Please, Be Irrational! Pi Day is Tomorrow!

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Tomorrow is Pi Day, a slightly silly recognition of the special number that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. But it’s not just any Pi Day, it is the Pi Day of the century! Because pi is 3.1415926……..etc., Pi Day is held on March 14 every year (get it? 3-14?), but […]

Educator How-To: Prep for Pi Day with a circle-folding exercise

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Pi Day is all about circles, circumference and diameter. Pi (approximately 3.14) is delicious is the ratio of a circle’s circumference divided by its diameter. This ratio is the same for all circles. In the spirit of Pi Day, let’s see what we can do with the fabulously fun circle and what we learn along the […]
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