Pi Day and Numbers Alive!

Thanks to Tryazon I had the opportunity to use NumbersAlive Pi Plush during my Robotics Club's Pi Day celebration.

These products are super cool, and really bring math to life.  I LOVED the tape measure that works like a tape measure on one side and shows the digits of Pi on the other. 

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