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5 – 7 – 5
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2. Pi-ku poetry contest The Lifts Not Working By Paul McCann
On The First Floor Elevator shaft. People waiting for the lift. Down on the first floor.
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On The Second Floor How can we get down. Elevators broken down. Up in the top floor.
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On The Third Floor What are they doing? We're stuck here on the third floor. The lift's not coming.
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5. Pi-ku poetry contest On The Top Floor We better get down.
From the top floor to the ground. Take the fire escape.
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6. (Like Haiku 5 - 7 - 5) Unending digits . . .
Pi-ku poetry contest
(Like Haiku ) Unending digits . . .
Why not keep it simple, like
Twenty-two sevenths?
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7. How do you get ideas for Pi-ku?
Pi-ku poetry contest
How do you get ideas for Pi-ku?
Think about the properties of a circle -
How do you define a circle?
How is a circle special?
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Think about - diameter radius circumference area tangents center
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Think about the look & feel of a circle -
round
unending
no starting point, no ending point
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Think about unending digits -
irrational
transcendental
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Think about common approximations -
3.14
22/
355/ ~
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Think about circular items -
wheels clocks rings merry-go-round cylinders
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Think about words associated with circles -
round sphere vortex revolve rotate ball hoop halo disk orbit loop compass
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Circle 
Circles on circles
Infinity and beyond
Nested together.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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15. . 3 9 1 4 5 Pi-ku poetry contest Circle Digits Digits in circles
Three point one four one five nine Going forever. 3 1 4 5 9 .
- Mr. L, March 2009
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-ku Pleasure
Two arcs approaching
Speared by double radius
Form one grand circle.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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-Degrees
Three hundred sixty
Measure by measure counted
Circle by degrees.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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Archimedes
Greek Archimedes
Measured doubly scribed circles
Inside and outside.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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Blueberry 
Sectors for teaching
Customers prefer slices
Round berry goodness.
Creative Commons license
- Mr. L, March 2009
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20. Pi-ku poetry contest Cycloid
Galileo named Circle rolled - a cycloid made Three pi r squared now.
- image from GeoGebra by Mr. L
- Mr. L, March 2009
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Tangents
Tangents in pairs come
Equal arms - circle scissors
Meet radii once.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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22. Bill Lombard mrlsmath.com tttpress.com
Pi-ku poetry contest
Haiku style: syllables per line
1, 2, or 3 three-line stanzas
Complementary graphic
Landscape style for scanning
Paper/pencil, computer, or combo
As usual, great projects = extra credit
Due Friday, 13 March
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