posted Mar 8, 2018, 11:18 AM by Michelle Boyd
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updated Mar 8, 2018, 11:23 AM
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Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3.14). We have "discovered pi" in class with our M&M activity, but you can play along at home, too! Here are some ideas I have come across in past years:
Have a "Memorizing Pi" contest! There are a million digits of pi in this link, but you can surely manage to memorize a handful of them! Challenge your siblings to memorize the most digits of pi. The person who memorizes the most digits in 3.14 minutes gets out of clearing the table, washing the dishes, or any other chore of choice!
Watch the videos below. Discuss!
Read the infographic posted below. There are lots of cool pi facts in this one!Enjoy!
"Calculating Pi with Real Pies" Cute video, and cleverly done in three minutes and fourteen seconds.
Calculating Pi with Real Pies
"Pi and the Size of the Universe" The next video suggests we can stop at 39 digits of pi to be able to measure the circumference of the (observable) universe and be accurate to the width of a hydrogen atom. It also includes a brief history of pi at the end. Perhaps we should use 39 digits of pi instead of the three we usually use in class...? (And--side note--no decimals in Archimedes' day? Only fractions? What a glorious universe! ;) )
Thank you for coming to Meet the Teacher! If you were unable to make it or if you wanted to view this show one more time, the link to my Prezi is below. (I couldn't figure out how to embed the new Prezi format.)