Bees instinctively build hexagonal honeycombs, noted as being geometrically optimal, using minimal wax and energy compared to squares or triangles. Hexagons, with interior angles of 120°, are one of three regular polygons that tessellate a plane without gaps. The thin yet strong honeycomb walls and collective construction reflect order and purpose. This efficient, beautiful design points to God as the Creator and Universal Designer.
The purpose of this paper is to show how to use calculus in our relationship with God. I will employ parallelism and contrast to teach the values with the hope that through teaching calculus the teacher can bring his/her students closer to God.
Any credence given to the study of mathematics must recognize that God is the original mathematician. And though, through the ages, humankind has experimented to be able to draw conclusion in the areas of mathematics, God's laws are error-free and constant. His everlasting watch-care in the "natural" cyclic phenomena of this earth daily prove His mathematical supremacy. Galileo is remembered for having acknowledged that "mathematics is the language that God used to create the universe."
This paper focuses on how values integration can be done in a mathematics classroom. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions: 1) What are the moral, social, and spiritual values that can be integrated in mathematics teaching from an Adventist perspective? 2) How can mathematics be made interesting and relevant?
