Tag: sequences

Bead Sequences

We’ve got some students who are very interested in beads and beading, who are going to try to make a bead curtain using mathematical sequences and codes for each strand. Some of my suggestions are below.

Math Sequences

  • Prime Numbers
  • Odd and Even (alternating colors)
  • Natural Numbers
  • Fibonacci Sequence
  • Linear Sequences (multiples of 2, 3, 4, …) e.g:
    • n = 2i
  • Polynomial e.g:
    • n = i^2
  • Exponential growth e.g:
    • n = 2^i
  • Half-Life

Code Sequences

Music of the Fibonacci Sequence

Tool‘s Lateralus has the Fibonacci Sequence embedded into it. Ms. Wilson tells me that some of her Algebra II students were able to detect it out after listening to the song (a few times), but this video has the highlights where the sequence occurs.

↬ Ms. Wilson