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A Slice Of Pi: South Coast Museum's Take Home Kits To Connect With Kids During Pandemic Closure

KCLU News

Have you heard of Pi Day? No, NOT the delicious kind – but the mathematical kind.

This year it takes place on Sunday, and a South Coast Museum is finding ways to bring it to our kids, despite having their doors closed because of the pandemic. 

These Ventura County youngsters are spinning paint on a wheel they’ve built themselves to celebrate Pi Day. 

It’s just one of the circular activities available in this take-out Pi party box created by MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation In Santa Barbara.

Credit (courtesy of MOXI)
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(courtesy of MOXI)

Robin Gose, President and CEO of Moxi. explained how the idea came about to celebrate Pi Day. 

"Pi Day celebrates the mathematical constant Pi, which is 3.14. There's a lot of decimal places after that. 

"We celebrate it on March 14th because March is the third month of the year, and, of course, the 14th, which gives you the 314," she told KCLU. 

Selling the kits is one way for the Museum to find ways to connect with kids during the coronavirus while the county is in the Purple Tier, preventing museums from opening indoor spaces.

They're available from www.moxi.org

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Caroline joined KCLU in October 2020. She won LA Press Club's Audio Journalist of the Year Award in 2022 and 2023.

Since joining the station she's won 7 Golden Mike Awards, 4 Los Angeles Press Club Awards and 2 National Arts & Entertainment Awards.

She started her broadcasting career in the UK, in both radio and television for BBC News, 95.8 Capital FM and Sky News and was awarded the Prince Philip Medal for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

She has lived in California for ten years and is both an American and British citizen - and a very proud mom to her daughter, Elsie.
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