IN THE NEWS: Do you get Pi? These Folsom Middle students do!
It's another day of teaching for Stacy James, a math teacher at Folsom Middle School. Thursday, though, was special because it was officially "Pi Day."
Pi is the mathematical relationship between the circumference and the diameter of the circle. When divided, the number comes out to 3.14 with an infinite number of decimal places. It holds an almost mystical place of importance for math enthusiasts.
"My personal favorite is I have a student who says 'Come to the dork side, we have Pi," laughed James.
James' students received a hands-on interactive series of lessons to help them understand the concept of Pi. They measured the distance around and through a number of circular objects to find the diameter went into the circumference just over three times.
VIDEO: Watch ABC10’s recent segment on Folsom Middle’s Pi Day hands-on learning activities!