{"id":4979,"date":"2015-02-20T10:12:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2016-02-28T14:16:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T18:16:17","slug":"celebrating-pi-day-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/celebrating-pi-day-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Pi Day with your students"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most epic Pi Day ever: 3\/14\/15 9:26:53 am and<\/em> pm<\/h2>\n
\"celebrating<\/a>
Larry Shaw, the founder of Pi Day, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. (CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Math enthusiasts of all ages are anxiously awaiting the celebration of what many are coining the most epic Pi-Day ever.<\/p>\n

Okay, maybe that is an overstatement, but I am certainly looking forward to the fun recognition of the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.<\/p>\n

3\/14\/15… 9:26:53. Two opportunities to celebrate, two opportunities to eat pie, so many opportunities for learning.<\/p>\n

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As a former math teacher, celebrating Pi-Day was a natural part of the curriculum. Just look up classroom ideas to celebrate Pi-Day<\/a> and you\u2019ll find hundreds of ways observe Pi-Day in math classes. But Pi-Day can be enjoyed by all teachers, and here are a few ways to bring the celebration to other content areas.<\/p>\n

Remember, even if you don\u2019t like pi, you can always bake a cake and celebrate Albert Einstein\u2019s birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pi-Ku<\/h3>\n

Irrational. three
\npoint one four one five nine two
\nsix five three. Go on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Challenge your students to write a pi-based haiku!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Pi for me Argentina<\/h3>\n

Pi and music – it is a beautiful combination. Just listen:<\/p>\n