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Fourteenth Annual π (Pi) Day Contest and Exhibition Suffolk County Community College Grant Campus Mathematics Department
April 17, 2010
Enter the Third annual π (Pi) Day Contest and Exhibition hosted at Suffolk County Community College’s Grant Campus. This contest is jointly sponsored by the Grant Campus Mathematics Department of Suffolk County Community College, the Math Museum, Nassau County Association of Mathematics Supervisors, Nassau County Mathematics Teachers Association and Suffolk County Mathematics Teachers Association. The contest is built on a model developed by Bruce Waldner, Coordinator of Mathematics K-12 for the Syosset Central School District and President of the New York State Association of Mathematics Supervisors.
What is π (Pi) Day? π (Pi) Day occurs on March 14 (that is , 3/14) and honors the special number 3.14… The purpose of the day is to foster creativity in and the enjoyment of mathematics. π (Pi) Day encourages students to participate in mathematics in imaginative, alternative ways.
Schools are encouraged to celebrate π (Pi) Day in their own way, including participation in the π (Pi) Day contest which concludes with an exhibition of the entrants’ work from 2 PM to 5 PM on April 17, 2010 in the Health, Sports, Education/Convention Center. Directions are included in this announcement package.
What is the contest’s theme? This year’s theme is Mathimagination. Since math is involved in some way with many different fields, contest entries must be developed in context of an area of study such as art, language, technology, music, the humanities and, of course, mathematics.
Who is eligible to enter the contest? Students at various levels of learning are encouraged to participate. Each category will be judged according to one of the four grade divisions:
Intermediate (I): Grades 4 – 5 Middle School (M): Grades 6 – 8 High School (H): Grades 9 -12 College (C): Undergraduate levels
How can you participate? You may enter as an individual or as a group through your school. Create one or more projects from any of the following three categories:
Posters Tessellations Geometric Models Poetry Math Board Games Computer Generated Art: Tessellations and Fractals
Your projects must be submitted to: Professor Anabel Darini, Mathematics Department, Grant Campus, Suffolk Community College, Health, Sports, Education/Convention Center, Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, New York 11717-1092. Along with your project(s) a typed list of project entries must be submitted listing, the student’s first name, last name, grade division, and project category. Each project must be accompanied by two copies of the attached entry form signed by the student, parent, and, if it is sent as part of a school’s entries, the sponsoring teacher’s signature. One copy must be attached to the project and the other attached to the list of all entries submitted.
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