Bee Anxiously Engaged and isn't Math Amathazing?
We had a good time exploring responsibility and accountability in bees last week. We learned that each bee contributes on 1/12 tsp. in its lifetime but by working together they produce enough to last the hive through the winter and more to share. When we work together with our families and communities we can accomplish a lot more than when we work alone.
*Can you find something you can do as a family or as a group that will help you accomplish something hard in a small amount of time? Ideas might be to clean out the garage, build something, clean the whole house in 30 mins etc.
We also learned about tessellations and the Fibanacci sequence and discussed the use of math in nature and our responsibility to notice the gifts/knowledge of God that show his hand and be grateful for his guidance.
*Here are some great tessellation coloring pages - pick one and show us your pattern. Every one will be unique depending on the colors you choose. There is even a honeycomb one. You could even try to make one of your own.
Here are the links to to Vi Hart videos on the Fibanacci sequence, we watched part 1 together. This mathematical sequence is also know as God's fingerprint. Here are the links to the three videos Part 1 Part II (intro into Phi which is also really cool) Part III
*Make an Angle-A-Tron and draw your own plant - she teaches you how to in Part II
*Meri-stems are pretty cool too - can you reason a gospel principle out of the function of a meri-stem? I'd love to hear it - you can share it in a comment on this page.
All these things show that math is in science and that all things are created with a purpose and a proper form and function and there are even patterns in place for when things go wrong. Isn't it amazing? God has a plan and purpose for each of us too and if we fulfill the measure of our creation and do our part, however small, he will use our 1/12 tsp. to give us enough and more to share. That is a happy thought.
If you haven't yet this is a great conference talk to listen to and discuss as a family. The full talk was linked last week.
*Can you find something you can do as a family or as a group that will help you accomplish something hard in a small amount of time? Ideas might be to clean out the garage, build something, clean the whole house in 30 mins etc.
We also learned about tessellations and the Fibanacci sequence and discussed the use of math in nature and our responsibility to notice the gifts/knowledge of God that show his hand and be grateful for his guidance.
*Here are some great tessellation coloring pages - pick one and show us your pattern. Every one will be unique depending on the colors you choose. There is even a honeycomb one. You could even try to make one of your own.
Here are the links to to Vi Hart videos on the Fibanacci sequence, we watched part 1 together. This mathematical sequence is also know as God's fingerprint. Here are the links to the three videos Part 1 Part II (intro into Phi which is also really cool) Part III
*Make an Angle-A-Tron and draw your own plant - she teaches you how to in Part II
*Meri-stems are pretty cool too - can you reason a gospel principle out of the function of a meri-stem? I'd love to hear it - you can share it in a comment on this page.
All these things show that math is in science and that all things are created with a purpose and a proper form and function and there are even patterns in place for when things go wrong. Isn't it amazing? God has a plan and purpose for each of us too and if we fulfill the measure of our creation and do our part, however small, he will use our 1/12 tsp. to give us enough and more to share. That is a happy thought.
If you haven't yet this is a great conference talk to listen to and discuss as a family. The full talk was linked last week.
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