e Day Math Activities
Check out these creative e Day Math Activities for celebrating e Day on February 7th with your math students!
What is e Day?
The mathematical constant e is known as Euler’s Number. Since the decimal approximation of e is 2.71828…, mathematicians celebrate e Day on February 7th.
This mathematical holiday is often only celebrated in upper-level math classes at the high school level since students are usually introduced to the constant e for the first time in Algebra 2 or Precalculus courses.
Ideas for Celebrating e Day
e Day Word Search Puzzle
Challenge your students to find these words related to the constant e in this fun printable word search puzzle for e Day.
e Day Nonogram Puzzle
Bring some puzzling fun to e Day (February 7th) with this free printable nonogram puzzle.
e Day Photo Opportunity
Coach Lombo suggests celebrating e Day by having students work together to use their bodies to form a large letter e.
e Day Math Lesson Ideas from Karen Campe
Karen Campe wrote an excellent blog post on “Exploring e” that features several math lesson ideas for introducing students to Euler’s constant.
e Day Food Celebration
If your students want to have a class party for e Day, Amy McNabb suggests having them each bring a food that starts with the letter e.
How fun!
E Brainteaser Puzzle
Can you arrange the letters C, E, and L to form a single letter E?
