Seasons and holidays
Fall Leaf Portrait
Find a real fall leaf, look closely and draw its portrait: the veins, the edges and every color.
Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Pi Day Circle Hunt
For March 14: measure round things with string and find out that the distance around is always a bit more than three times across.
- Grades
- 3–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- measuring, circles, division
What kids do
“Measure circles and discover a number that never ends!”
- Measure with string and a ruler
- Draw a round food for Pi Day
- What I noticed about my answers:
How to run it
- Wrap string around a lid, cup or plate, then lay it on a ruler.
- A calculator is fine for the last column.
- Answers should all land near 3.14.
Talk about it
- Why are the answers almost the same?
- Why is it called Pi Day?
- Where do you see circles every day?
Take it further
Find the biggest circle in your home and measure it.
Pairs well with
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