MathArt IV - Patterns in Nature

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Pre-lesson Activity – Mathigon: Circles, Orbits & Conic Sections

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Circular Patterns in Nature Part I

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Circular Patterns in Nature Part II

Puffer Fish Concentric Rings Design Video (3:12)

Mathematics Hidden in Van Gogh’s Starry Night Video (4:38)

Literature Connection – The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Literature/Art Connections - The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Pre-lesson Activity - Animal Coat Patterns & Alan Turing

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Animal Coat Patterns Part I

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Animal Coat Patterns Part II

Literature Connection – African Folk Tale: Why Zebras Have Stripes

Art Connection - Drawing Animal Coat Patterns

Pre-lesson Activity – Nikon’s Universescale

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Geometrics of the Universe Part I

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Geometrics of the Universe Part II

Infographic - How NASA Uses Pi

Video (4:37) – Geometrics of the Universe

Going Beyond – Geometrics of the Universe Web Resources & Videos

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Hexagons in Nature

Art Connection - Draw Hexagonal Prisms

It’s Okay to Be Smart Video (6:15) – Why Nature Loves Hexagons

Hex Blocks Online Game

Literature Connection - Bee Poetry

Math Connection: Why do honeybees love hexagons?

Observe the Chambered Nautiluses Mysterious Living Maths

Chambered Nautilus Interactive

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - The Logarithmic Beauty of the Chambered Nautilus

Is the Nautilus Shell a Golden Spiral?

Literature Connection - Seamaid the Chambered Nautilus by Gloria A. Brooks Read Aloud

Historical Architecture - The Volute found in Roman and Greek Pillars

Literature Connection - The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Main Lesson with NatureGlo - Mathematics of the Chambered Nautilus

Art Connection - How to Draw a Chambered Nautilus

Science Connection - Chambered Nautilus Breeding Program

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