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Pi-ku poetry contest
5 – 7 – 5
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Pi-ku poetry contest
The Lifts Not WorkingBy Paul McCann
On The First Floor
Elevator shaft.
People waiting for the lift.
Down on the first floor.
Source = http://home.vicnet.net.au/~poems/ps/html/haiku_examples.html
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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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On The Top Floor
We better get down.
From the top floor to the ground.
Take the fire escape.
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(Like Haiku 5 - 7 - 5)
Unending digits . . .
Why not keep it simple, like
Twenty-two sevenths?
Source = http://www.teachpi.org/activities.htm
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Think about the properties of a circle -
How do you define a circle?
How is a circle special?
How do you get ideas for Pi-ku?
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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 -
3 . 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 . . .
irrational
transcendental
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Think about common
approximations -
3.14
22/7 3.142
355/113 3.1415929
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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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Circle Digits
Digits in circlesThree point one four one five
nineGoing forever.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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-ku Pleasure
- Mr. L, March 2009
Two arcs approaching
Speared by double
radius
Form one grand circle.
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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 circlesInside and outside.
- Mr. L, March 2009
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Blueberry
Sectors for teaching Customers prefer slices Round berry goodness.
- Mr. L, March 2009Creative Commons license http://www.flickr.com/photos/knittinging/2739208771/
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Cycloid
- Mr. L, March 2009- image from GeoGebra by Mr. L
Galileo namedCircle rolled - a cycloid madeThree pi r squared now.
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Tangents
- Mr. L, March 2009
Tangents in pairs come
Equal arms - circle scissors
Meet radii once.
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Pi-ku poetry contest
Haiku style: 5-7-5 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
