For Teachers

Math Standards

Fibonacci’s story is a remarkably rich ground for exploring math standards and other curriculum areas. His story allows teachers to explore such topics as:

• What is a number?
• Hindu-Arabic numerals versus Roman numerals
• The Value of Place Value
• Egyptian numerals
• Using an Abacus
• Travel distances (Pisa to Bugia and other sites in the Mediterranean)
• Number patterns
• Fibonacci numbers in Nature
• Fibonacci spirals

The book allows you to make perfect cross-curricular tie-ins to art, music, science and history.

Classroom Visits

I offer two types of classroom visits.

Virtual classroom visits: If your computer is equipped with a camera and microphone, we can do an hour-long Skype visit that allows students to see me and talk to me, and vice versa.

Cost: $50 donation, which includes a signed copy of Blockhead and a Blockhead DVD for your classroom. This is the only way you can “buy” a copy of the Blockhead DVD from Spoken Arts at a 50 PERCENT DISCOUNT!

I personally do not earn any money from these visits, but use them as an opportunity to make a tax-deductible donation to the Fibonacci Giving Project. After we ship your book and DVD, any funds left over are donated to the Project. You and your class may choose to make an additional donation as well—as long as it is a Fibonacci number. (I’d love it if you gave $144, but I’d be happy with $21, $5, $3 or even $1!) Find out more about the terms of the project on the Donate page.

Conventional classroom visits: I travel to your school and conduct one, two, three, or a maximum of four sessions per day, which can include a hands-on workshop. Depending on your preference, I can spend the lunch period with students or faculty. (I enjoy hanging out with students, but also relish catching up on trends in education with the grown-ups.) Cost: Speaker’s fee ($1,200) plus travel expenses.

For more information on visits, fees and other details, download this handout: DAgnese School Visit Handout.pdf.

To facilitate book purchases prior to a school visit, use this book order form: DAgnese BOOK_ORDER_FORM.doc

Download a free handout for Teachers, Parents & Librarians here: Free Handout for Teachers Parents Librarians.pdf

Download a Fibonacci Scavenger Hunt here: Fibonacci Scavenger Hunt.pdf

Want more Fibonacci materials for the classroom? Please see Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature, a new photography-based children’s book by Sarah Campbell. It offers beautiful, real-life images of the pattern as it exists in nature.