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While many are familiar with Dyslexia, few understand Dyscalculia, a learning disability affecting a person’s ability to process numbers and mathematical concepts.

Learn more about Dyscalculia Awareness Month (by AddaptAbilities)

(Photo by D Sharon Pruitt)

Today is Pi Day and people worldwide will celebrate π, that beautiful and infinite constant that is universal to us all.

Students will be estimating pi, singing Pi Day songs, feasting upon pi related foods and in all ways celebrating Pi.  If you are looking for some ideas on how you can celebrate π, visit Celebrating Pi Day 3.14.

3.141592653589793238….

Ah, yes, Fibonacci.  The Fibonacci sequence was named after Leonardo of Pisa.

0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 etc.

This seemingly simple sequence, adding the two prior numbers to get the next, is actually a much more complicated function which can be seen in art and nature.  Often called the golden ratio, the golden rectangle, or the golden spiral, it can be found in a sunflower, a pine cone, the Mona Lisa or The Parthenon!

The beauty of the math will blow your mind, and the beauty of the art will warm your heart.

Take a Fibonacci look at The Golden Spiral by monarch13.

(photo by M. Ruch)