Celebrate Pi Day 2021 by finding circles, making crafts, eating pizza

ByMichelle Corless WLS logo
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Celebrate Pi Day 2021 with circles, crafts, pizza
Celebrate Pi Day 2021 with circles, crafts, pizzaCelebrate March 14th, also known as Pi Day through various activities.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- March 14th is Pi Day: 3.14.

While when most hear "pi" they think of pie or pizza, the day is truly a celebration of mathematics. Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

Jana Frank, a franchise owner of Mathnasium, shared some ways to celebrate Pi Day. She said find the circles around your home: round clocks, planters. She said Pi is all around us.

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There are also crafts you can make, like a paper chain or bead bracelet. Colors can correspond to each number of pi, and the chains and loops are also circles.

And of course, it's a chance for math lovers to enjoy some pie or pizza. The circular foods can reinforce Pi Day concepts of radius and diameter.

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