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March 14, 2018

CISH Presents: The International Pi Day Celebration

The International Pi Day Celebration

“Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.”                                

Pi day Website

Students across all grades (K-12) participated in teacher-led activities in order to introduce the concept of “Pi.” Each grade level participated in age-appropriate activities reflecting a wide variety of activity.

Kindergarten: students started the day with creating their own circular-shaped pizzas. All of the pizzas made turned out delicious, and with a variety of different toppings. The goal of these activities was to promote awareness to students regarding the prevalence of circles in their daily life. Furthermore, students ultimately were made aware of the word “Pi” and its associated symbology. 

PYP: students within the PYP program were all exposed age-appropriate events, which included, and wasn’t limited to:

  • Discussed important vocabulary related to circles like diameter, radius, circumference etc.
  • Measured circle circumference with sting and compared lengths,
  • Online games that included circumference activities
  • Songs and educational stories were used
  • Graphing and recording collected data after measuring was done
  • Eating circle shaped snacks

PYP students had the opportunity after lunch to decorate some pies with fruit and cream and make the PI symbol. Everyone had pies for dessert!

MYP & High School: students within the MYP program also participated in age-appropriate activities, which included, but not limiting to:

  • Grades 6 students explored the concept of circumference with hula-hoops; rolling hula hoops to determine distance traveled. All activities were arranged for each respective classroom
  • Grade 7-8 students also explored the circumference of a circle with hula-hoops, but further added details regarding radii and ratios; Pi Day bingo activities, songs, and digits-of-pi memorization was orchestrated within their respective classrooms
  • Grades 9-10 students cooperated with the upper high school students during the first two periods of the day, participating in the following activities:
  • Digits-of-pi memorization
  • Monte Carlo simulation competition for the estimation of the value of pi
  • Circumference and displacement activity with hula-hoops
  • Grades 11-12 students, in addition to the described activities above, acted as moderators for the younger grades, as they have all studied concepts related to “pi” extensively in their math courses.

Overall, each grade participated in the decoration of pies after their lunch period. Most students created their pies with a competitive edge, as each classroom would compare their culinary artistry. Following classroom photos, students returned back to their homerooms for the consumption of their creations.

Special thanks to all staff/faculty for helping make this day memorable!