pi Day   
                                               ( pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971)
 

Celebrated on March 14 at 1:59 pm  (with lots of pies and pi stuff)

(Third month, 14th day, 1:59 in the afternoon)

NASA Challenge
Pi Day activities from the Exploratorium

NASA/JPL Pi in the Sky
How Many Decimals of Pi Do You Really Need?
Posters


The History of pi - https://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/history_of_pi/
                       https://www.piday.org/learn-about-pi/
                       http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/math5337/groupe/overview.html      

Pi Facts - https://www.mathnasium.com/math-centers/hydepark/news/amazing-pi-fun-facts-hp
              https://www.piday.org/pi-facts/     


Math resources - https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pi-day-lesson-plans-matthew-davis

  Pi Day Activities
       https://www.weareteachers.com/pi-day-activities/
       https://www.pinterest.com/lercole/pi-day/
       https://www.piacrossamerica.org/piep001.html
       https://www.piacrossamerica.org/piactivities.html
       https://www.teachpi.org/
       https://memorycreator.net/pi-day-activities-for-middle-school/
     
 https://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Pi-Day

       https://www.exploratorium.edu/pi
       https://edhelper.com/pi_day.htm 
       https://www.mensaforkids.org/teach/activity-plans/pi-day-palooza/

  Pi Day Links - https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson335.shtml

Pi Day Math Lessons from Evans Middle School in Indiana-  
    http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/evans/piday.htm

Pi Poetry - https://mathstory.com/poems/pi/ and https://mathstory.com/poems/pi2limericks/
     https://www.piday.org/2008-pi-day-activities-for-teachers/
     https://poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com/2010/09/rhymes-help-to-remember-digits-of-pi.html
     https://www.pleacher.com/mp/mpoetry/mpoet.html
     https://www.math-fail.com/2010/03/pi-poetry-pi-ku-poems.html

Pi Songs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJJJmQojcLM
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HRkKznJoZA
              https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/pi-day-songs-and-activities-for-kids/     
             
      Music - https://www.teachpi.org/songs/
              https://www.teachpi.org/music/
              https://www.npr.org/2011/03/14/134492882/how-to-transform-the-number-pi-into-a-song           

      Videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVf9jkQ2QqA
              https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/03/13/the-best-videos-for-celebrating-pi-day/
              https://www.exploratorium.edu/video/cutting-pi
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8uu2wMJic

Pi Trivia - https://www.factretriever.com/pi-facts
              http://www.eveandersson.com/pi/trivia/
             
https://www.livescience.com/44091-facts-about-pi-for-pi-day.html
             
https://triviafaithblog.com/pi-day-trivia-questions-and-answers/
              https://facts.net/pi-facts/

   
Poems - http://www.eveandersson.com/pi/poetry/

Pi Land - "Fun Activities and Neat Stuff" - http://www.eveandersson.com/pi/  

First 100,000 digits of pi - http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/math5337/groupe/digits.html

Where is your birthday in pi? - https://www.facade.com/legacy/amiinpi/

Pi Art - https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/math-art-for-kids-pi/
            https://www.pinterest.com/momgineer/pi-day/
    Crafts - https://www.teachpi.org/activities/crafts/
    Art projects - https://think-maths.co.uk/pi-comp/
                   https://www.pinterest.com/pin/63191200997632120/
                   https://tinkerlab.com/pi-day-2015-pi-day-art-project/
                   
     Clip Art - https://clipartmountain.com/comclip5/pi9.htm

Pi Postcards - https://www.123greetings.com/events/pi_day/

Making a Pi Necklace - https://funfamilycrafts.com/pi-day-necklace/
 
                           https://www.craftiments.com/2013/03/pi-day-necklace-craft-for-kids.html
   
Door decorating Contest for Pi Day plus more
     https://web.archive.org/web/20140621234520/http://wsmc.net/pubs/WaMath/Spring2007/MSpi.PDF


Pi Webquests: https://www.mathgoodies.com/Webquests/pi_day
   
http://web.archive.org/web/20050309072525/http://www.csulb.edu/~aelizald/designelizalde/webquests/geometry/pi/pi.htm

Pi and Pi Day Math Lessons - https://www.nctm.org/piday/
                                 https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/pi.html
                                 https://illuminations.nctm.org/Search.aspx?view=search&kw=pi

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