Public Event
Celebrate Pi Day with NASA
When:
Thursday, March 7 - Friday, March 15Where:
Online (see event details)Target Audience:
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Update: March 15, 2024 – The answers to the 2024 NASA Pi Day Challenge are here! Take a peek at the illustrated answer key now available under each problem on the NASA Pi Day Challenge page.
NASA is joining schools, students, and science centers across the U.S. to celebrate one of the most well known and beloved numbers: pi. Pi Day gives us a reason to celebrate the mathematical wonder that helps NASA explore the universe. And we're giving students a chance to join in the fun by using pi to explore Earth and space themselves in our 2024 NASA Pi Day Challenge.
Start by getting a primer on the challenge and how pi is used at NASA from our Teachable Moments series.
Then, jump right into the challenge and explore our full collection of Pi Day resources below.
NASA Pi Day Challenge Resources
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Student ActivityNASA Pi Day Challenge
This collection of illustrated math problems gets students using pi like NASA scientists and engineers exploring Earth and space.
Grades 4-12
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CollectionEducator Guides - NASA Pi Day Challenge
Find everything you need to bring the NASA Pi Day Challenge into the classroom, including printable handouts of each illustrated math problem.
Grades 4-12
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Downloads
Can't get enough pi? Download this year's NASA Pi Day Challenge graphics, including mobile phone and desktop backgrounds:
More Pi Resources
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Article18 Ways NASA Uses Pi
Whether it's sending spacecraft to other planets, driving rovers on Mars, finding out what planets are made of or how deep alien oceans are, pi takes us far at NASA. Find out how pi helps us explore space.
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ArticleHow Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need?
While you may have memorized more than 70,000 digits of pi, world record holders, a JPL engineer explains why you really only need a tiny fraction of that for most calculations.
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10 Ways to Celebrate Pi Day With NASA on March 14
Find out what makes pi so special, how it’s used to explore space, and how you can join the celebration with resources from NASA.
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InfographicPlanet Pi
This poster shows some of the ways NASA scientists and engineers use the mathematical constant pi (3.14) and includes common pi formulas.
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Edu NewsSpend the School Year With NASA - March
Make educational connections to NASA and JPL happenings all year long with this calendar of upcoming events and links to educational resources you can use to explore STEM with us.
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18 Maneras en Que la NASA Usa Pi
Pi nos lleva lejos en la NASA. Estas son solo algunas de las formas en que pi nos ayuda a explorar el espacio.
