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Fibonacci sequence 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144…

The Fibonacci sequence is extraordinarily interesting. It is surprisingly in so many things around us. Like the staggered pattern of certain plants’ leaves to optimise the absorption of sunlight so it hits every leaf. The golden ratio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio) is present in the angles between each leaf so it perfectly separates them to prevent as much overlap as possible.

If you take a look at the nearest plant to you, how many leaves does it have? When you count them in spirals they may begin to reflect the Fibonacci sequence and spiral. This isn’t easy to do on many plants (evident below) and it may not be possible on certain ones. There are always exceptions to the rule. But maybe these aren’t exceptions but instead they have their own rules…

It’s also in many plants and therefore fruit such as pinecones and pineapples. Wait, there’s a common theme there. Pine. Pine comes from the root *peie meaning “to be fat, swell”. Could this relate to the Fibonacci spiral which grows you could even say it somewhat swells.

The pineapple shows the fibonacci sequence as they possess the fibonacci spirals and also have the fibonacci sequence shown in the number of sections there are.

Pineapple showing the Fibonacci sequence

Through this we see that the fibonacci sequence is all around us from sunflowers to the curves of waves, we just need to look for them.

I believe there was a rather unanimous view towards the Blackboard Eportfolio. Fear and frustration. It gave both students and lecturers a great deal of irritation. Although, with the introduction of the glow Eportfolio, we can now feel at ease. Students are able to take the hard work and reflections they do with them throughout their years at University onto their career rather than losing it after graduating. This new upgrade also allows students within the Education course to view each others reflections and posts which provides more interesting views to different subjects. Despite the challenging technical side of the new Eportfolio there is a great deal of support and encouragement available. This new transition to glow is vital to positively reflect and share on the learning developed throughout the years.