Pi Day 2014

Today is Pi day and I love Pi Day!!  It’s a day to celebrate math and all of the wonderful things it does for us in our lives.  As a society we could not exist without math.  Everything we do requires math in some way.  You can’t live without math.

Around the globe teachers are taking advantage of Pi Day to help students in a creative way.  There are all sorts of Pi Day projects.  Here is one example that I found.  One student made a Pi song and posted it to YouTube.  It was created by MC Squared Equals E and it’s called, “Pi God”.  The lyrics are in the notes, just expand them.  Great stuff here.  Very creative.

Youtube link

Over the past year I have found a great website called QuickandDirtyTips.com.  I go there mostly for the Grammar Girl podcast which is fantastic!  But I just found the page Math Dude!  Yep.  It’s a guy that talks about math.  He has a great Pi Day post today.  Here’s the link:

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/math/what-is-pi

How are you celebrating Pi Day today?  We have several pies ready to go today.  One is a Key Lime Pie the other is a Cherry Pie and I think we are going to load it up with ice cream too!!  YUM!!  Pie Day is yummy!!

The Nerdist Channel made The Pi Episode: Math Bites with Danica McKellar IT IS EPIC!!!  Check out all of the nerd cameos in it!

Also, don't forget that it is Albert Einstein's 135th birthday today to!!  you know the universe is aligned in some way when Pi Day is the same day as Albert Einstein's birth!  What are the odds?

The State of Indiana Almost Changed the Value of Pi to 3.2!

There once was legislation proposed in the State of Indiana to change the value of Pi from the commonly accepted 3.14 to 3.2.  This was proposed by a hobbyist mathematician that had claimed to discover a method of “Squaring the Circle”.  The hobbyist was Edward J. Goodwin, from Solitude, Indiana and was a physician.  Squaring the Circle is a problem where a square is made that has the same area as a given circle by only using a small number of steps with a compass and straightedge.  It has proven to be impossible to do this.

It’s Pi day, March 14th. How will you celebrate?

If you don’t believe me that it is officially Pi day, at least in the United States, then here is your proof.  (U.S. Congress Passes Pi Day) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:2:./temp/~c111eKeipg::
Here is a link to the official Pi Day website:  http://www.piday.org

Math Does. Not. Lie!! (and I love Pi Day)

One of my favorite days of the year is March 14th.  March 14th, in the United States is known as Pi Day (π Day).  The number Pi (π), 3.14159, is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter.  Pi (π) is used to help calculate many areas and volumes involving circles and arcs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=pi