Happy Pi Day!

Today we celebrated

3-14,

otherwise known as

Pi Day.

I set the scene with a homemade

"Pi to the 100th Digit"

banner...

 You can download the banner

(which you need to cut and past together)

by clicking HERE.

The clip art that decorate the banner

can be found HERE.

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After the kiddos looked at the banner and I explained

to them what an irrational number is...

...we watched THIS video I found on You Tube.

(Richard Bew does an EXCELLENT job of

ENTERTAININGLY explaining the basics of Pi!)

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After the video,

we put Pi into practice with...

...THIS worksheet provided by

Educating Laytons.

Little Wild Man

(since he has not done much with multiplication or division)

was in charge of measuring the diameter

of different objects.

After relaying that info to his sisters,

they used their calculators to determine the

radius and circumference

of the objects.

(Not only was this a good lesson in using Pi,

it also allowed the kiddos to use their

measuring and calculator skills too!) 

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After finishing the work sheet,

we just had to get crafty

with our "Pi"

and make a few of THESE

Bottle Cap Pies

I saw over on

WhimsyLove...

 You have to have your tough face on

when you use the sharp scissors...

They were easy to pull together

and SO super cute!

My kiddos don't mind getting a little

Pi all over their faces...

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To end our Pi Day fun,

we had to EAT some pie, of course!

I went super simple on these and bought

mini graham cracker crusts

and filled them with either

ice cream or pudding

(because my kiddos are sadly not really big

fruit pie fans!).

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Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern

by its diameter?

A: Pumpkin Pi!

Happy Pi Day everybody!!!

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Linking up with Math Monday