The Beauty of Math | Geometry + Pi Day
2,967 views · Published 14 March 2018 · 7:40 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: Pepper and Pine · 2018 · Education
It's Pi Day again. On March 14th (3.14) mathematicians around the world celebrate the beauty and mystery of the circle. Today, I'm sharing three projects that we did for a geometry lesson as part of our Ancient Greece main lesson block. You can check out the other activities we did for our Ancient Greece Unit there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgudr4h6Po&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxwF0Me42OZd0WSJ7AgmR7Nl You can also see a lot more fun and beautiful geometry projects here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-_sZH657xQ&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxw0r-JYVPD31u4y_7d0lsdo Check out these Pi Day activities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB0TIcbt83s&list=PLJxUV0rOnlxyg_KWuEwYbqvxwZijxYR7Z The first project today is similar to one we did recently in which I walk you through constructing the 12 divisions of a circle. You can see that here: https://youtu.be/l64Z0eBRkhU For this project I used Distress Inks by Tim Holtz in a range of colors from yellow to red to green. I used a resist medium to keep the watercolors from bleeding into other sections. I finished off the project with Mr. Huey's Shimmer Spray in Shine. For the second project, I used my Silhouette Cameo to make an original design. I then cut out the pieces on kite paper and on adhesive backed cardstock to make templates. I placed the whole design on contact paper with I also cut on my Cameo. I did an alternative and arguably easier design by just layering twelve circles in rainbow color. Both look nice, but were really time consuming. If you didn't have a Silhouette Cameo, you could use a cup to trace a circle. Cut a total of 13 and arrange 12 of them symmetrically around the first circle. Then remove the original circle and you're left with a similar design. It looks great on kite paper or tissue paper so the light can shine through. See more pics at the blog post for this video: https://www.pepperandpine.com/the-beauty-of-math-geometry-pi-day/ Find me here: https://twitter.com/PepperandPine https://www.instagram.com/pepperandpine/ https://www.facebook.com/pepperandpine https://www.pepperandpine.com
