The Nature of Mathematics

Mathematics in our World

LEARNING OUTCOMES
* Identify patterns in nature and regularities in the
world
* Articulate the importance of mathematics in one’s life
* Argue about the nature of mathematics, what it is,
how it is expressed, represented and used
* Express appreciation for mathematics as a human
endeavor
 patterns
We live in a universe of patterns!
1.The snowflake
2.The honeycomb
3.The sunflower
4.The snail’s shell
5.Flower’s petals
6.Weather
snowflakes
 honeycomb
Why do the cells of a honeycomb have a hexagon al form?
The shape turns out to be economical: much honey is
enclosed by minimum beeswax.
 Petals of flowers

Bougainvillaea – 3 petals Calachuchi – 5 petals

Calla Lily – 1 petal

Clematis flower – 8 petals Daisy – 13 petals Daisy – 21 petals

 sunflowers
All the sunflowers in the world show a number of spirals
that are within the Fibonacci sequence
Snail’S Shell

Nautilus Shell
Seasons in the philippines

Dry and Wet

 Natural patterns
1. Symmetries
2. Trees
3. Spirals
4. Waves
5. Tessellations
6. Stripes, etc.
 Natural patterns
7. Fractals
8. Cracks
 Mathematics is the art of patterns
and connections embedded in
nature and in our environment.
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