Pi Day Math Lesson, Worksheets, and Activity

Make Pi Day a memorable one for your 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade math classes with this fun illustrated lesson, worksheets, and activities. These print-and-go comics double as math anchor charts for your Pi Day bulletin board and include EDITABLE Google slides, content, follow-up math worksheets, a hands-on Finding Pi Lab, and a final project. Everything is crafted with a comic style making the lesson appealing and accessible to a wide range of learners.

Comics improve retention and make reading FUN and APPROACHABLE. Witness the excitement on the faces of your students when they get their hands on these math comics!

Product Overview

The print-and-go content comic defines Pi using illustrations and fun characters. Suitable for upper elementary and middle school math classrooms, students will read about what Pi is and how it is used in careers. The comic touches on rational and irrational numbers, circumference, and diameter.

The low-prep, hands-on activity challenges students to find Pi by measuring the circumference and diameter of hula hoops. The instructions are presented in cartoon format, making them engaging. Your students will read them!

The hands-on activity is accompanied by a lab sheet to help guide them through the steps. It also includes conclusion questions at the end to tie the activity back to the content.

This Pi Day Activity and Lesson includes

Google Slideshow–

Your copy of my fully animated slide deck
EDITABLE
Shareable

What is Pi? Comic–

Display on the front board or print up to hand out
Double as an anchor chart poster
Both color and black-line versions
Black-line version is easy to print and fun to color

Doodle Notes-

A unique addition to interactive science notebooks.
Use as guided reading or guided notes
Good homework option

Follow-Up Worksheet-

Reinforce the concept and ask learners to apply their understanding.
Appeals to the artists in your classroom.
Also a great addition to interactive notebooks

Finding Pi Activity-

Students measure hula hoops to see how close they come to Pi
Instructions are presented in a visual format (THEY’LL READ!)
Students are challenged to measure other circular objects

Activity Follow-up Worksheet–

Lab sheet helps students organize information
Once the activity is complete, students will complete questions to tie all of the information together.

Easel Activities–

Guided notes and other aspects of this Pi lesson in Easel form!
Upload directly to your virtual classroom.

“Create a Comic” Final Project–

Students apply what they have learned to create their own comics about Pi
Create a class comic book or display them in the hall

Differentiated Rubrics–

Two different rubrics differentiated for your variety of learners.

Lesson Plan Template–

A detailed lesson plan mapping out how you can extend this lesson to a week or more.
Includes tips and instructions.

Answer Keys–

Answers to the guided notes and follow-up questions

BONUS Word Search!

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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN!

This is the most crucial benefit.
Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE.

About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
Visual information is processed faster.
Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement!

These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

ACTIVE LEARNING

Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
Instructions are in a visual format
Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.

Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!