Pi Day in Algebra 1

Even though pi isn't THAT big of a concept in Algebra 1, can you really let a math "holiday" pass without celebrating it? I didn't think so. I came up with a project for my honors students to complete. I like to leave the window for creation very open because I want them to think outside of the box for their projects. I have had cake and brownies cut in the shape of pi. I have had pie with decorations in the form of 3.14. I have had posters and murals and clay and cups and everything else you can imagine in the shape of pi or 3.14. I love to see what they can come up with when they aren't put in a box.

* You'll see that I do offer extra credit for the "most creative" project in class. I use this as a small encouragement for students to try something beyond the common Pinterest searches for pi day projects.

** The only additional comment I made in class is that they can't just but a pie at the store and call it their project because that represent PIE not PI.

So we are going to start class with these honors students doing their quick presentations on their projects. Once they do those, we will move into this Pi Day digital activity that I created which is free in my TpT store. I included a few snapshots below for you to see it. If there are any food items brought in, I'll let them eat those while they work on this digital activity.

Even though this isn't coordinating exactly with our lessons for the week, it will be fun to celebrate this math holiday and it gives my honors students an opportunity to present in front of the class.

Happy Pi Day,

Hilary

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