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I have the privilege of teaching my gifted elementary students for multiple years. At my one school, I have them in class for a full day each week, and each year I have special thematic days for which the students get very excited, e.g., Halloween and Day of the Dead “Wars,” Valentines Day, Book Celebrations, and Pi Day. I love planning a variety of interdisciplinary activities for these days and I love watching how 100% are fully engaged for the entire time.

Hi guzzlers,

Wednesday is Pi Day, an annual date of celebration in the mathematical community because March 14, or 3/14, using the US convention for dates, looks like 3.14, which is pi to two decimal places.

Pi - usually written as the Greek letter π - is the ‘circle constant’. Take any circle you like. Whatever the size, the ratio of its circumference to its diameter is pi. If you want to know more about this numerical marvel, please scroll down. But first, today’s three puzzles.

Math deserves its own day, don’t you think? Join the fun of Pi Day, celebrated on March 14 (3.14, get it?) by more and more schools every year. Here are 14 Pi Day activities that will encourage your students to see the joy and whimsy in math.

Math deserves its own day, don’t you think? Join the fun of Pi Day, celebrated on March 14 (3.14, get it?). Here are 31 Pi Day activities that you’ll circle back to year after year.

In previous years, we celebrated Pi Day (14th March) with the Pi Rap and other musical attempts. In 2013, S1 convinced me that we should perform the PiMCA and this is the result. Aren't these kids awesome?! So is π o