I just wanted to let everyone in on a very big event that is coming up.
Pi Day……you know Pi 3.14159265359…..
Well, each year those of us who love PIE choose to celebrate Pi day with a slice (or two) of pie.
This year, Pi day is Pi Day of the Century.
How is it?, you ask.
3/14/15
I wanted to give you enough notice so you could plan to really indulge since it is the only Pi Day of the Century any of us will experience.
Wow, in my life time I’ve experienced:
Bicentenial of the USA
Turn of a century
Pi Day of the Century
After eating A BUNCH of pie I think I’ll try to burn off some calories with a nice 3.14 mile walk.
Pi Day of the Century is on a Saturday but I don’t think that should stop me from using the pie to teach Pi to my children. If my pie plates are 9 inches in diameter it will be easy to show them how to figure out the circumference of the pie plate. I’m sure it is a lesson they won’t soon forget.
Any other Pi Day of the Century ideas you think we should do? Go ahead and leave a comment.
Enjoy,
Karen
well I could eat 3.1415 pies myself!!
I’m willing to make TWO pies but that is it 🙂
xoxxo
Karen
PI day! Something new to celebrate – thanks! PI using pie is something my mother did not teach me/us. However, she did teach fractions using pie……as in asking each of us after dinner one evening “Would you like 1/4 or 1/6 piece of pie?” Thankfully, I had been introduced to fractions and chose the 1/4 slice (today older and wiser with respect to nutrition, I would ask for 1/8). My VERY competitive (and a little younger) brother smugly chose a 1/6 piece. To this day, I smile, yes, a little smugly, remembering the look on his face when my mother give each of us our chosen selections. I bet he has never forgotten the lesson either.
That is funny.
Whenever I have to teach on fractions or percentage and they just don’t seem to get it I always use baked goods as my example.
“Would you like 80% of a cookie or 20% of a cookie?” For some reason that always clicks with them.
Looking forward to our soap making time.
Hugs,
Karen
I remembering once entering a Pi day contest. The entries were remarkable, all pi themed. Mine was just plain old pie, which we enjoyed immensely. 🙂
I’m getting into it now that I’m a teacher (of my boys). It is helpful to have dessert when teaching math.