Mr. Morgan's Math Classes at Valley High

Fibonacci WebQuest

Fibonacci WebQuest Link #1:  You will be helping us understand who 
Fibonacci was and his mathematical contributions.
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibBio.html

Fibonacci WebQuest Link #2:  You will be discovering some 
connections between the Fibonacci sequence and nature.
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html

Fibonacci WebQuest Link #3: What is the "Golden Mean" and what does 
it have to do with the Fibonacci sequence?
http://www.goldenmeangauge.co.uk/

Fibonacci WebQuest Link #4: Tell us what the golden rectangle was and 
how we can use the Fibonacci sequence to make a golden rectangle.
http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/goldenRatio1.html

Enrichment: Fibonacci Link #5 explains the sequence and some number 
theorists, including Fibonacci, Edouard Lucas, Willem Wythoff, and Samuel 
Beatty.  This link appears to be broken.
http://www2.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/fnt.html

Enrichment: Fibonacci Link #6 is another excellent website featuring 
explanations from "Dr. Math."  This one explains the Fibonacci sequence and 
its relationship to the Golden Rectangle.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/faq/faq.golden.ratio.html

Enrichment: Fibonacci Link #7 is another biographical information website.  
It also provides good basic information about Fibonacci's contributions to 
mathematics. It also provides links to related topics and other 
mathematicians biographies.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fibonacci.html

Enrichment: Fibonacci Link #8: Phyllotaxis is the system for classifying 
plants. This website gives some excellent information on how Fibonacci 
numbers relate to phyllotaxis.
http://math.smith.edu/~phyllo/

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