March 14th

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Turn this booklet in at the end of the period to get credit for today!

Earn Participation points and EXTRA Credit TODAY while learning about PI: To get full participation points, earn 25 points: Complete Station 1 and record the measurements in your booklet for 5 points Complete Station 2 without error and have a teacher sign off on your accomplishment for 5 points Complete Station 7 and draw a circle with a fact about Albert Einstein inside for 5 points. Complete at least TWO other stations for 5 points each follow the instructions in your Booklet to ensure credit will be given. To earn a FREE 4 (or two!): Complete activities in more than the five Stations described above, more than the required number of points at a Station or the extra credit trivia. Todays Stations include: Station 1: Calculate Station 2: String Station 3: Sing a song Station 4: Find your Birthday in Station 5: Circle Game Station 6: Eat a little Station 7: Happy Birthday Albert Einstein! Station 8: Word Search Station 9: Picture Extra Credit Trivia (5 points) (5 points) (5 points) (5 points) (5 points) (food!) (5 points) (5 points) (5 points) (1/2 point per question)

Station 1: Calculate Pi

Arguably the most famous number that is not an integer, pi comes from dividing the distance around a circle by the greatest distance across the circle: circumference divided by diameter. This quotient or ratio equals the number pi no matter how big the circle is. Even though this relationship has been known for thousands of years, it was only 300 years ago that the Greek letter pi (the first letter of the Greek word for surrounding perimeter) was introduced. This number has a decimal representation which never stops or repeats, although modern computers have now computed pi to over a trillion decimal places! See how close you can come to ! C= Circumference (cm) Circumference Diameter (round to 8 dec. places)

Can # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

D = Diameter (cm)

Average = to find
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Station 2: String Pi

At this station, create a string of pi 35 digits on a pipe cleaner. Each digit is represented by a bead of different color. Fill in the bead colors as given and record them below. Gold bead = decimal point 0 = __________________________ 1 = __________________________ 2 =__________________________ 3 = __________________________ 4 = __________________________ 5 = __________________________ 6 = __________________________ 7 =__________________________ 8 = __________________________ 9 = __________________________ To get credit at this station, all beads must be correct. Have your string checked by a teacher and have them sign off on this activity in the box below: 35 digits of pi were correct and completed by the owner of this booklet: ________________________ Teacher Signature 5 points
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Station 3: Sing a Pi song

At this station you will find several songs.with familiar tunes.The difference is the very important WORDS! Sing a solo or sing it as a group to get credit here! Since the last two are more fun but much longer, sing your favorite verse and one chorus for the completion of this task. Song I Sang: _______________________________________ To get credit at this station, sing your song for your teacher and have them sign off in the box below: A pi song was sung by the owner of this booklet: ________________________ Teacher Signature 5 points

Station 4: Find your Birthday in Pi

Use a laptop and the website linked on the Pi Day Button on Blackboard to find your birthday in the digits of pi. Your birthday: ______________________________________ (month/day/year example: 03271978) Where does your birthday first occur in the digits of pi? ___________________________________________________

Station 5: Play the Circle Game

Grab a partner and go to the table marked Station 5.at this station you will be playing a strategy game. You are each given the same number of circles and a game board. 1. The person whose birthday is closest to Pi Day starts the game by placing a circular game piece anywhere on the game board. Any size circle may be played. 2. When played, a circle must be entirely on the game board, and may not be moved by any player during the course of the game. 3. Player 2 then places a circle on the board. A new circle can never touch a previously placed piece, and must always be entirely on the game board. Once a circle is played it may not be moved. 4. Play alternates until it is not possible to legally play another circle. The last player to legally place a circle on the board is the winner! If you play this game.see your teacher for a signature. If you WIN this game, get a signature AND a prize for your expertise! The circle game was played by the owner of this booklet: ________________________ Teacher Signature 5 points

Station 6: Eat a little Pi

Pie was eaten by the owner of this booklet: ________________________ Teacher Signature 5 points

Station 7: Happy Birthday Albert Einstein!

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At this station, 1. Read the article about Albert Einstein. Then, 2. Try to draw a perfect circle about the size of a coffee mug in the space below. You have only one chance to free-hand it! There should be NO erasure marks! 3. You may not turn your paper, or hold your hand as if it were a compass. Draw just one simple loop. 4. In your circle, write a fact about Albert Einstein and sign your name! 5. Complete the following: After his retirement Albert Einstein continued to work towards the _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 6. When you are done, show this page to Mrs. Hawkins to get your special Pi Day Tattoo! You can take the time to apply it while in the Science room.

Station 8: Word Search

Below, is a word search, after you find all the words, you can fill in the unused letters into the blanks on the next page to reveal a hidden message about pi. I would recommend highlighting each word as you find it. If you circle the words, then it gets difficult to tell whether or not the letters are circled. S P A I I I S D Y N O T J U D S N N T N E O

A R C R O R I E L A L E C T A I O M D R M H I A H C T I A G I

N O E F C A R R U T D O A L V N A A D I M R T K A S C R U E S A E A P I E T O L T P M D I I C T H S U J M G I N I A A B I J E N O I O Q I

E E O T D U L N E A I R E A

R R N E Y S K S D D H N E E A D B V D Y A N O R U T N E E E U A E T I R P X P F E Y E E O M L L S I L N A T N R I O E C F A R E C P N C E N E E U I D R N S L T M R Y D R E S R A P Y S Y I R N O I U T U P O R I Y T P O M S H E A K C E T H W C E F N C A I T T E X I N S T S U W I L L F A I D I I N I P I T E U R R A S A L P O E T R R P Y T L H L A I A Y O O N D I T C V E W R T Y

F F I C U D L T T O L E A R N P A

N T R A N I G B A A S M A N D Q C H U

Words for the word search: A History of Pi Circumference Dr. Kanada Hiroyuki Goto Mathematics Pi Day The Joy of Pi Archimedes David Blatner Euclid Indiana Pi Law Near a Raven Ptolemy Transcendental Circle Squarers Diameter Euler Irrational Petr Beckmann Radius WPDPi

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Station 9: Pi Picture
Here is your chance to be creative & unique! 1. Look at pi 2. As you slowly turn it around, imagine that it is a part of a complete picture. 3. Use your markers or colored pencils and draw a picture that incorporates pi as part of the picture. Be sure that pi is not the picture itself! 4. You may turn this booklet around to effectively incorporate pi into your drawing. 5. Be CREATIVE!!

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Extra Credit: Pi Trivia

If there is a laptop available, you may use it to complete the trivia.

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What famous person was born on Pi Day? __________________ a. What State in the United States tried to pass the law to legislate the value of pi? _____________________________ b. In what year? _________________ c. What was the actual Bills number? ____________________

3. 4. 5.

What was the Chinese estimate of pi? _____________________ In what year did the English start using the symbol for pi ? ________ Because Pi cannot be expressed as a fraction, it is what kind of number? _________________________________________

6. 7.

The height of an elephant (from foot to shoulder) = ________________ The____________________________, in 2000 B.C.E., were the first people known to find a value for pi.

8.

People once thought that trying to square the circle was an illness called ______________________ ____________________.

9.

If you were to type one billion decimals of pi, they would stretch from ___________________________________ (city) to the middle of __________________________ (state).

10.

The history of Pi is often divided up into 3 periods called Period 1; __________________________________ Period 2: __________________________________

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Period 3: __________________________________

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Keep track of your Pi points

(Remember, you need 25 points today before the end of class!) Points you think that Points Awarded youve earned Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 Station 5 Station 6 Station 7 Station 8 Station 9 Extra Credit TOTAL

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