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March 14 is the UNESCO International Day of Mathematics. Many classrooms also mark it as Pi Day.
The next date is March 14, 2027. Dates follow Mountain Time, America/Denver. Stories below are from the archive.
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A short prompt for a teacher to use with children. This page is for adults.
Measure a round object the class already owns and talk about why the distance around is a bit more than three times the width. No purchase is required.
More stories a teacher can read aloud are in the Kids section.
ScienceA 10-year-old found a track that had not been recorded before. Twenty-one students from the Aboriginal school tied the prints to stories of ancestors who lived among giant animals.
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ScienceFour Year 13 students at St Hilda's Collegiate have 25 strobe devices out with Otago farmers. Their company won the region's Young Enterprise prize and is headed to the national final.
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ScienceBiomedical engineering students at the University of Iowa built Dylan Huntbach a Nintendo Switch controller with oversized buttons and joysticks he can use after a spinal cord injury.
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ScienceGerald Gabrielse's team cooled a single positron nearly to absolute zero and suspended it for months in a trap with no walls, a step toward a sharper matter-antimatter comparison.
Verified · Northwestern NowFive true, uplifting stories in your inbox at 6 a.m. It takes two minutes to read and it sets the tone for the whole day.