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Activities for a Pi Day, March 14 (3.14) celebration including pi math problems, history, songs, stories, and greetings.
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Math Forum: T2T FAQ: Pi Day  How many celebrations are there in your math class? Each year on March 14th many classrooms break from their usual routines to observe the festivities of Pi Day because the digits in this date correspond with the first three digits...
http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.pi.html

An online collaborative project, using the concept of PI as the focus. This multidisciplinary project which includes math, history, English and thinking skills is designed for fifth through eighth graders.
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Pi Mathematics  This multidisciplinary project which includes math, history, English and thinking skills is designed for fifth through eighth graders. It will allow students to discover the approximate value of an irrational number, using measurement and reporting the data, applying formulas, problem...
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/RSE/RSEorange.html

Includes projects, history and videos to help learn about this unique constant.
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 Introduction is the focus of this project. It includes a variety of activities to help you learn about You will discover the approximate value of You will use measurement and report data. In the History section you will be able...
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Edu/RSE/RSEorange/Piactivities.html

For high school teachers and students. Products include an interactive textbook, class video clips, projects, glossary, and resource links.
http://www.e-zgeometry.com/

Teaching project that let's students learn about polyhedra by using kite materials to create life size forms. Exercises include measuring surface area, volumes, and changing the form to simpler shapes.
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Polyhedra, learning by building  Eva looking through an octahedron with two clear faces Building polyhedra with large triangles lets people handle and see geometric shapes from the inside as well as the outside. These new experiences have caused excitement and curiosity giving better understanding...
http://www.math.umn.edu/~morgan/Triangles.html