National Pi Day

In celebration of National Pi Day we joined Mrs. Adams’ Class in the Search for Pi on Monday, March 14th (3.14) through a morning live stream event.

Students participated in a collaborative class project. Using string and different size circles the class will work together to find Pi.  There was also a class discussion about the value of Pi. Special thanks to Fleming-Neon Elementary!

(Excerpt from the Livestream below)

Its not too late to celebrate Pi Day with your students! Why not celebrate all week?

A few months ago, coinciding with the global Hour of Code Week by Code.org, and using tutorials and components from electronics company Adafruit, The Holler spent the week building a custom yellow Gameboy called the PiGrrl. The PiGrrl gets its name from the $20 Raspberry Pi microcomputer that handles the processing of classic Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Gameboy games. The project was not easy. It took the normal Holler media crew completely out of their comfort zones as they soldered wires onto makeshift circuit boards and followed wiring schematics to make sure the micro USB port could both power the PiGrrl and charge the internal Lithium Ion battery simultaneously.

“Operating out of our comfort zone, we also thought it was important to live stream this process on Twitch rather than creating a polished YouTube video of the production. We wanted students from the region participating in Hour of Code Week to be able to ask questions as we worked and to see the problem-solving methods we employed when we ran into issues or challenges, which we often did.”

Check out the full report of the Gameboy Build, with detailed pictures, in Head of the Holler.

Share your classroom Pi Day activity plans and ideas in the comments!