[Maths-Education] Re: Pi Day (3-14)

[Larry Francis]

Pi Day (March 14th) approaches! 

 

It's not too soon to start making plans! Here are a few links with
animations, multimedia, info, and lessons:

The Exploratorium's 2010 - 22nd Annual Pi Day Celebration 
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/index.html
<http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/index.html>  

NPR: "Pi Day Celebrates a Mysterious Number"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226443
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226443>  

NPR: "Pi Day: An Infinite Number of Ways to Celebrate"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88239845
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88239845>  
lower on the page is "Happy Pi Day from the Pi Guy"

	
	 	 

Wikipedia: Pi and Albert Einstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi> 

Wikipedia has a great animation called "Pi-unrolled" (shown above). You
can see a large version of the it at 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pi-unrolled-720.gif
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pi-unrolled-720.gif>  

Albert Einstein was born March 14, 1879. There's a lot of info about him
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein>  and even more at 
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.html
<http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Einstein.htm
l>   including the essay "Geometry and Experience"

"Pi, Pi, Mathematical Pi" (to the music of "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie")

http://www.vvc.edu/ph/TonerS/mathpi.html
<http://www.vvc.edu/ph/TonerS/mathpi.html>  (The authors' personal pages
are at http://www.alltooflat.com/about/personal/ton/
<http://www.alltooflat.com/about/personal/ton/>  and 
http://www.stevetoner.com/ <http://www.stevetoner.com/>  Check out
Steve's terrific (and free!) games "Duplicon" (shape recognition),
"Magic Pen" (mechanics and logic), and "Building Houses"
(perspective),"Filler" (motion and logic), and CoBaCoLi (angles, motion,
and logic).

 Talking about Pi 
http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/pi_cover.html
<http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/pi_cover.html>  

Archimedes' proof for the area of a circle 
Here's a very nice flash illustration-with audio in French
http://www.mathkang.org/swf/archimede.html
<http://www.mathkang.org/swf/archimede.html>  

Here's a couple in English from Tom Richmond:
http://www.wku.edu/~tom.richmond/circle1.html
<http://www.wku.edu/~tom.richmond/circle1.html>  
and http://www.wku.edu/~tom.richmond/circle2.html
<http://www.wku.edu/~tom.richmond/circle2.html>  
You may also find them at the National Curve Bank:
http://curvebank.calstatela.edu <http://curvebank.calstatela.edu>    

finding the value of pi 
http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/pi1.html
<http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/pi1.html>  

more pages from the math forum on pi 
http://mathforum.org/library/topics/pi/
<http://mathforum.org/library/topics/pi/>  

 

 

 

NCTM's Illuminations site also has some resources you might find useful:
www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=28520
<http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=28520>  

 

Enjoy!

--Larry

 

 

Larry Francis, Southern Oregon ESD Computer Information Services
www.soesd.k12.or.us/support/training
<http://www.soesd.k12.or.us/support/training>  and 
www.soesd.k12.or.us/math/math_resources
<http://www.soesd.k12.or.us/math/math_resources> 
larry_francis at soesd.k12.or.us <mailto:larry_francis at soesd.k12.or.us>
or 541.858.6748

 

 

 

 

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