Dress for STEM – The 74 America's Education News Source Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:35:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-74_favicon-32x32.png Dress for STEM – The 74 32 32 Cute: Watch a 4th Grader Explain Why Thursday Is Both ‘Dress for STEM’ & Pi Day /article/a-4th-grader-explains-march-14-pi-day-the-dressforstem-campaign-to-celebrate-women-and-national-potato-chip-day/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:01:00 +0000 /?post_type=article&p=723866 Pi. π. Most of us remember from school that the symbol equates to 3.14, with a whole lot of other numbers following. That’s why so many geek out to memories of geography class on March 14 — and get a chuckle out of the latest . 

But do you remember what pi actually stands for? What the number represents? 

And have you ever heard of #DressforSTEM Day, which is also March 14? 

No? Here’s fourth-grader Ada with everything you need to know: 

Ada knows what Pi is, but how many adults do? The 74’s Jim Fields asked the people of Philadelphia — and the results are hilarious:

STEM Superstars: In honor of Pi Day, here are five inspiring teens creating STEM breakthroughs: 

And in celebration of Women’s History Month, The 74’s Trinity Alicia explores women’s ongoing impact in STEM and how a hashtag is driving the Pi Day conversation to representation of women in the field:

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