Patterns in nature and number

1. PATTERNS AND
NUMBERS IN NATURE
AND THE WORLD
JOHN WILDEN ELLORRINCO
SBIE-1B

2. MATHEMATICS IS THE ABSTRACT KEY
WHICH TURNS THE LOCK
OF
THE PHYSICAL WORLD
- John Polkinghorn

3. 3 steps to understand the world by
using math
1. Find patterns
2. Represent
Patterns
3. Interpret Patterns

4. Examples of Patterns

5. What Are Patterns?
• Is the repeated or regular way in which something
happens or is done.
• Is an arrangement of lines or shapes, especially a
design in which the same shape is repeated at
regular intervals over a surface.

6. What are patterns in numbers?
• Number pattern is a pattern or sequence in
a series of numbers. This pattern generally
establishes a common relationship between
all numbers

7. Examples:
• 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25…
• 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14…

8. PATTERNS IN NATURE

9. What is
it?
• Patterns in nature are
visible regularities of form
found in the natural world.
These patterns recur in
different contexts and can
sometimes be modelled
mathematically.

10. Natural patterns includes:
Symmetries
Trees Spiral

11. Meander
s Waves Foams

12. • Those are just some examples of patterns in nature. There are many
more that nature can give.
• Patterns are important because they offer visual clues to an
underlying order. If you can unlock a pattern, then you have the
ability to alter or shape it in order to achieve some effect.