Wednesday, March 14, 2012 students studied the meaning of Pi and participated in activities that would draw attention to the infinite number of Pi. How many digits exist in Pi? This mystery remains unanswered and the number keeps on going, and going, and going...
Students heard the story of "Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi" and and some even wrote their very own "Pi Poems, made Pi Bracelets, and participated in different fun and educational activities that brought the number Pi to the forefront.
Math classes hosted a "Pi Off" (pictures below) in which each class determined who had memorized the most numbers of Pi. Also, during the week, students competed with one another to see who could bring the most can goods in for a chance to throw a pie at a principal. The track team sold chances for everyone to be able to throw a pie in the face of a teacher or principals. Students and teachers in all content areas embraced this day and once again, made learning fun!
During the "Pi Off," 7th Grade student, Nattie Toney, memorized and recited an impressive 320 numbers. Just how many numbers is that, you ask? Well, here you go:
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| Nattie Toney, 7th Grade, memorized 320 digits of Pi! CONGRATULATIONS!! |
05820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067
98214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812
84811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819
64428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909
14564856692346034861045432664821339360726024914127
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| Nattie reaping her reward of learning the most digits of
Pi at GVMS!!
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| Mrs. McClanahan even got in on the action! |
"Pi Off" Pictures:
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| Mr. Roy being a good sport as Alex Adkins, 6th Grade, pies him in the face! |
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| MaKayla Frye, 7th Grade, won a chance to pie her Math teacher, Mrs. Prichard! |
 Mrs. Prichard thought revenge was sweet and gave MaKayla a big whipped cream hug! |
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| Watch out Mrs. Prichard!! I hear that Sarah Barret can throw a mean pie! |
The winners of the can
won the opportunity to pie Mr. Adkins!!
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| Luke Chandler, 6th Grade |
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| Starr Butcher, 7th Grade |
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| Savanna Adkins, 8th Grade |
And, finally....
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| Lindsey Prichard, Student Council President, tops off Mr. Adkins! |
Below, you will find a couple of example of "pi poems" that were written on Pi Day. Students were instructed to compose poems that followed the first 6 numbers of pi. For example, the first number of pi is 3, so their first line contained 3 words. They used the numbers: 3.14159...
R. Adkins' RLA Pi Poem
Cool, funny, smart (3)
Mr. Adkins (1)
Silly, chilled, and loveable (4)
Students (1)
Crazy Ms. Debbie loves the class (5)
Mr. Adkins enjoys watching Marshall basketball and football-- GO HERD! (9)
J. Shortridge's Flex Pi Poem
Very educated teachers (3)
Work (1)
With entertaining and humorous (4)
Students. (1)
A caring principal watches carefully. (5)
Students who are hardworking and diligent will be successful! (9)
Great job Nattie!! Ms. Kilgore
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