Square root day
Kids who love math might like to know that it's square root day -- an event that occurs only nine times a century. (For example, today's date is 3/3/09 -- and 3 times 3 is, of course, 9.) The next square root day won't come until 4/4/16.
You'll find ideas for marking the occasion here, here and here, including details on a Facebook page.
Comments
I did not know about square root day. This is very interesting. I am not a kid, but I loved math as a child. I wonder how many teachers knew about square root day, this would be a great way thing to use in a math lesson in class today.
Posted by: Megan Pittman | March 3, 2009 1:21 PM
Hey Kate: One of my teenagers wrote on our family calendar that next week is Pi Day (3.14)!
Posted by: Cheryl from Maryland Family | March 6, 2009 7:39 PM