Why Is Math Everywhere — Even in Nature?

Imagine you're looking at a sunflower. Its seeds are arranged in beautiful spirals that go around the center. That’s math in nature! It turns out, these patterns happen because of something called the Fibonacci sequence, it's like a special rule for counting that makes things grow in really cool ways.

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  1. A sunflower’s seeds form spirals because they follow math rules
  2. Pinecones have a pattern that looks like steps going around
  3. Seashells curl in a spiral shape like the Fibonacci sequence

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