Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Tuesday is Pi Day (3.14) in American format.  I received this email from Solar System Ambassadors Headquarters about educators, students and everyone else having fun with our favorite Greek letter:

From: Orr, Kim [mailto:Kimberly.M.Orr@jpl.nasa.gov]
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 10:59 AM
To:
Subject: Pi Day is Live!

Hi all,

Happy Friday before Pi Day! Speaking of Pi Day, we’re now live with the following #NASAPiDayChallenge products:

• NASA Pi Day Challenge (MAIN LINK): https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/nasapidaychallenge/
• “Celebrate Pi Day Like a NASA Rocket Scientist” Teachable Moment (for the science behind the challenge): http://go.nasa.gov/2m8VwpH
• Standards-aligned lesson: Pi in the Sky 4 (best for educator audiences): http://go.nasa.gov/2m8NrBB
• Share campaign: Pi Day: What’s Going ‘Round? (share what you’re doing for Pi Day): https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/share/pi-day-whats-going-round/
• Twitter post: https://twitter.com/NASAJPL_Edu/status/840266573461958656
• Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/NASAJPLEdu/posts/10158424974990397

We would, as always love any publicity, so please share like the wind. We’ll plan to tweet/post on early on March 14 with a link to the NASA Pi Day Challenge (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/nasapidaychallenge/). If you could retweet/repost us then, that would be great. For everything else, just be sure to use the hashtags: #PiDay and especially #NASAPiDayChallenge. Here’s a brief schedule of promotions:

• March 10: Promo lesson and teachable moment, focusing on educators
• March 13: Promo infographic/poster/downloadable products to general audience
• March 14: Promo NASA Pi Day Challenge to general audience, encourage participation in share campaign
• March 15: Ask for answers via social media
• March 16: Promo and release answer key

You can find all the graphics and promos in my exchange (kmorr/*PI DAY 2017) should you need them. They also include some incredible gifs made by Scott Hulme (check out the Mars crater one!).

Thanks all and let me know if you have any questions!

Best,

Kim