We just love Pi! Nope – that’s not the ooegy, gooey sweet stuff – it’s the endless chain of numbers.
Celebrate Pi Day at the Science Museum of Virginia on Wednesday, March 14, from 10 am-3 pm. Celebrate the first three digits of pi, 3.14, on March 14 – also known as 3/14 – with a day filled with a pi video and some pie science.
Check out the flat screens in the rotunda for a fun video on pi – 3.14159.
It’s an irrational number that keeps going and going and going…making it an irrational, infinite number. In recognition of Pi Day, experiment with pies. Discover what happens to a shaving cream pie in a vacuum, what happens to a variety of pies when dropped several stories and what happens to a shaving cream pie when it is frozen with liquid nitrogen.
Pi Day is included with Museum admission. Below please find the Pi Day schedule.
3.14 Celebrating Pi Science!
Level One
Live Science Stage
10:30 am and 1:30 pm Pies Under Pressure
What happens to a shaving cream pie
when it’s in a vacuum?
12:30 pm Freezing Pies
Will a shaving cream pie freeze when it’s
subjected to liquid nitrogen?
Noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm Virginia Sky Stories
3:30 pm Static Electricity
Science on a Sphere®
1 pm and 3 pm Sphere Presentations
Level Two
East (Red) Stairwell
11 am and 2 pm Dropping Pies
What happens when you drop pies from a height
that is several stories high? Find out as we test cherry pie,
shepherd’s pie, pumpkin pie and chicken pot pie
in this exhilarating experiment!
Live Animals
Open from 10 am – Noon and 1 – 4 pm
Ecolab
Open from 2 – 4 pm
Level Three
Eureka! Theater
11:30 am and 2:30 pm Rat Basketball
Track Level
Beach Science
Noon Critter Touch
IMAX®DOME
11 am Born to be Wild
Noon Lewis and Clark
1 pm Coral Reef Adventure
2 pm Hubble
3 pm Born to be Wild
4 pm Born to be Wild
* Ticket required for IMAX films
* Schedule subject to change
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