Pi Day!
Pi Day is March 14th or 3.14. This animation shows the backstory and the many applications of pi, from music to financial models—you can even calculate the density of the universe. Related Resources: Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi Mile of Pi, Calculating Pi...
March Madness 2024
This week starts the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The tournament involves 63 basketball teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of college basketball. This year all the games are taking place in...
Daylight Savings March 10, 2024
Next weekend, we need to move our clocks forward one hour. If you are like my daughters, you will be upset Sunday morning when you lost an hour of sleep. I doubt any of you will be complaining when you get to play outside longer. I do want you to be informed on the...
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss' Birthday! “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.” ~ Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places...
Hidden Figures: Dorothy Vaughan
"Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician, a human computer, and an electronic computing pioneer who helped send satellites into space and put the first man on the moon. Back when NASA was called NACA, Vaughan led around 400 female African American mathematicians...