When I taught math, there was no day that I loved more than that of Pi Day. March 14th (or 3 14…get it?). Let’s face it, math can sometimes be a bit dry and from a teaching stand point it can be very hard to motivate students to want to learn higher math. When asked why we had to learn this “stuff” I usually replied, because “I had to and it seems only fair to make your life miserable as well”. Which they all know I was teasing, kind of. The real reason you learn math of course is money. Most of the jobs that pay the best involve you getting a degree that uses higher math. That tends to motivate students a little more. :) I mean, even drug dealers (at least the good ones) should know the metric system. :P But Pi Day was the one teaching day a year I was sure the kids would have fun….yet educational at the same time. Every year we would have team competition where they would earn points for each event, like a decathlon. Nothing like eating a pie, but then having to … [Read more...]