Foams, Fractals, Rocks, Stripes,
Fracture or cracks and affine
transformation .
Symmetry:
➢The quality of being made up of
exactly similar parts facing each
other or around an axis.
SPIRAL PATTERN

-In mathematics a spiral is a

curve which emanates from a point,
moving farther away as it resolves
around the point.
Examples of Spiral
Fractal :
is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely
complex patterns that are self-similar across
different scales.
A fractal is a non-regular geometric shape that has
the same degree of non-regularity on all scales.
Fractals can be thought of as never-ending patterns.
Examples of Fractals:
STRIPES PATTERN:
a long narrow band or strip, typically of the same
width throughout its length, differing in color or texture
from the surface on either side of it.
Examples of Stripes:
 WAVES PATTERN
A standing wave pattern is a
vibrational pattern created within a medium
when the vibrational frequency of the source
causes reflected waves from one end of the
medium to interfere with incident waves from
the source. ... Such patterns are only created
within the medium at specific frequencies of
vibration.
Examples of Waves:
 Meander Pattern:
A meander pattern includes a series of regular
sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or
windings in the channel of a river, stream, or
other watercourse.
Examples of Meander Pattern
Other Patterns in Nature:
> Foam
> Fracture or Cracks
Affine Transformation