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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 for three consecutive years in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Since joining the station she's also won 11 Golden Mike Awards, 8 Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards, 4 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in Writing, Diversity and Use of Sound.

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 by Prince Philip for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

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