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Fibonacci Rabbit Riddle

December 19, 2022 By Lisa

Fibonacci's Rabbit Riddle

This article sheds some light onto what the Fibonacci Rabbit Riddle is. The Fibonacci rabbit riddle illustrates a self accumulating growth sequence. The origins of the riddle are quite interesting. It was actually a side note to a much bigger discovery Fibonacci had made which he was explaining in a book. This discovery is actually […]

Filed Under: Fibonacci, for teachers, teaching, Uncategorized Tagged With: 7-9 years, 9+ years, fibonacci, rabbit riddle

Dodecahedron: Regular Dimensions

March 26, 2021 By Lisa

How many pentagons in a dodecahedron?

hfcm id=”7″ hfcm id=”8″ How many pentagons are in a Dodecahedron? The Dodecahedron is formed of 12 faces of regular pentagons. It is made up from 20 vertices, 30 edges and the 12 faces. It is termed regular because each face is a regular polygon, in this instance that polygon being the pentagon. In 3 […]

Filed Under: crafts, for teachers, geometry, Shape Hunting, symmetry Tagged With: Dodecahedra, dodecahedron, how many, Many, much, pentagon, Pentagonal, pentagons

Rotational Symmetry of a Pentagon: Rotational Symmetry in Nature

March 9, 2021 By Lisa

rotational symmetry in nature

hfcm id=”5″ hfcm id=”6″ What is Rotational Symmetry? A Rotation is a transformation of a shape around a central point. Rotational Symmetry is when the rotated shape looks the same as in the original position. In the diagram here, the point of rotation is where the lines meet at the centre. The shape that’s rotated […]

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Which 5 pointed star has magical associations? Plus other five point star info

February 11, 2021 By Lisa

which 5 point star has magical associations?

Meanings of 5 pointed stars vary throughout history and cultures. The 5 pointed star is the most well recognised symbol of the Pentad

Filed Under: collections, for teachers, geometry, Uncategorized Tagged With: 5 pointed star, Association, Correspondences, Five pointed star, Five pointed star has associations, hexagram, Magic, Magical, pentacle, pentagram, Pentagram has magical associations

Seeds that travel

September 28, 2018 By Lisa

seeds that travel

Seeds that travel Many flowers and plants around us may have arrived from somewhere else. They are plants with seeds that travel. That somewhere may be far away or it may be just up along the road. Whichever it is, how do seeds travel? Seeds that travel do it for the same reasons but they […]

Filed Under: collections, for teachers, identification, nature study, seasons, trees Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, 9+ years, nature, observation

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