The end of the season....

This years basketball season my be over for our Zags, but we end it on a high note!  The guys were great during the tournament, yeah we lost the conference and conference tournament BUT…. they looked great during the Dance!

As a result..I have started a blog page just for the Zags! Check out the videos… they will give you goose bumps! 

Until next fall!

Notes for the week... and for the Friday Quiz!

Don't forget to study for your quiz.... here are the notes from today.. and some help for the quiz tomorrow... Remember those famous words by Dr. Smith ....

"What energy you put into something will be displayed by your end results." Professor Austin Smith

Mr. Rotts room Blog 3-19 --- 23 2012

Welcome Space Travelers!

Welcome... WOW... I MEAN wow... its like OUT IN SPACE SO exciting... did you see the game between the Zags and West Virginia?  The guys played amazing... incredible... fantabulous... superbow.... is that like Tebow? Can’t wait till tomorrows game vs. Ohio... Oops, before I forget.. This week should be exciting... .only a few more days till spring break.... now that is exciting... just like walking on the MOON !!!

   
THIS WEEK: Again we continue our work on pre-algebra, we will be moving from the Hands On Equations.. To more book work... this will be more difficult but still just like the pawns and cubes!  You can do it!
               
CALCULATOR !!!  YOU really want to make sure you purchase a calculator that can do fractions, it needs to have an ABC button on it!  Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE  FACT: Gravity

 Thanks to the website Northwestern EDU they have helped us understand gravity: There is gravity everywhere. It gives shape to the orbits of the planets, the solar system, and even galaxies. Gravity from the Sun reaches throughout the solar system and beyond, keeping the planets in their orbits. Gravity from Earth keeps the Moon and human-made satellites in orbit.

It is true that gravity decreases with distance, so it is possible to be far away from a planet or star and feel less gravity. But that doesn't account for the weightless feeling that astronauts experience in space. The reason that astronauts feel weightless actually has to do with their position compared to their spaceship. We feel weight on Earth because gravity is pulling us down, while the floor or ground stop us from falling. We are pressed against it. Any ship in orbit around the Earth is falling slowly to Earth. Since the ship and the astronauts are falling at the same speed, the astronauts don't press against anything, so they feel weightless.        

You can feel something very like what the astronauts feel for a moment in a fast-moving elevator going down or in a roller coaster, when you start going down a big hill. You are going down rapidly, but so is the roller coaster or the elevator so for a second you feel weightless.

Our everyday lives involve such activities as sitting, walking, picking up things from the ground and lying in bed. None of these activities are possible in orbit.

Once a spacecraft reaches orbit, everything inside it appears to be weightless. Anything (or anyone) that is not tied down will float.
Astronauts first feel the effect of weightlessness when the rocket engines are turned off. Straight away, they begin to float, held down only by seatbelts. Weightlessness allows astronauts to appear superstrong. They can lift objects that would be far too heavy to move on Earth. But there are some drawbacks.       

Without the effect of gravity, blood and other body fluids begin to flow towards the head. This can cause a feeling of stuffiness and headaches. With no gravity to push against, bones and muscles can become weak. To stay fit, they have to exercise several hours each day. This allows them to recover more quickly when they return to Earth.
In a shuttle or space station, there is no up or down. There is no difference between a floor and a ceiling. This can make astronauts feel sick until they get used to this strange arrangement.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT FOR INFO!!

1) What have you seen today that is a result of gravity?
2) Take two objects - one large and one small.  You will also need a stop watch or a watch with a second hand.  Drop the large object first and time how long it takes to reach the ground, then do the same thing with the smaller object.  What was the time for both objects? Which object reached the ground sooner and what was the difference in time?

3) Why does a balloon filled with helium float away into space and you don’t?

       GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

  

WOW... again .. A BIG HUGE WOW... the Gonzaga Bulldogs had some bite in them on Thursday afternoon against West Virginia!  I was so impressed... and they were balanced, poised, seemed comfortable and there were a TON of people there.. And actually we played like in the backyard of West Virginia! We still won..an excellent game! 

Here is a recap from the game click on GO ZAGS

GO ZAGS

3/15/12 Gonzaga vs. West Virgina W 77 - 54
3/17/12 Gonzaga vs. Ohio State

Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!

As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Mr. Rott

NOTES for QUIZZZZ

Here you .. go... notes for the quiz for Friday!! STUDY.... Study... see the note section

Mr. Rott's Room Blog 3/12 - 3/6

Welcome Space Travelers! 

Welcome... Another week has flown by!  You would think we are breaking the sound barrier with how fast our weeks go by!  As the weather starts to become nicer, remember we still have lots of  work to do... keep working hard, stay focused and do your best!!!
   
THIS WEEK: Again we continue our work on pre-algebra, hopefully the hands on equations program is making you feel successful in learning about X!
               
CALCULATOR !!!  YOU really want to make sure you purchase a calculator that can do fractions, it needs to have an ABC button on it!  Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

 

SPACE  FACT: Why can’t I breathe in space?

Thanks to the website Wyzz.com - One of the most special things about Earth is that it’s protected by the atmosphere, the layers of gasses (getting thinner and thinner higher up) that separate what’s on Earth from what’s in outer-space! The atmosphere provides us with many important things like livable climate, breathable air, and pressure that keeps all the fluids in our bodies temperate and balanced! Having this special atmosphere all around us is essential to life on Earth. 

Once an astronaut is in outer-space, he or she is beyond the border of this special atmosphere and all of the important things it offers. Among the conditions that are missing up in space is breathable air. Without oxygen to breathe, an astronaut wouldn’t really be able to “breathe” for any significant amount of time in space and would lose consciousness after only about 15 seconds (or possibly even less). Because the environment in space is not suitable to humans, after losing consciousness a person without a spacesuit would not be able to survive more than a few minutes – the pressure conditions would cause fluids in the body to become too hot (boil).

Luckily, science and technology have allowed for the creation of the special spacesuits that astronauts wear. These spacesuits give the astronauts all of the things they need to survive in the conditions of outer-space, including oxygen to breathe, the correct pressure for their bodies, and the proper temperatures for their bodies (since space can be really hot and really cold!). Spacesuits usually even give the astronaut the ability to go to the bathroom while wearing the suits, since they can’t take off the suits to go to the bathroom otherwise!! 

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT FOR INFO!!
1)The temperature decreases as you go higher in the sky ( the atmosphere).  If it was 75 degrees in Newberg and your space shuttle took off for the moon, and when you reached outer space - with a temperature that was half of the ground temperature - what was the temperature at when you reached outer space?

2) If you were out kicking it with your posse and one of your bff’s space suit sprung a leak and they lost their ability to breathe from their oxygen tank... how long would they be able to breathe space air?  Of course you would jet over and help your bff out by providing breaths from your oxygen tank... so all were safe!
 
3) If in Newberg it takes 30 seconds for water to boil at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and it takes 1/4 of that time for water to boil in outer space... how long does it take for water to boil?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL  

Another season is over... BUT.. We start March madness soon... at this point the Zags are still ranked a 7 by ESPN, but that could change.. At least they are comfortably in the tournament!  It’s always exciting... and you just never know what’s going to happen at the dance! 

Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. W 77 - 69
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m. W 89-81
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m. W 78-58
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m. W 73-53
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m. L 82-75
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. L 74 - 67
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 67 - 61
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash.  W 71 - 60
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 71-55
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 70-60
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 90-51
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m. W 72-65
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.  W 73-45
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. W82-60
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m. L 83-62Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. W 62-58
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. W 74-63
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.  W 77-60
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. W 74-62
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m. L 73- 83
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. W 72-60
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.  W 73-59
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. W 78-59
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m. W 73 - 62
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif.  L 66-65 
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m. W 74-63
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. W 65- 57

Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!

As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Mr. Rott 

Homework and Friday Quiz HELP

Good evening... my favorite little space creatures... I mean students! Nah... really you are space explorers!  

Anyhow... here is the 911 on what you need to know for your homework tonight and also for the quiz on Friday!... Don't flake STUDY!  CHECK OUT THE NOTE SECTION!

Homework Help

Its a sad day.... the Zags lost.. man if they could have NOT  TRIED so many 3 pointers... errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr anyhow... tomorrow is another day... and we have the big dance to look forward too, we are still a 7 seed according to ESPN.

Oh ... don't forget if you need homework help to check out the note section! 

Stay away from the dark side!

Mr. Rott

Mr. Rotts Room Blog 3/5 - 3/9

Welcome Space Travelers!

Welcome... well we did have some snow..  But not enough for us to stay home!  It was pretty exciting to look out our classroom window and see the snow falling... oh to have been able to go out and play in it, now that would be fun!  The year is passing at the speed of a super rocket!  Keep up, want and work for your very best!
   
THIS WEEK: As we continue our journey to familiar and unfamiliar planets... well really parts of math, we will continue our work with the hands on equations program for algebra.  It continues to become more difficult, so please keep those eyes, ears and thoughts focused on ALGEBRA!
               
CALCULATOR !!!  YOU really want to make sure you purchase a calculator that can do fractions, it needs to have an ABC button on it!  Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE  FACT: Next Generation Vehicle for Space Exploration Driving New Tech Here On Earth 

The NASA website has this to say about cars for planet exploration: 
If you want to do productive exploration anywhere in space, you'll need a suitable vehicle. NASA is now testing concepts for a new generation of vehicles, building on lessons learned from the Apollo missions as well as the unmanned rovers on Mars. The Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV) concept is designed to be flexible depending on the destination; the pressurized cabin can be used both for in-space missions and for surface exploration of planetary bodies, including near-Earth objects, the moon and Mars.

The surface exploration version of the SEV has the cabin mounted on a chassis, with wheels that can pivot 360 degrees and drive about 10 kilometers per hour in any direction. It's about the size of a pickup truck (with 12 wheels) and can house two astronauts for up to 14 days with sleeping and sanitary facilities. Likewise, the in-space version of the SEV would have the same pressurized cabin on a flying platform; it too would allow two astronauts to stay on-site for 14 days.

The surface SEV is designed to require little or no maintenance, be able to travel thousands of miles climbing over rocks and up 40 degree slopes during its ten year life exploring the harsh surface of the moon. The vehicle frame was developed in conjunction with an off-road race truck team and was field tested in the desert Southwest with 140 km of driving on rough lava.

The view from cockpit and the ability to "kneel" make it easy for astronauts to get close to objects they want to examine without having to leave the cabin. Its wheels can move sideways in a "crabbing" motion, one of many features that make it skilled at scrambling over rough terrain. The crab style steering allows the vehicle to turn on a dime with a zero turning radius and drive in any combination of forward and sideways.

For both the surface and in-space versions of the SEV, astronauts can work in shirtsleeves in the safety of the vehicle's cabin, and when they need to, or want to for exploration missions, they can quickly enter and exit their spacesuits through suitports. These protected suitports keep the astronauts' suits outside, allowing a spacewalk to start in ten minutes. The surface SEV allows the cabin to be removed, so that the chassis can be used to carry payloads or driven by astronauts in spacesuits. The in-space SEV also includes manipulator arms and an airlock, for handling satellites and other objects of interest.

Some of the new technologies to be developed for the surface and in-space concepts include new batteries, new fuel cells, advanced regenerative brakes, active suspension, gaseous hydrogen/oxygen RCS system, automated rendezvous and docking, and new tire technologies. These are the same technologies that are required for electric vehicles such as cars, tractors, and heavy equipment that the U.S. needs to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels. The prototype surface rover is a plug-in electric vehicle with a cutting edge, Lithium-ion battery with a 125 W-hr/Kg specific energy (including cells, packaging and battery management electronics). To meet NASA's requirements, the flight rover will need a 200 W-hr/Kg battery, so a big technology development push is underway. It will need the same reliability, energy storage and recharge capability that will be required for an Earth-based electric sedan that can travel 500 miles before needing to be recharged.

To begin the development of the Space Exploration Vehicle, an initial surface concept was built and began testing in October 2008. This concept vehicle was invited to participate in the 2009 Presidential Inaugural Parade. This vehicle was built using today’s most advanced technologies. As more advanced electric vehicle technologies are developed, they will be incorporated into the design.

The development of these more advanced technologies will not be easy, so NASA has its best engineers and scientists working with the U.S. auto and heavy equipment industries, universities, other government agencies and international partners to make the program succeed. Our success will have a great impact on developing highly reliable and efficient electric cars and trucks for Earth. For each advancement NASA makes in the Space Exploration Vehicle's capabilities, the world will be one step closer to sending humans to explore destinations including the moon and Mars, and one step closer to having highly reliable and efficient electric vehicles on Earth.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT FOR INFO!!
1) How many days can two astronaut stay in the SEV____?   How many hours is that_____?

2) There are roughly 160 Kilometers (KM) in ONE mile, if the SEV drove 360 KM over lava on a test drive,  your question is about how many miles is 360 km____?

3) If the SEV can travel at 10 KM per hour ... about how fast is that?  Use the information in question 2 to help you answer this question.

4) If NASA took it’s SEV into Les Schwab to get 1 of the 12 tires changed and it took the worker 15 ½ minutes to change and fix one tire, how long would it take the same worker to change and fix all 12 tires because the lava that the SEV was driven over had caused 12  flat tires.

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL           

Well we had a 12 year run of winning the conference championship.... at least we are headed for the National Championship Tournament.  It looks like the Zags will be a number 7 seed, if ESPN is correct, and if they stay in the bracket that I saw last, that means they play a #10 seed and if they win that.. Then they have to play PUKE... I mean Duke... now that would be a treat especially if they beat puke!  I am guessing that the way things go ... all of this will change... either way.. We are nearing March Madness!

Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. W 77 - 69
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m. W 89-81
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m. W 78-58
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m. W 73-53
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m. L 82-75
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. L 74 - 67
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 67 - 61
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash.  W 71 - 60
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 71-55Thu, 
Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 70-60
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. W 90-51
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m. W 72-65
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.  W 73-45
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. W82-60
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m. L 83-62
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. W 62-58
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. W 74-63
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.  W 77-60
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. W 74-62
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m. L 73- 83
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. W 72-60
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.  W 73-59
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. W 78-59
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m. W 73 - 62
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif.  L 66-65 
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m. W 74-63
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. W 65- 57

Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!

As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Mr. Rott