The Best Activities For Students On Pi Day | Pi day Activities

The Best Activities For Students On Pi Day | Pi day Activities

Pi day – March 14, brings a good chance for math lovers. Instead  of making and eating pie or pizza, there’re so many ways and activities that students can do at class to celebrate this day.

Here are some Pi day activities that you should add to your to-do list activities for this year Pi day.

Pi Day paper chain assemble 

Create a Pi Day chain with loops of construction paper using a different color for each of the 10 digits. Each colored chain link represents a decimal place or a digit. How fun your students will be!

 Pizza pi party celebration

It’s a traditional activity for students to celebrate Pi day. Making a pizza if possible, or ordering online i s quite good. A pizza is a circle, and Pi too. So Pi = Pizza?

Math check

Provide plenty of circular objects like coffee cans, soup cans, pie tins, paper plates, bowls, CDs, and candles. Then have kids measure the diameter and circumference, divide the circumference by the diameter, and watch their amazement as the number comes out to about 3.14 every single time. Then, maybe finish up by measuring some round treats (chocolate chip cookies, anyone?).

 Pi digits with dice rolling

Have students gather in groups of two, three, or four and then race to see who can be the first to roll the first ten digits of pi

 Pi digits memorizing

Teach your students about the current record holder for reciting the digits of pi. Then have them memorize digits using this catchy song about the first 100 digits of pi. Play it in the background while your kids work on other projects, and they’ll know it by heart in no time.

Celebrate Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879. So have students research this famous scientist and present facts and artwork to the class

Play a card game

In this simple card game, kids race to see who can get rid of all their cards as they lay out the digits of pi. You can print out the digits in advance for reference or challenge older students to recall them from memory as they go.

Make paper plate pies

Little ones may not be ready to understand the concept of pi itself, but they can get in on the fun with this activity that introduces them to circles and ratios. All you need are some paper plates, construction paper, and a few other basic supplies. Kids mix and match the pieces to make a complete “pie,” learning more about circles along the way.

Craft paper pie gift boxes

Build these cutie pie paper gift boxes with your class, then fill them with circle-based treats of your choice

Create pi puzzle

Print this puzzle on cardstock and let students color it in first if you choose. Then, cut the pieces apart and see if they can put them back together by remembering the digits of pi in order.

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