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Math RVR Module 1

The document explores the concept of mathematics as the science of patterns, numbers, and spatial relations, emphasizing its presence in nature and various forms such as rhythm, texture, and symmetry. It discusses different types of patterns including geometric, visual, flow, and rotational symmetry, illustrating how they manifest in natural phenomena like animal movement and plant structures. Additionally, it highlights specific mathematical concepts such as fractals, tessellation, and the Fibonacci sequence as they relate to patterns in the natural world.

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Math RVR Module 1

The document explores the concept of mathematics as the science of patterns, numbers, and spatial relations, emphasizing its presence in nature and various forms such as rhythm, texture, and symmetry. It discusses different types of patterns including geometric, visual, flow, and rotational symmetry, illustrating how they manifest in natural phenomena like animal movement and plant structures. Additionally, it highlights specific mathematical concepts such as fractals, tessellation, and the Fibonacci sequence as they relate to patterns in the natural world.

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GEC 4 Mathematics in the pattern.

• This prevalence of pattern in locomotion extends to


Modern World the scuttling of insects, the flights of birds, the pulsations
What is Mathematics? of jellyfish, and the wave-like movements of fish, worms,
• The dictionary meaning of Mathematics is that, “It is and snakes.
the science of number (or) space” (OR) “The science of
measurement, quantity and magnitude” Patterns of Rhythm
• According to “New English Dictionary” • Rhythm is conceivably the most basic pattern in
“Mathematics – in a strict sense – is the abstract science nature.
which investigates deductively the conclusions implicit in • Our hearts and lungs follow a regular repeated pattern
the elementary conception of spatial and numerical of sounds or movement whose timing is adapted to our
relations” body's needs.
• In Hindi, we call Mathematics as “Ganitha”- which • Many of nature's rhythms are most likely similar in a
means the science of calculations. heartbeat, while others are like breathing.
• Hence, we can conclude that, Mathematics is a • The beating of the heart, as well as breathing, have a
systematized, organized and exact branch of science. default pattern.
• Also, Mathematics is the science of quantity,
measurement and spatial relations. Patterns of Texture
• A texture is a quality of a certain object that we sense
Etymology through touch.
The term “Mathematics” is derived from two Greek • It exists as a literal surface that we can feel, see, and
words: ‘Manthanein’ means ‘learning’ ‘Techne’ means imagine.
‘an art (or) technique’ Hence Mathematics means the art • Textures are of many kinds.
of learning related to disciplines (or) facilities. • It can be bristly, and rough, but it can also be smooth,
cold, and hard
Patterns and Numbers in Nature and in the World
• A pattern is an arrangement which helps observers Geometric Patterns
anticipate what they might see or what happens next. A geometric pattern is a kind of pattern which consists
• It also shows what may have come before and of a series of shapes that are typically repeated.
it organizes information to bring order where there is • These are regularities in the natural world that are
disorder. repeated in a predictable manner.
• Mathematics is the study of patterns. Hence, those • Geometrical patterns are usually visible on cacti and
who use patterns to analyze and solve problems often succulents.
find success compared with those who cannot (Nocon & Examples:
Nocon, 2016).
• Studying patterns help students identify
relationships and find logical connections to
form generalizations and make predictions
(Aufmann, et al., 2018).

Patterns of Visuals Spirals


• Visual patterns are often unpredictable, never quite
repeatable, and often contain fractals.
• These patterns can be seen from the seeds and
pinecones to the branches and leaves.
• They are also visible in self-similar replication of trees,
ferns, and plants throughout nature.

Patterns of Flow
• The flow of liquids provides an inexhaustible supply of
nature's patterns.
• Patterns of flow are usually found in the water, stone, Rotations
and even in the growth of trees.
• Rotations, also known as rotational
• There is also a flow pattern present in meandering
symmetry, captures symmetries when it
rivers with the repetition of undulating lines.
Patterns of Movement still looks the same after some rotation
• In the human walk, the feet strike the ground in a (of less than one full turn).
regular rhythm: the left-right-left-right- left rhythm. • The degree of rotational symmetry of
• When a horse, a four-legged creature walks, an object is recognized by the number
there is more of a complex but equally rhythmic
of distinct orientations in which it looks the same for each • Starfish have a radial fivefold
rotation. symmetry. Each arm portion of the
starfish is identical to each of the
Translations
other regions.
This is another type of
symmetry. Wallpaper
• Translational symmetry •Honeycombs or beehives are examples of wallpaper
exists in patterns that we see symmetry.
in nature and in man-made • This kind of symmetry is created when a pattern is repeated
objects. until it covers a plane.
• Translations acquire • Beehives are made of walls with each side having the same
symmetries when units are size enclosed with small hexagonal cells.
repeated and turn out having • Inside these cells, honey and pollen are stored and bees are
identical figures, like the raised.

Snowflakes As
you know, no two
bees’ snowflakes are alike, so
honeycomb how can a snowflake be
with completely symmetrical
hexagonal within itself, but not
tiles. match the shape of any
other snowflake?
Human Body
•The human body is one of the pieces of • Snowflakes exhibit
evidence that there is six-fold radial or rotational symmetry, with elaborate,
symmetry in nature. • identical patterns on each arm.
Our body exhibits bilateral Rotational Symmetry
symmetry. It can be
divided into two identical
halves.

Animal Movement •
The symmetry of motion is present in animal movements.
• When animals move, we can see that their movements also
exhibit symmetry.

Radial and Bilateral


• One of the most interesting things about a sunflower is that
it contains both radial and bilateral symmetry.
• What appears to be "petals" in the outer ring are small
flowers also known as ray florets. These small flowers are
bilaterally symmetrical. On the other hand, the dark inner
ring of the sunflower is a cluster of radially symmetrical disk
florets.

Radial
• Snowflakes have six-fold radial symmetry.
• The ice crystals that make-up the snowflakes are
symmetrical or patterned.
• The intricate shape of a single arm of a snowflake is very
much similar to the other arms. This only proves that
symmetry is present in a snowflake.
Fractals – it is a detailed pattern that looks similar to any
scale and repeats over time.

Pattern in Nature – these types of patterns can be found in


the environments.

Tessellation – this pattern in nature is a pattern of shapes


that fit perfectly together; that is, a pattern of shape that
have no overlaps or gaps.

Spiral – curve that starts at a center point and moves away


from the center.
Fibonacci sequence – the spirals on a pinecone or the
arrangement of seeds in a sunflower are examples of these
mathematical concept.

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