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Birthday Pi: Find your birthday Sequence in the decimals of Pi. http://www.facade.com/legacy/amiinpi/

AWESOME PI-DEAS!

The Art of Pi give each digit 0-9 a specific color then use the colors to create a graphic using the colors to align with the digits of Pi. An extension would be to use mosaic tiles, colored beans, or pieces of construction paper (paper chains). Consider graphics like spirals, circles, or other circular pictures. Here is a sample of photoshop Pi

. Music of Pi give each digit 0-9 a specific musical tone or range, then create a score and create a Pi-Concert!

Pi-Toons Living Pi create a montage of pictures or pressed materials taken from plants and flowers that have circular structure. create cartoons, pencil/pen sketches, posters about Pi.

. Pi-Sayings Create a phrase contest using Pi to create humorous or interesting sayings C12 H22 O11 Pi - Sugar Pi QT Pi Cutie Pi Donation Pi Incorporate a canned food drive with a goal of 314 cans.

Video Pi Paper Pi Cut out different sizes of circles (use a compass or pin/string/pencil) from different materials, or use different size cups, plates, or other circular objects as stencils. Have students see if there are any relationships between the ratios of the circumferences. Then Explain why there are similarities or differences. Write up a script from research done on Pi, then shoot a short video (could tie in with Technology Anchor Standards of ELA)

Circle Books

. Measuring Pi

You can measure Pi by constructing a physical wheel and rolling it out - but you won't get more than a digit or two of accuracy.

Take a circle whose diameter (all the way across) is 1. If you roll it until you get back to the start, it will measure out Pi units. (Image from Wikipedia)

Pi References and Resources Pi Poster Using print media create a montage poster of the digits of Pi. High School: History of Pi - http://www-groups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Pi_through_the_ages.html Middle School: Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/mid_pi.html All: Teach Pi - http://www.teachpi.org/index.htm Find your Birthday Pi http://www.facade.com/legacy/amiinpi/ Youtube- Story of Pi (~3.20 minutes with 2 min introduction) - http://youtu.be/2fCTnF75AL0 Pi Activites (Illinois grant funded project) http://tiny.cc/61h1nw Pi Day Webquest http://www.mathgoodies.com/webquests/pi_day/ NCESA Pi Day http://ncesaz.org/2013-pi-day-resources