This is a feature of the NASA/JPL Education Office March 13, 2014
Celebrate Pi Day with NASA/JPL Education
In honor of everyone's favorite mathematical holiday, Pi Day (March 14), the Education Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has crafted a set of stellar middle- and high-school math problems to show students that pi is more than just a fancy number.
Pi is all over our skies! It helps power our spacecraft, keeps our Mars rovers' wheels spinning, lets us peer beneath the clouds on Jupiter and gives us new perspectives on Earth. Take part in the fun and see if your classroom can solve some of the same problems that real NASA scientists and engineers do.
Each pi-filled word problem gets a graphic treatment in this printable infographic (available in both poster-size and 8.5-by-11) that helps students visualize the steps they need to get to a solution.
Print out one for your classroom today or view it on the web at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=398.
On March 14, share your Pi Day stories - and your answers! - with us on Twitter @NASAJPL_Edu using the hashtag #PiDay.
The fun will come full circle on Monday, March 17, when we release the answers in a companion infographic that will walk students through the steps needed to find a solution to each problem. Be sure to check back to see if you made the grade.
Follow NASA/JPL Edu on Twitter @NASAJPL_Edu and Facebook, www.facebook.com/NASAJPLStudents, for more updates, including educator workshops, classroom activities, student projects and NASA internships, from the Education Office at NASA/JPL.
Last year's NASA/JPL Pi Day infographic, "Planet Pi," is available at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=371
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