FIBONACCI S

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GET TWO SHEETS OF GRAPH PAPER

ALIGN THEM TO MAKE A LARGER SHEET

TAPE INTO PLACE

ABOUT 7 BLOCKS TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAPE AND 15 BLOCKS UP, MAKE YOUR FIRST SQUARE

15

MAKE SECOND SQUARE JUST BELOW FIRST.MAKE SQUARE WITH SIDE 2 NEXT TO THOSE.

MAKE SQUARE WITH SIDE 3 ABOVE THOSE.

MAKE SQUARE WITH SIDE 5 TO THE LEFT.

MAKE A SQUARE WITH SIDE 8 BELOW THOSE.

MAKE A SQUARE WITH SIDE 13 TO THE RIGHT.THEN MAKE A SQUARE WITH SIDE 21 ABOVE THOSE.

MAKE A SQUARE WITH SIDE 34 TO THE LEFT.

NOW BEGIN YOUR ARCS USING THE DOT INDICATED AS THE CENTER.

MOVE YOUR CENTER UP ONE SQUARE AND MAKE THE ARC INDICATED.

MOVE THE CENTER AS INDICATED AND DRAW THE ARC.

USING THE NEW CENTER TWO BLOCKS DOWN, MAKE A NEW ARC.

3 BLOCKS RIGHT, NEW ARC.

5 BLOCKS UP, NEW ARC

8 BLOCKS LEFT, NEW ARC. (ETC.)

DRAW A DIAGONAL FROM UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT.

DRAW A DIAGONAL FROM UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT.

VIEW A VIDEO FROM YOUTUBE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXIMUkSXX0

Look up under youtube: Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant (Part 1)

I can’t get this thing to embed…..sorry. Look it up. It’s worth it! She did two follow-ups (part 2 and 3)

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