Pi Day

A once in a lifetime event is happening on Saturday.  It is Pi Day, not pie like pumpkin or apple but rather the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet Pi.  Also commonly known as Pi=3.14.  You remember that,  right?

What makes it so special is that Saturday will be 3.14.15  but also at 9:26:53 am or pm you pick it will be the sequential time will occur on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53.58979... following the sequence of pi to all digits......  pretty cool.

Here is what we learned in class today about Pi.

The day started by the question what is Pi Day?

Here are some responses from the class:

We look at pies?

A feast in China. Because the Pi sign looks like it is Chinese writing

People make pies and it is like a carnival where you taste pies... like a celebration

You eat pies that have math equations inside.  So that way you are not knowing that you are learning or eating pie.

Well, they were all good responses but soon after we hear and saw a You tube video that sings the first 200 digits or so we got to work really understanding the meaning of Pi.

We worked in partners to discover what Pi is.

Then we read a book all about Pi.  The author is clever.. In order to remember the different vocabulary of Pi he names his family members Sir Cumference (dad, aka dragon), Lady Di of Amiter (mom), and Radius (son).

We also made Pi necklaces.  Each bead stands for a number of the first 17 digits of the number.

After lunch we met with Mrs. DeSantis class to start our seed (living/nonliving ) science unit.

Be are being budding scientists.