University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci
This University of St. Andrews site contains biographical information on the life and accomplishments of Fibonacci.
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University of Surrey: Who Was Fibonacci?
A biography of Fibonacci that discusses his life and his various mathematical contributions. Also has pictures of the Fibonacci memorial in Pisa.
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University of Surrey: Easier Fibonacci Puzzles
A list of "easy" puzzles that have Fibonacci sequences or numbers as their answers. Provides some interesting puzzles to discuss when studying the Fibonacci sequence.
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University of Surrey: The First 500 Fibonacci Numbers
A list of the first 500 Fibonacci numbers, including their prime factorization and whether they are prime.
PBS
Pbs: Jazz and Math: The Fibonacci Keyboard
Teach a lesson about the piano keyboard using the Fibonacci Sequence. Explore with your students the various relationships the Fibonacci Sequence has with music.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Fibonacci Sequence
This site from the Math Forum explains the explicit formula for fibonacci numbers.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Nature, the Golden Ratio, and Fibonacci, Too
Looks at how spirals form in nature when cells reproduce in a flower, for example. An interactive lets students try entering different values to see if they can make a spiral pattern with no gaps. The correct figure would be the Golden...
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University of Surrey: The Fibonacci Number Sequence
This resource provides extensive information on the Fibonacci number sequence. It has numerous formulas and examples.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Numbers in Nature
This Fibonacci sequence lesson plan is aimed at grades 9-12, but would be appropriate for some junior high classes. It includes historical background and examples of Fibonacci numbers in nature, as well as suggested readings and ties to...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Golden Ratio
A clear explanation, with drawings and examples, of the golden ratio. The examples demonstrate the beauty of mathematics, such as how two Fibonacci numbers can approximate the golden ratio, and why the golden ratio can be called the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: It All Started With a Pair of Rabbits
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the set of Fibonacci numbers and shows how this set is present in many aspects of nature. Through the lesson, students explore the first 13 elements in the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Fibonacci Poetry
Students will review the Fibonacci sequence and compose poems with the number of syllables in each line corresponding to the the numbers of that sequence.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Part C: Fibonacci Numbers
Look at an interesting application of ratios that demonstrates the amazing patterns that emerge when we examine mathematics. The Fibonacci numbers are found in art, music, and nature.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Discovering Phi: The Golden Ratio
Students discover the mathematical constant phi, the golden ratio, through hands-on activities. They measure dimensions of "natural objects"--a star, a nautilus shell and human hand bones--and calculate ratios of the measured values,...
Boston University
Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set Ii
This web site addresses counting and adding in fractal operations, as well as the role of the Fibonacci sequence in fractal geometry.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Class of Gold
Students investigate Fibonacci numbers and the ratios of successive Fibonacci numbers.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Sponge Bob's House Is Not a Pineapple
Are SpongeBob's pants really square? Is Gary's shell a logarithmic spiral? No. But, how can we figure out if SpongeBob's house is actually a pineapple? There's math everywhere! Let's use Fibonacci numbers to help us determine this...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Domino Activity
This Math Forum site has students discover the the pattern of the Fibonacci Numbers by playing with dominos
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Sucesion De Fibonacci
In Spanish. This unit is about Fibonacci numbers, some of its most interesting properties and their occurrence both in nature and art.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sequence Fibonacci
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review the Fibonacci sequence. The students will be able to complete Fibonacci's mathematical sequence following a study of the pattern.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: 1 Step 2 Step, Fibonacci
See if you can find the patterns on the staircase. Mr. Fibonacci would be so proud to know you found the solution. You can check your solution right at this nifty one-page website.
Other
Fascinating Triangular Numbers
Patterns of numbers don't come along every day, and so when they do, they need to be bragged about! The basic definition of triangular numbers begins this site which also lists many of the properties of these numbers, highlights the...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Fibonacci Numbers
This photo shows the Fibonacci numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 and 55 lit up on the side of a tall smoke stack. The Fibonacci sequence of numbers is named after the Italian mathematician Leonardo of Pisa (better known as Fibonacci)....
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: At a Snail's Pace for the Ti 73 Explorer
It is hard to imagine a way to mathematically describe a spiral. Spirals are commonly seen in nature. There are a number of different types of spirals. Some interesting examples include the spiral arrangements of scales in pine cones,...
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