KOPHI Club Outline

KOPHI Club is the Mariemont Junior High Math Club. 

It meets every Tuesday during 6th bell (8th Grade Lunch) from September to May.

Our primary objective is to investigate compass and straight edge construction and its connection to the number PHI, Φ

Our secondary objective is to prepare for area math contests that occur throughout the year.

Agenda

August/September

·         Learn Compass & Straight Edge Constructions

·         Copy a segment & angle

·         Angle bisector, segment bisector, perpendicular & parallel lines

·         Polygon Constructions: Triangle, Square, Hexagon

·         Phi & Golden Rectangle

 October

·         Incenter, Circumcenter, Orthocenter & Centroid Constructions

·         Euler Line Construction

·         Polygon Construction: Pentagon, Golden Triangle

November

·         Quadrature of the Lune

·         3 Unsolvable Problems…and their solutions!

·         AMC Contest (In School)

December

·         Gothic Arch Constructions

·         Rose Window Constructions

·         Math Counts (In School)

January

·         Prepare for Φ-Day

·         Prepare for Contests

·         GCCTM Math Competition (Sycamore JHS)

February

·         Prepare for π-Day

·         Math Counts Contest (University of Cincinnati)

March

·         Fibonacci Sequence

·        UC Math Bowl (University of Cincinnati)

April

·         Pascal’s Triangle

May

·         Party