Lesson plans and other activities for the DAY PI , Lesson plans and other activities for the DAY PI

Lesson plans and other activities for the DAY PI
Lesson plans and other activities for the DAY PI
We have gathered more than 2-dozen links to Pi Day activity ideas. (Appropriate grade levels for each lesson resource appear in parentheses.)


Make a Pi Chain

Use 10 different colors of construction paper. Choose a different color to represent each digit, 0 to 9. For example: 1=red, 2=blue, 3=green, 4=yellow… In that way, 3.141 would have rings of green, then red, then yellow, then red. Continue creating the chain for 3.14159…

See this activity and others at Pi Day (Week) Math Lessons.

March 14 Is Pi Day!

Celebrate Pi Day

Great Pi Day Activities for Teachers

How to Celebrate Pi Day

Pi Day WebQuest

Pi Day Lessons from the Math Forum (Grades 5-8)

Making a Pi Necklace (Grades 5-8)

3.14 Trivia Game

The Derivation of Pi (Grades 6-8)

Proving Pi (Grades 9-12)

(Pizza) Pi Project (Grades 4-8)

Buffon's Needle: An Analysis and Simulation (Grades 9-12)

Monte Carlo Estimation for Pi (Grades 9-12)

Pi Day in Math Classrooms (Grades 8-12)

Pi Day Ideas from Mrs. Highley (Grades 4-12)

Pi Day Connections (Grades 6-12)

PiQuest (Grades 7-8)

Circles in Geometry (Grades 3-5)

Pi Day Activities (All grades)

Cross-Curricular Activities for Pi Mathematics (Grades 5-8)

Pi Day Activities for Trigonometry Classes (Grades 9-12) (archived copy)

Pi Day Activities for Algebra II Classes (Grades 9-12) (archived copy)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Downloadable "Happy Pi Day" Sticker

Ask Dr. Math: What Is Pi?

Project Mathematics: The Story of Pi

Pi Day Greeting Cards from 123Greetings.com

Pi Day Songs

Finding the Value of Pi

Slice of Pi, Anyone?

A History of Pi

Ask Dr. Math: Middle School Pi

The Joy of Pi

Archimedes and the Computation of Pi

Graphics for the Calculus Classroom: Archimedes' Calculation of Pi

Let's Take Another Look at Pi Day

Where Is Your Birthday in Pi?

Liz's Pi Poems

Poetry for Pi Day