Grow Your Sunflower
Adjust angle to best space the seeds
That optimal angle is called the “golden angle”
When you find that angle, a sunflower appears
Click green flag to reset to golden angle
See the vast number of golden angle spirals
The numbers of spirals, clockwise & counterclockwise, are successive Fibonacci numbers, as in many flowers
Play with the ideas
Daydreams Encouraged!
When ready,
dig deeper, deCODE, or decipher
Painting the spirals helps you count them.
In pine cones you can often find 8 or 13 spirals, clockwise or counterclockwise. Both 8 and 13 are Fibonacci numbers.
When seeds are relatively smaller, many more spirals can fit, as in a sunflower
Color many different spiral patterns (with computer or tablet)