A Mathematical Mystery Tour

Orientation for the teacher Introduction to the student Unit I: Living things count The Pinecone Numbers The Remainder Trick, The Triples Trick Coloring Sunflower Spirals Home Projects: Daisies, Pinecones, And Pineapples Leonardo's Rabbits The Big Map Of Your Mystery Tour Optional Activity 1: The Number Secret Of The Bees Unit II: The Dance of the Numbers The Fibonacci Parade A Fibonacci Game Playing The Patterns Some Fancy Quick Tricks Using The Sieve Of Eratosthenes On Our Fibonaccis A Look At The Territory Learning Inventory Optional Activity 2: A Fibonacci Machine And Computer Programs Unit III: Finding the Gold Introducing Ratios The Greeks And Their Golden Ratio Golden Faces The Golden Rectangle A Golden Rectangle Puzzle The Fibonacci Numbers Strike Again! Graph Of Fibonacci Ratios Close-Up Graph Of Fibonacci Ratios The Fibonaccis, The Golden Ratio, And Some Calculator Tips A Look At The Territory Learning Inventory Unit IV: mathematical artforms Supernova: The Explosion Of Stars From The Star Explosion To A Seashell Plato's Beloved Polyhedra How To Make Big Jewels The Gold In The Jewels A Look At The Territory Learning Inventory Unit V: Geometry, the pyramid, and the moon Packing For Egypt And A Moon Trip Finding The Circle Number Building And Exploring A Great Pyramid Finding The Gold In The Pyramid And Now The Moon ..The Golden Pyramid Payoff Moon's Eye View Of Our Mystery Tour Some Tasty Earth-Moon Tidbits A Look At The Territory Learning Inventory Optional Activity 3: Golden Ratio Tricks A Final Look At The Map: The Map Game Answer key to questions from the student tour guide newspaper