We had a great time on Sunday. It was the first time we celebrated Pi day. The kids made invitations that they gave to their grandparents and the neighbors. The party started at 1:59 and was over at 3:14. They thought that was great.
We started out with a brief lesson about Archimedes who discovered pi, how it's an irrational number, and then went into finding out how the number is derived. The kids found 5 different circles, measured their circumference and diameter, then found the ratio of each. Then they found the average ratio for their 5 circles. Both of them were pretty close to pi.
Of course we had to also eat pie! What pi day party would be complete without a slice of pie?! So we took a short break to have some cherry crumb pie. Then they made pi necklaces using ten different colored beads to represent each number 0-9. The necklace started with a special bead representing the 3. Each of the kids went out to 150 digits. So if they start reciting pi to over 100 places, you know how they're doing it!
This week is spring break for everyone. I've spent it so far doing spring cleaning and planning out the rest of the year. We have some great things coming up including a trip to Cleveland, a unit on Greek Mythology, Science Camp, book clubs, and ordering next year's curriculum!
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