Kinawa - Chippewa Mathematics Circle

Organized in cooperation of Kettering University, Michigan State University, and Kinawa - Chippewa Middle Schools

This Mathematics Circle is sponsored by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and by the National Security Agency

MID-MICHIGAN MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD

A competition in solving mathematics problems for students in Grades 5-12.

Michigan State University Campus

All are welcome!

The 2013 MidMichigan Olympiad day and time will be announced

• Please click here for more details: MidMichigan Mathematics Olympiad

Schedule

Kinawa - Chippewa Mathematics Circle meetings:
Mondays, 6:00 - 7:15
First meeting: September 10, 2012 
Place: Mathematics classroom of Mrs. Murembya, Kinawa Middle School

Useful Links (try differnt browsers if your first choice does not work)

• National Association of Mathematics Circles
• NASA Educational Outreach
• LOGO Interpreter
• CryptoClub Treasure Hunt
• Rubik
• Sieve of Eratosthenes
• Factorization Program
• Manhattan Mathematical Olympiad
• Links for Math Contest Problems
• CryptoClub

Handouts

• Kinawa - Chippewa Announcement 2012

Sessions in 2012 - 2013 !!! PLEASE PRINT YOUR HANDOUTS !!!

• Thinking BIG - How BIG is the UNIVERSE? (September 10, 2012)
• Thinking BIG - Part 2 !!! Print handout from September 10!!!  (September 17, 2012) 

--- Also Print this worksheet!!!

• Thinking BIG - Part 3 !!! Print handout from September 10 and Worksheet from September 17!!!  (September 24, 2012) 
• Symmetries with Peter Magyar, handout will be distributed in class (October 1)
• Symmetries continued with Peter Magyar, handout will be distributed in class (October 8)
• Symmetries of the cube (October 15)

• I Create  Problems! (and solve them too) (October 22) Please print your handout!!! 
• Secrets of American History (October 29) - Click this link for more: The Great American History Puzzle
• Vigenere Cipher (November 5)
• Axioms Of Plane Geometry Made Plain – Session 1 (November 12)
• Axioms Of Plane Geometry Made Plain – Session 2 (November 19)
• Axioms Of Plane Geometry Made Plain – Session 3 (November 26)
• Breaking Vigenere Cipher with Math (December 3)
• Show Your Ultimate Mastery in Breaking Vigenere Cipher (December 10)
• I Create Problems (and solve them too) - Session 2 (December 17) Please print your handout!!!
• Modular Arithmetic Ciphers (January 14)
• No Meeting - Celebrate Martin Luther King Day (January 21)
• Modular Arithmetic - the 11-hour clock (January 28) - Meeting is cancelled (School is closed)
• Modular Arithmetic - the 11-hour clock (February 4)
• Next Session TBA
• Become an Olympian - solving Manhattan Olympiad Problems (Date TBA) Please print your handout!!!

Sessions in 2011 - 2012

• Take a Chance - Part 1 (October 3, 2011)
• Permutations(October 10 and 17, 2011)

Happy Halloween - October 31, 2011 - NO MEETING THIS DAY

• Practice session for the 2011 American Mathematics Contest - November 7, 2011 - Handout will be provided at the meeting.
• Practice session for the 2011 American Mathematics Contest - November 14, 2011 - Handout will be provided at the meeting.

Happy Thanksgiving - November 21, 2011 - NO MEETING THIS DAY

• Solutions session for the 2011 American Mathematics Contest - November 28, 2011.
• Take a Chance - Part 2 (December 5, 2011)
• Making and Breaking Secret Codes - Part 1 (December 12, 2011)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

• Making and Breaking Secret Codes - Part 2 (January 9, 2012)
• Excell Worksheet - will be provided in class (January 9, 2012)

Please bring handouts for December 12, 2011 and for January 9, 2012

Martin Luther King Day - NO MEETING THIS DAY

• Making and Breaking Secret Codes - Part 2 continued (January 23, 2012)
• Geometry - handout will be distributed in class (January 30, 2012)
• Cutting into Pieces and the Pythagorean Theorem (February 6, 2012)
• Geometry continued - handout will be distributed in class (Febuary 13, 2012)

President's Weekend - NO MEETING THIS DAY(Febuary 20, 2012)

• Geometry continued - handout will be distributed in class (Febuary 27, 2012)
• Geometry continued: Congruent Triangles (March 5)
• Geometry continued: Geometric Constructions...some impossible (March 12)
• NO  SCHOOL (P/T Conferences) - NO MEETING THIS DAY(March 19, 2012)
• What's Your Chromatic Number? (March 26)
• SPRING BREAK - NO MEETING THIS DAY(April 2, 2012)
• Fun with Rubik's Cube (April 9) - Bring a Rubik's cube if you have one.
• Fun with Rubik's Cube - Continued (April 16) - Bring a Rubik's cube if you have one.
• Making and Breaking Secret Codes - Part 2 continued from January 23, 2012 (April 23)
• Solution to Mid Michigan Math Olympiad - handout will be distributed in class (April 30)
• Numbers of Prime Importance (May 7)
• Vigenere Cipher (May 14)
• Numbers of Prime Importance (May 21)
• To Infinity and Beyond (June 4)
• !!! Year End Party !!! (June 11)
• Handouts for Sessions in 2011 - 2012
• Handouts for Sessions in 2010 - 2011