It may be a regular Friday for you, but in the physics and math community, it is something bigger, the Pi Day Celebration!
Pi Day takes place on March 14 (3/14 to match the numbers first three digits: 3.14), and the physics club will be celebrating this Friday, after school on the front lawn.
Of course, pie will be provided as well as pizza and socializing within the community.
“What sets our Pi Day Celebration meeting apart from ordinary meetings is that it takes a different approach to cultivating an interest in science, rather than using hands-on learning and a short lecture to build that interest, we just focus on building up the social aspect of our club, bringing together a variegated group of science-loving people who can all share in their interests in science and passion to learn,” said club leader Connor Licht.
Even if only for a few minutes, they encourage all students to come and celebrate.
Lot’s of work has been put into the rebuilding of this club and they are looking forward to the celebration.
Aside from eating pie, the club has their normal meetings in room 224 from 3:10-4:30 p.m.
“These meetings usually consist of a pairing of a short, interactive physics lesson, centered around topics that have been suggested by club members, with some sort of interactive activity, often an Academic Project where the club will be given an open-ended task with multiple unique approaches that could be taken and complete that task by building some sort of device from regular classroom materials,” said Licht.
It’s a great opportunity to have fun with friends while getting an interesting and beneficial lesson.
The club hopes to grow a passion for science, physics in specific, within the student body. It seems to be working as the club has doubled in size growing from just 54 members in October to now 105 as they approach their Pi Day meeting.
“It is truly a blessing to know that we are spreading an interest in science to so many members of our Gibbons community, and hopefully, this Pi Day Celebration will be a celebration of not only the all-important Pi but also the amazing growth and success that our club has experienced this year,” said Licht.
