It’s that time of year to celebrate everyone’s favourite irrational number: pi!

Check out this video about Pi Day (it’s focused on the US, but gives some background):

Leading up to Pi Day, Friday March 14, students are rotating through various pi-related activities. Pi doesn’t show up in our math curriculum until grade 7, so for us, we’re exploring this math concept just for fun! Our Pi Day activities include team work, games, and art. On Friday we will celebrate Pi Day by having a “Pi Off” to see who can memorize the longest decimal of pi (the official world record is 70 030 digits, set by Suresh Kumar Sharma!) We already have some students who can recite more of pi than I, so I can’t wait to hear what they come up with for “Pi Day Friday!”

 

We love this song to help us practice!:

(Did you catch that?)