Derive the meaning of Pi using concrete models and/or appropriate technology. 0606.4.12
Links verified on 1/29/2019
- Calculating Pi - activity using string, meter stick and several types of cylindrical containers
- Lesson on Circumference of a Circle - examples and five practice exercises
- The Magic Circle - activity using coffee can lids, string and rulers
- Measuring Around - find circumference - five multiple choice questions
- Pi - explanation from Wikipedia including an excellent animation at the top of the page
- Pi Day - links and activities
- Prehistoric Calculus: Discovering Pi - If you had no textbooks, no computers, and no calculus (egads!) — just your brain and a piece of paper. Could you find pi?
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