P-Week Festivities

March is around the corner and I am planning some activities in anticipation of March 14, p-day. I am inviting you and your students to be a part of the following:

HALL DECORATION:

Ask your students to decorate 8½ x 11 unlined sheets of paper with digits 0 – 9. I also need a good looking p, a decimal point, approximately equal sign (»), and an ellipsis (…). Ms. Daire needs all of your decorated sheets on our planning day, March 1st.

p-THEMED CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:

Next week Ms. Daire will e-mail you 2 – 3 activities that you are invited to complete with your classes (Friday 3/12 & Monday 3/15). This of course is optional. If you have any great activities that are also p-related please share them with the department.


p-OFF COMPETITION:

Friday 3/12 at 2:40 PM in room 138.

Participants will have 3 minutes 14 seconds to write as many digits of p as they can remember. Winner receives a trophy and a graphing calculator.

p-RELATED POEM AND/OR ARTWORK:

Students can submit an electronic copy of a p-themed poem or artwork. The winning entry will be printed as p -postcards that will go to the faculty on p -day. The deadline for submission is Friday March 5th (NO EXCEPTIONS).