UCLA Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle

ORMC Meetings • 2024-2025 Academic Year

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6/30/2024

Students will learn the basics of Python and get familiar with the turtle module.

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7/7/2024

Students will finish last week's packet if they haven't already, gaining an understanding of all the basics of Python as well as the Turtle module. Students will also get more involved, hands-on practice.

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7/14/2024

Students will gain a basic introduction to fractals and their properties.

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7/21/2024

Students will continue working on the fractals packet with a couple modifications.

7/28/2024

Students will work on some fun logic puzzles

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8/4/2024

Students will learn about the basics of weak induction.

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8/11/2024

Students will continue working on the packet from last week.

8/18/2024

Students will learn about economics and the Gini Index

8/25/2024

Students will take part in a competition

9/29/2024

Students will study the first chapter of Shen's book, Geometry in Problems.

10/6/2024

Students will continue in the Geometry in Problems book with problems relating to angles.

10/13/2024

Students will wrap up the discussion on angles before starting a study of triangles in chapter 3 of the book.

10/20/2024

Students will continue studying the triangle inequality and solving problems around it, along with doing a review of all the material covered so far.

10/27/2024

Students will wrap up the congruent figures chapter before moving onto examining the triangle congruence test.

11/3/2024

Students will wrap-up with problems applying Triangle Congruence Test before moving onto studying isosceles triangles.

11/10/2024
11/17/2024

Students will wrap up the study of isosceles triangles before going onto the next chapter, which focuses on circles.

11/24/2024

Students will wrap-up their study of circles before moving on to Chapter 9 (Parallel Lines). If they have additional time, they'll return to Chapter 8, which focuses on constructions.

12/8/2024

Students will do a little review of Chapter 9 before doing our final game.

1/12/2025

Students will finish up Chapter 9, parallel lines, before moving on to the shape-specific chapters beginning with right triangles.

1/19/2025

Students will review a few problems from Chapter 9 before continuing with the chapters focused on shapes.

1/26/2025

Students will finish up Chapter 11 before starting Chapter 12, the final chapter on shapes, discussing rhombi, rectangles and squares. If they have additional time they will start Chapter 13, using graph paper to prove various constructions.

2/2/2025

Students will continue working on the final chapter on shapes, Chapter 12, before moving on to working on constructions and proof on graph paper.

2/9/2025

Students will finish up chapter 12, the final in the series on shapes, before moving on to chapter 13, covering constructions and proofs using graph paper.

2/16/2025

Students will continue working on (or start) Chapter 13, covering constructions, and if there is leftover time they'll move on to Chapter 14.