Pi Day resources for math lovers: Pi Day fun activities
A brief guide of math resources related to Pi Day.
Pi Day fun resources
- 21 Pi Day Resources (from PBS)Check out the following resources to assist you in this quest. These are great for any grade!
- 2020 Pi Project, own a piece of Pi (from Pi Day Org)Pi Project is a multi-faceted, multi-decade-long project combining sculpture, mathematical concept, data visualization, geolocation, and web-based media. The artists are continuing this process by carving the sculptures of each individual number along the infinite number sequence.
- Celebrate Pi Day! (from American Mathematical Society)It's the only holiday to honor a number: Pi Day, on 3-14, the beginning digits of the infinite, nonrepeating decimal expansion of π = 3.1415926... As the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, π is irrational and transcendental--qualities sure to bring a twinkle to any mathematician's eyes.
- Find Your Birthday in Pi (from Pi Day Org)Want to know what position is your birthday in Pi?
- An Insider’s Guide to Celebrating Pi (π) Day (from Exploratorium edu)Every year on March 14—Albert Einstein’s birthday—number lovers can raise a piece of pie to Pi (π) Day, an international celebration of one of math’s most famous constants: the irrational, never-ending number π, pronounced pi (3.14159 . . .). Exploratorium physicist Larry Shaw invented the playful celebration in 1988, and Congress declared it an official U.S. national holiday in 2009. The San Francisco museum continues its annual festivities with an all-ages Pi Day celebration on March 14, 2020.
- Plan a Pi Day Party for March 14 (from Education World)Teachers in many classrooms celebrate Pi Day this month. Pi -- the number 3.14… gets its own special day on 3/14, or March 14. EdWorld editors have gathered a collection of links to ideas and activities that will help you plan a Pi Day celebration for your classroom or school.
- 31.4 Mathtastic Pi Day Activities for the Classroom (from We are Teachers)The day that brings out the inner math geek in us all.
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