Mr. Rott's Classroom

Mr. Rotts Room Blog February 13-17

2012-02-11T20:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Welcome... a new week.. And of course more math! Do you know how much math goes into space? Just think, building the rockets, the astronauts suits, food, the travel path, everything that goes on in the launching of a rocket is connected to math! In fact, the countdown to lift off... is all math... wow how lucky are we to be able to be part of such a HUGE part of life! So remember, when your studying math, you just like everyone who has any involvement in the space program learned the exact same material that you are leaning!

THIS WEEK: We continue working on parents, and converting them into decimals and factions... towards the end of the week.. .we will be into order of operations... say what? Yes .. Order of operations.. Not like an operation.. Hahah but what we have to do with math to make srue we get the correct answer.

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: What does it take to be an astronaut?

Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to become a NASA Astronaut? The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. Since the inception of NASA's human space flight program, we have also maintained the term "astronaut" as the title for those selected to join the NASA corps of astronauts who make "space sailing" their career profession. The term "cosmonaut" refers to those space sailors who are members of the Russian space program.

The crew of each launched spacecraft is made up of astronauts or cosmonauts drawn from the various categories described in these pages. The crew assignments and duties of commander, pilot, mission specialist, or payload specialist are drawn from the NASA professional career astronauts. Mission Applicants for the Astronaut Candidate Program must be citizens of the United States.

Commander and Pilot Astronaut Duties

Pilot astronauts serve as both Space Shuttle and International Space Station commanders and pilots. During flight, the commander has onboard responsibility for the vehicle, crew, mission success and safety of flight. The pilot assists the commander in controlling and operating the vehicle. In addition, the pilot may assist in the deployment and retrieval of satellites utilizing the remote manipulator system, in extravehicular activities, and in other payload operations.

Basic requirements for an Astronaut Pilot include the following:

1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. An advanced degree is desirable. Quality of academic preparation is important.

2. At least 1,000 hours pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft. Flight test experience is highly desirable.

3. Ability to pass a NASA space physical which is similar to a military or civilian flight physical and includes the following specific standards:

Distant visual acuity: 20/100 or better uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 each eye.

Blood pressure: 140/90 measured in a sitting position.

Height between 62 and 75 inches.

Mission Specialists

Mission specialist astronauts work with the commander and the pilot and have overall responsibility for coordinating operations in the following areas: systems, crew activity planning, consumables usage, and experiment/payload operations. Mission specialists are trained in the details of the onboard systems, as well as the operational characteristics, mission requirements/ objectives, and supporting equipment/systems for each of the experiments conducted on their assigned missions. Mission specialists perform extravehicular activities (EVAs), or space walks, operate the remote manipulator system, and are responsible for payloads and specific experiment operations.

Mission Specialist Astronaut Duties

Mission specialist astronauts, working with the commander and pilot, have overall responsibility for the coordination of Shuttle operations in the areas of crew activity planning, consumables usage, and experiment and payload operations. Mission specialists are required to have a detailed knowledge of Shuttle systems, as well as detailed knowledge of the operational characteristics, mission requirements and objectives, and supporting systems and equipment for each payload element on their assigned missions. Mission specialists will perform extravehicular activities, payload handling using the remote manipulator system, and perform or assist in specific experiment operations.

Basic requirements for a Mission Specialist include the following:

1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. Degree must be followed by at least three years of related, progressively responsible, professional experience. An advanced degree is desirable and may be substituted for part or all of the experience requirement (master's degree = 1 year of experience, doctoral degree = 3 years of experience). Quality of academic preparation is important.

2. Ability to pass a NASA space physical, which is similar to a military or civilian flight physical and includes the following specific standards:

Distance visual acuity: 20/200 or better uncorrected, correctable to 20/20, each eye.

Blood pressure: 140/90 measured in a sitting position.

3. Height between 58.5 and 76 inches.

Payload Specialists

Payload specialists are persons other than NASA astronauts (including foreign nationals) who have specialized onboard duties; they may be added to shuttle crews if activities that have unique requirements are involved and more than the minimum crew size of five is needed.

First consideration for additional crew members is given to qualified NASA mission specialists. When payload specialists are required they are nominated by NASA, the foreign sponsor, or the designated payload sponsor. In the case of NASA or NASA-related payloads, the nominations are based on the recommendations of the appropriate Investigator Working Group (IWG).

Although payload specialists are not part of the Astronaut Candidate Program, they must have the appropriate education and training related to the payload or experiment. All applicants must meet certain physical requirements and must pass NASA space physical examinations with varying standards depending on classification.

BLOG QUESTIONS: See the Space Facts for help!

1) Do you think that its worth all the work to become an astronaut? Why or why not?

2) If you were to fly every day for 3 and a half hours how many days would it take you to reach the required 1000 hours pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft?

3) What is the measurement in feet if 12 inches equals 1 foot in order to be an astronaut Height must be between 58.5 and 76 inches equals in feet and inches?

4) For the education requirement, how many total years would it take for a candidate to earn his or masters degree?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

It was a great game against St. Mary’s! The guys played great, and worked hard and it showed at the end with a terrific win! St. Mary’s was ranked #16 in the Nation, so that will surely move us up in the top 25! Now they have to beat BYU and St. Mary’s has to lose!

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. (KeyArena) 1 p.m. 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 83-62

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.

Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA

Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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 ArE Up for 2/8/12 :)

2012-02-08T14:40:00.000-08:00

Today... 1st period worked on finding the percent of a number... we went shopping! 3rd and 5th continued to work on percents and converting decimals and fractions and back and forth.. see the NOTE page! Be cool don't drool math RULES

Class notes 2/6,7

2012-02-07T13:20:00.000-08:00

We are working on decimals to fractions, fractions to decimals and then for fun we have added percents! That is far out!!! \(get it space is far out!) Anyhow... take a peak at our class notes.

Blog for Februrary 6 - 10

2012-02-03T13:25:00.000-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Welcome... hope you enjoyed your Friday off! Yeah... so I wish I was traveling in space some place but I was here working hard doing your grades... wow did a lot of you get Fs!!! hahah no just teasing you... NO ONE got an F. You all have done great... and need to keep working hard! We are getting into more difficult material and you space walkers... need to really push yourself, have pride in what you do!! Time to step up!

THIS WEEK: Back to decimals and percents... think of decimals as money and I KNOW all of you like money and percents as how much you can save when you go shopping!

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: What would it be like to walk I space?
The first person to go on a spacewalk was Alexei Leonov. He was from Russia. The first spacewalk was on March 18, 1965. It was 10 minutes long.

The first American to go on a spacewalk was Ed White. His spacewalk was on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission. White's spacewalk lasted 23 minutes.

Today, astronauts go on spacewalks outside the International Space Station. Spacewalks usually last between five and eight hours, depending on the job.

The world record for the most spacewalks is held by Russian astronaut Anatoly Solovyev. He has been on 16 spacewalks and spent more than 82 hours outside in space. That's almost 3 ½ days of walking in space! NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria holds the U.S. record for the most spacewalks. He has done 10 spacewalks and spent more than 67 hours.

div>When astronauts go on spacewalks, they wear spacesuits to keep themselves safe. Inside spacesuits, astronauts have the oxygen they need to breathe. They have the water they need to drink.

Astronauts put on their spacesuits sever
al hours before a spacewalk. The suits are pressurized. This means that the suits are filled with oxygen.

Once in their suits, astronauts breathe pure oxygen for a few hours. Breathing only oxygen gets rid of all the nitrogen in an astronaut's body. If they didn’t get rid of the nitrogen, the astronauts might get gas bubbles in their body when they walked in space. These gas bubbles can cause astronauts to feel pain in their shoulders, elbows, wrists and knees. This pain is called getting "the bends" because it affects the places where the body bends. Scuba divers can also get "the bends."

Astronauts are now ready to get out of their spacecraft. They leave the spacecraft through a special door called an airlock. The airlock has two doors. When astronauts are inside the spacecraft, the airlock is airtight so no air can get out. When astronauts get ready to go on a spacewalk, they go through the first door and lock it tight behind them. They can then open the second door without any air getting out of the spacecraft. After a spacewalk, astronauts go back inside through the airlock.

Astronauts are now ready to get out of their spacecraft. They leave the spacecraft through a special door called an airlock. The airlock has two doors. When astronauts are inside the spacecraft, the airlock is airtight so no air can get out. When astronauts get ready to go on a spacewalk, they go through the first door and lock it tight behind them. They can then open the second door without any air getting out of the spacecraft. After a spacewalk, astronauts go back inside through the airlock.

One way astronauts train for spacewalks is by going for a swim. Floating in space is a lot like floating in water. Astronauts practice spacewalks underwater in a large swimming pool. The pool is called the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL. It is near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The pool holds 6.2 million gallons of water. Astronauts train seven hours in the pool for every one hour they will spend on a spacewalk.

Another way astronauts practice for a spacewalk is by using virtual reality. This is sort of like playing a video game. Astronauts wear a helmet with a video screen inside. They also wear special gloves. A video of what they will see during a spacewalk is shown on the screen inside the helmet. When the astronaut moves, the special gloves allow the movements to be shown with the video. The virtual reality simulation looks and feels just like a spacewalk.

BLOG QUESTIONS: See the Space Facts for help!
1) If you were in space what would you take a picture of?

2) If you were to take the number of space walks that the American record setter for space walks took... and then the amount of time the astronaut was in space for all those walks, how many hours could we say each space walk lasted?

3) How many hours in the pool would an astronaut train for walking in space if they were going to be walking in space for total of 27 ½ hours?

4) How many minutes longer did the first American to walk in space take than the first person to walk in space walk take?

5) How many gallons of water is NASA’s swimming pool hold_____? If you were to round that to the nearest whole number what would that be____?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Tough loss last night (Thursday night) to BYU... ouch... they have to beat St. Marys, next week.. or ouchy wouchy ... we may not get into the Big Dance...so keep those fingers crossed!

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. 1 p.m. 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 83-62
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. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m. Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Mr. Rotts Classroom Blog Jan 30th - Feb 3rd

2012-01-27T09:30:00.000-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!
After a long week ... of testing.. And more testing.. And still more testing... we are finally ready to get back to work! 1st period is going to really focus on harder material so you will have to decide to step up .. Or just coast along... you know what I want for you! Be strong... deep space is not a scary place! Hahah that rhymes!

THIS WEEK: Back to decimals and percents... think of decimals as money and I KNOW all of you like money!

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: Shooting Stars or Space Aliens?

What are meteor showers?

An increase in the number of meteors at a particular time of year is called a meteor shower.

Comets shed the debris that becomes most meteor showers. As comets orbit the Sun, they shed an icy, dusty debris stream along the comet's orbit. If Earth travels through this stream, we will see a meteor shower. Depending on where Earth and the stream meet, meteors appear to fall from a particular place in the sky, maybe within the neighborhood of a constellation.

Meteor showers are named by the constellation from which meteors appear to fall, a spot in the sky astronomers call the radiant. For instance, the radiant for the Leonid meteor shower is located in the constellation Leo. The Perseid meteor shower is so named because meteors appear to fall from a point in the constellation Perseus.
What are shooting stars?

"Shooting stars" and "falling stars" are both names that people have used for many hundreds of years to describe meteors -- intense streaks of light across the night sky caused by small bits of interplanetary rock and debris called meteoroids crashing and burning high in Earth's upper atmosphere. Traveling at thousands of miles an hour, meteoroids quickly ignite in searing friction of the atmosphere, 30 to 80 miles above the ground. Almost all are destroyed in this process; the rare few that survive and hit the ground are known as meteorites.

When a meteor appears, it seems to "shoot" quickly across the sky, and its small size and intense brightness might make you think it is a star. If you're lucky enough to spot a meteorite (a meteor that makes it all the way to the ground), and see where it hits, it's easy to think you just saw a star "fall."
How can I best view a meteor shower?

If you live near a brightly lit city, drive away from the glow of city lights and toward the constellation from which the meteors will appear to radiate.
For example, drive north to view the Leonids. Driving south may lead you to darker skies, but the glow will dominate the northern horizon, where Leo rises. Perseid meteors will appear to "rain" into the atmosphere from the constellation Perseus, which rises in the northeast around 11 p.m. in mid-August.

After you've escaped the city glow, find a dark, secluded spot where oncoming car headlights will not periodically ruin your sensitive night vision. Look for state or city parks or other safe, dark sites.

Once you have settled at your observing spot, lie back or position yourself so the horizon appears at the edge of your peripheral vision, with the stars and sky filling your field of view. Meteors will instantly grab your attention as they streak by.
How do I know the sky is dark enough to see meteors?

If you can see each star of the Little Dipper, your eyes have "dark adapted," and your chosen site is probably dark enough. Under these conditions, you will see plenty of meteors.
What should I pack for meteor watching?

Treat meteor watching like you would the 4th of July fireworks. Pack comfortable chairs, bug spray, food and drinks, blankets, plus a red-filtered flashlight for reading maps and charts without ruining your night vision. Binoculars are not necessary. Your eyes will do just fine.

BLOG QUESTIONS: See the Space Facts for help!
1) Have you ever seen a shooting star?

2) How fast is a meteor. traveling before it becomes a shooting star?

3) What fraction would you make out of the letters in the word meteor if the numerator represented the number of vowels in the word meteor?

4) Go to the Meteor Shower Dates web site and answer these questions:
a)What is the date for the next meteor shower?
b)At the next meteor shower date... what will be the speed of the Meteors as they hit our atmosphere?
c)Which month has the most predicted meteor showers?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Well it was not a pretty win but at least I was able to see the Zags beat Portland! PLUS it was my sons birthday! WOW... so a Zag win, what a great bday present for my son, wouldnt you say! We sat surrounded by Zag fans... from young to old!

Pure bliss!

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.1 p.m. 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 83-62
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.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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 State Math Test

2012-01-20T13:44:00.000-08:00

Here are the notes from our state math test study packet.. remember you have had NO homework at all this week and NONE next week so you can have time to study... push yourself to go over the study packet every night, it will help!

Mr. Rott's Classroom Blog January 17-20

2012-01-17T14:15:00.000-08:00

Hello Space Travelers…

Well I will confess, last night I was sure, completely surewe were going to have a snow day that I – in keeping with the Space theme forthe year, I watched Transformers The Dark Side of the Moon… oh very cool movie!But sad to say we did not have a snow day… shoot! Tonight we are supposed to get 1 inch …perhaps that will make enough snow so you can stay home and play in the snow!

This week.. we will be working on getting ready for thestate math test… today we worked on rounding whole numbers and decimals..remember the rules!

The homework this week will be you studying the packet thatI will give you tomorrow if we have school… you are to review it every nightfor at least 20 mins… just like if you had homework to turn in. Next week… test time!

Remember you are amazing wonderful people!! Do somethinggreat today!

Adding Subtracting Decimals

2012-01-09T13:50:00.000-08:00

If your having a hard time with adding or subtracting decimals MAKE sure you check out the class notes for 1/9/12! They are way cool! Mr. Rott

REMEMBER to notice if your homework equation is addition or subtraction. YOU do NOT borrow if its addition!

Mr. Rotts Blog for the week of 1/13/12

2012-01-06T10:50:00.000-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Now isn’t it nice to back at school? Come on.. I know you couldn’t wait until you were able to hang out with your friends, talk, tell each other what you got for Christmas!..... it sure seemed like you were all excited about getting back to school by all the chatter in the hallways...

THIS WEEK: We have started to work on percents and decimals, we will continue that this week and then start to get ready for our State Math Test... OH BOY!...

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: Space Suits

We all know that clothes are important, in fact there is a saying that goes, clothes makes the man... meaning that what a person wears can say a lot about the person. Astronauts also need space clothing for when they go out and work on the shuttle or even walk on the moon!

Spacesuits help astronauts in several ways. Spacewalking astronauts face a wide variety of temperatures. In Earth orbit, conditions can be as cold as minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit. In the sunlight, they can be as hot as 250 degrees. A spacesuit protects astronauts from those extreme temperatures.

The reason that spacesuits are white is because white reflects heat in space the same as it does here on Earth. Temperatures in direct sunlight in space can be more than 275 degrees Fahrenheit.

Putting on a spacesuit takes 45 minutes, including the time it takes to put on the special undergarments that help keep astronauts cool. After putting on the spacesuit, to adapt to the lower pressure maintained in the suit, the astronaut must spend a little more than an hour breathing pure oxygen before going outside the pressurized module.

A spacesuit weighs approximately 280 pounds on the ground -- without the astronaut in it. In the microgravity environment of space, a spacesuit weighs nothing.

Astronauts wear orange spacesuits called "launch and entry suits" during launch and landing of the space shuttle. In space, these suits can be worn only inside the shuttle.

An EVA is a spacewalk that takes place outside of a spacecraft. EVA stands for "extravehicular activity."

Alan Shepard is the only person to hit a golf ball on the moon. During the Apollo 14 mission, he fitted an 8 iron head to the handle of a lunar sample collection device and launched three golf balls. They are still there!

Each Apollo mission required 15 suits to support the mission. For the main, or prime, three-man crew, each member had three suits: one for flight; one for training; and one as a flight backup in case something happened to the flight suit. Thus, the prime crew had a total of nine suits. The backup three-man crew each had two suits: one for flight and one for training.

The Sonny Carter Training Facility including the Neutral Buoyancy Lab provides controlled neutral buoyancy operations to simulate the microgravity or weightless condition that is experienced by spacecraft and crew during spaceflight. For the astronaut, the facility provides important prefflight training for extravehicular activities and with the dynamics of body motion under weightless conditions.

Putting a spacesuit on is called "donning" the suit. Removing the suit is called "doffing."

Thermofoil heaters are attached inside each of the fingertips in one of the layers of the glove. The heaters are located approximately over each of the crew member’s fingernails. The heaters have an on-off switch near each of the gloves' wrists.

No difference exists in a male's or female's suit, though the female astronaut usually requires a smaller size.
BLOG QUESTIONS: See the Space Facts and also the link for Click able Space Suit

Space Suit

1) Add the amount that you weigh plus the weight of the Space Suit and what is that total____?

2) How many suits does each Apollo mission require____? If there were 25 missions in ten years how many total suits would have been used______?

3) How many golf balls were hit on the moon__? And where are they today______?

4) How many parts are there to a space suit_____? See the Space Suit link.

5) How long does it take to put on a space suit___? If you were an astronaut and had to put on and take off your space suit three times in one day... how much time would you have spent in one day getting into your suit___?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

The team is doing great! They will be playing some tough teams...
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. 1 p.m. 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.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

Remember MATH is OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Mr. Rotts Room Blog for week ending 12/16/11

2011-12-12T10:16:00.000-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!
Hard to believe that this is the WEEK!... 4 days and counting... until Christmas Vacation! 2 WHOLE weeks to rest and enjoy some time off! I hope that you will have a wonderful break and come back refreshed, healthy and ready to work on percents and decimals! THERE WILL BE NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK...PLEASE work on papers that have very low scores... so that you can turn them in after break to receive more points!

THIS WEEK: This week in class we will be finishing fractions... not that we will leave them forever, they will poke their head out during percents and decimals but nothing like what we have been working on for the last month!

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: Welcome to NORAD Tracks Santa
Here is a great site to visit for tracking Santa.... take a peak!

All the preparations for this year are in place! Come back each day to discover new surprises in the Kids' Countdown Village, where we'll offer a new holiday game every day until December 24th

Tracking Santa Go to the Kids’ Countdown Village link and you’ll find this ..... Welcome to the North Pole! Santas helpers are getting gifts ready for delivery to the good boys and girls around the world. Can you find which shop in the village is busiest today? When you do, click on that shop to discover a fun activity inside!

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Don't give up on the team... they are working hard and it will show!!! They have just played some tough teams... getting ready for conference play! YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!

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.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Mr. Rotts Classroom Blog for the week ENDING on December 9

2011-12-03T06:49:00.001-08:00


Chuck Yeager - First person to fly faster than sound

Welcome Space Travelers!

The week has flown by like we broke the sound barrier! That means we went from subsonic to supersonic! You can see by the picture that when a plane breaks the sound barrier a lot can happen! I hope you have had a good week, we will be working hard as we look forward to Christmas Break in a few weeks!

THIS WEEK: By now you have recognized that with fractions they just keep building and building. We will continue with dividing fractions and as always simplifying... can I shrink that crazy thing??

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:
The sound barrier and Supersonic flight
In aerodynamics, the sound barrier (The sound barrier, in aerodynamics, is the point at which an aircraft moves from transonic to supersonic speed) isa physical boundary (like a wall) stopping large objects from becoming supersonic (Supersonic speed is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1). The term came into use during World War II when a number of aircraft started to encounter the effects of compressibility- being squeezed, and fell out of use in the 1950s when aircraft started to routinely "break" the sound barrier.

As a plane approaches the speed of sound, the way air flows around its surfaces changes and it becomes a compressible fluid (like a cloud). Along with a number of changes in the way that the airplane handles, is generated, this change also gives rise to a rapid increase in drag - what slows down the plane, known as the wave drag.

At first the exact nature of the wave drag was not well understood. It appeared that there was a huge increase, as it does for a limited range of speeds. With only the limited power of piston engines to drive them, planes could not overcome this rapid increase in drag, and even large increases in power would result in only tiny increases in performance. It appeared that an endless amount of power would be needed to reach supersonic speeds, and thus everyone started talking about the sound barrier and jet engines.

Supersonic flight is one of the four speeds of flight. They are called the regimes of flight. The regimes of flight are subsonic, transonic, supersonic and hypersonic.

Vehicles that fly at supersonic speeds are flying faster than the speed of sound. The speed of sound is about 768 miles per hour (1,236 kilometers per hour) at sea level. These speeds are referred to by Mach numbers. The Mach number is the ratio of the speed of the aircraft to the speed of sound. Flight that is faster than Mach 1 is supersonic. Supersonic includes speeds up to five times faster than the speed of sound, or Mach 5.

In 1947, Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to fly an aircraft faster than the speed of sound.

A bullet fired from a gun is an example of an object that flies at supersonic speeds. Military fighter aircraft also fly this fast. The space shuttle orbiter flies at supersonic speeds during portions of its mission.

The Concorde

An airplane called the Concorde was the most notable passenger airplane to travel at supersonic speeds. The Concorde's maximum speed was more than twice the speed of sound. It could fly people from London to New York in less than 3 1/2 hours. That is about half the amount of time it would take typical airliners to fly the same distance. The Concorde is no longer in use. It flew for the last time in 2003.

What Is a Sonic Boom?

A sonic boom is a loud, thunder-like noise heard by a person on the ground when an aircraft flies overhead at supersonic speeds. Air reacts like a fluid to supersonic objects. As objects travel through the air, the air molecules are pushed aside with great force. This force forms a shock wave, much like the wave created by the front, or bow, of a boat moving in water.

The shock wave forms a cone of pressurized air. A sharp release of pressure after the buildup of a shock wave is heard as a sonic boom. It is similar to the sharp release of pressure when a pin pops a balloon and makes a loud noise.

NASA is studying and testing devices that could be used on aircraft to lessen the noise and window-rattling effects of supersonic flight.

BLOG QUESTIONS: Read - Space Fact: The sound barrier and Supersonic flight
1) If you were traveling at the speed of sound, and you were flying around the world, which is 24906 miles... how long would it take_____?

2) How many years has it been since the Concorde flew_______?

4) What do you think the pilot things when he or she is breaking the sound barrier_________?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Well we are off to a great start! Saturday will be a tougher game against Illinois! Then Michigan State... Arizona and Butler will be no walk in the park, BUT the guys will do great and give it their all! Watch for updated scores, and keep cheering on the ZAGS!
The team is doing great! They will be playing some tough teams...
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.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA
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

Mr. Rott's Room Blog for November 28th -- December 2

2011-11-26T06:57:00.001-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!
Hello my fellow space travelers! I had a great Thanksgiving, I hope you did too! Also, I have to say that you guys rocked it with all that you brought for our Thanksgiving basket, and the OUT OF THIS world decorations you put on the box. Just think how happy we made a very special family BIG - THANK YOU!

THIS WEEK: We are going to be working on adding and subtracting mixed numbers for most of the week and then start dividing fractions.. We will be working on dividing fractions this week and next.

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE FACT: Space Food
What's the Top 10

You can't expect an average meal on the International Space Station (ISS) to be like a night at the Ritz, but no one's complaining -- the ambiance of orbital dining apparently more than compensates for lackluster meals. But astronauts have a few standby favorites as well as the occasional special treat.
10. Japanese Takeout
The addition of Japan's laboratory to the space station not only provided a huge new module for science experiments, it also opened the orbital outpost to Japanese culture -- including a nice assortment of new beverages and foods. In 2008, the shuttle Endeavor astronauts were happy to serve as guinea pigs for a variety of new dishes, including negima (a Japanese beef and scallions dish), okonomi, tofu with hoisin sauce and udon noodles.
9. Swedish Meatballs
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray whipped up Swedish meatballs, a Thai chicken dish and vegetable curry for the crew of space shuttle Discovery in December 2006. It wasn't the first time a celebrity chef tried to perk up astronaut cuisine, though -- Emeril Lagasse's spicy green beans, which were among five dishes flown to the space station earlier that year, apparently held up well in zero-gravity.
8. Yogurt
Bone loss is a problem during long-duration spaceflights, so a calcium-rich food like yogurt is a popular menu choice. Astronauts can choose from blueberry-raspberry, peach and strawberry. The Russians go one better with garlic- and herb-studded cheeses. For the picky eater, there's always yogurt-covered granola bars.
7. Chicken Soup
Feeling a bit under the weather? There's no one to make chicken soup for rundown astronauts. The next best thing might be chicken consomme. Just add hot water and don't worry about using a spoon.
6. Tortillas
With a relatively long shelf life and few crumbs, tortillas are the bread of the space program. One of the favored fillings: good old peanut butter and jelly. On special occasions, astronauts have managed to bring up other yeasty specialties, including bagels (imported from the family bakery of Canadian-born astronaut Greg Chamitoff) and German pumpernickel bread.
5. Shrimp
Among the lessons six-time flier Story Musgrave passed along to rookie astronauts: Eat shrimp cocktail. The dehydrated crustaceans, coated in a spicy sauce, are the most requested food item in NASA's space pantry. Musgrave ate them at every meal -- including breakfast.
4. Hot Sauce
A squirt of hot sauce can do wonders to wake up taste buds deadened by weightlessness, a phenomenon currently blamed on the redistribution of body fluids in microgravity. There are, however, plenty of easy solutions to the problem: salsa, barbecue sauce, sweet and sour sauce, garlic paste, Thai hot sauce, Tabasco...
3. M&Ms
They're "candy-coated chocolates" candies or "chocolate-covered peanuts" in NASA parlance, but you and I would call them M&Ms. It'd be a tough call whether astronauts like eating them or playing with them best. What we do know is that the colorful orbs show well on TV.
2. Dried produce
Fresh fruits and vegetables are a rarity in space, so astronauts make do with a variety of canned and dried offerings. Russian cuisine presents another option: raw onions and garlic. It may sound a little intense for American palates, but after a few months in orbit, apparently folks will try anything to break up the monotony.
1. Mystery Meals
Space station flight engineer Garrett Reisman kept the cameras rolling while he sat down to dinner with his Russian crewmates and visiting shuttle astronauts in June 2008. Among the offerings: a can labeled "Appetizing Appetizer." Nothing like a little mystery to spice up your life.
BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: What's the Top 10 Space Food?
1) How long has it been since a famous chef designed a meal for the astronauts__?

2) How many meals were designed for the space station___? What did Emeril Lagasse's create___?

3) Out of all of the meals listed above how many do you like__? Now make a fraction with the numerator representing the number of space foods you like and the denominator representing the total number of space foods_____.

GONZAGA MEN'S BASKETBALL

Ok... we are into our third game! So far, so good... The team is getting ready for some really hard games, Notre Dame will be tough, then Illinois, in fact their schedule is never easy - peasy, but they can handle it! GO Zags!!!!!!!
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. W 77-69
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 W 89-81
Sat, Nov 19 Hawaii W 73 - 54
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m. Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

2011-11-21T13:37:00.001-08:00

This is our list of goodies for our Thanksgiving Box.... if you are able to bring something for the box please do so by Wednesday! Together we can help a family that needs some help!

2011-11-20T20:51:00.001-08:00

This week we will be giving a Thanksgiving Box full of goodies along with a turkey to a family that could use our help! BUT!!! I need your help in providing goodies for this box! We will talk about what we can bring this week but we only have a few days to put our box together!!

We will find a good home for this Turkey and all of our goodies!

Mr. Rotts Room Turkey week blog

2011-11-18T09:22:00.001-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!
Another short week! I know that not all of you celebrate Thanksgiving, but I believe all of us have things to be thankful for, right? Maybe it’s your family, friends, a job or the fact that you have a school to go to, we all have something to be thankful for.... for a moment think about what you are thankful for!

THIS WEEK:   We will continue to work on mixed numbers and improper fractions, and switching back and forth!

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: Are there turkeys in space? And are turkeys all the same?
Ok so as far as I know no turkeys have ever been launched into space but you never know.. Some day you may be taking your pet turkey ( and that does not mean your younger sibling!) To space with you!
Though many competing claims exist, the most familiar story of the first Thanksgiving took place in Plymouth Colony, in present-day Massachusetts, in 1621. More than 200 years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared the final Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. Congress finally made Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday in 1941.

Sarah Josepha Hale petitioned for a national Thanksgiving holiday for close to 40 years, believing that "Thanksgiving, like the Fourth of July, should be considered a national festival and observed by all our people."
The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimated that 42.2 million Americans traveled 50 miles or more from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in 2010.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in America, with a planned production total of 46.5 million in 2011. Six states—Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Indiana—account for nearly two-thirds of the 248 million turkeys that will be raised in the U.S. this year.

The National Turkey Federation estimated that 46 million turkeys—one fifth of the annual total of 235 million consumed in the United States in 2007—were eaten at Thanksgiving.

In a survey conducted by the National Turkey Federation, nearly 88 percent of Americans said they eat turkey at Thanksgiving. The average weight of turkeys purchased for Thanksgiving is 15 pounds, which means some 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed in the U.S. during Thanksgiving in 2007.

Great article about what type of turkey to buy for Thanksgiving (click on link the blue link -->) Great Turkey Article   Especially read about the types of turkeys
Basted or self-basted,
Free range,
Kosher,
Heritage,
Natural
Organic.
It comes down to this... you can buy a turkey from Safeway or Fred Meyers ... or from a store like Whole Foods... but you also have the option of buying a turkey from your local farmer.

BLOG Questions - Answer in the comment section...
1) Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
2) Do you know where your turkey has come from, does it even matter to you?
3)Does it matter what your turkey eats?
4) What do you think they eat?
5) Do you think a turkey from your local farmer taste different than from Safeway or some other store, what do you think?
6) Where did your grandparents turkey come from... ask your grandparents or parents?
7) What is the lowest and highest range of costs for a Kosher Turkey (see the above blue article link)?
8) If you bought a heritage turkey that weighed 22 pounds how much roughly would it cost (see the above blue article link)?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
The season is HEATING up! Can't wait to see how it ends... of course as Division Champs!
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 (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Mr. Rotts Classroom Blog 11/14/11

2011-11-11T13:38:00.001-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!
Today is Veterans day! There is NOTHING that we enjoy in this country that was not secured by someone who fought to provide us with the freedom that we enjoy every single day! So I want to say a HUGE, BIG - THANK YOU!

THIS WEEK: We will launch into a new area..how do we make improper fractions into mixed numbers and adding and subtracting those pesky things!... time off is over so now we are going to get back to work!

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

SPACE FACT: Landing on the Moon - Apollo 11
A race was on to put a man on the moon. President Kennedy had challenged the nation. It was the mission of Apollo 11 to land two men on the moon, then return them safely to Earth. It was one of the most historic events. It demonstrated what man can do with effort and ingenuity

In President Kennedy's speech to Congress, on May 25, 1961, he expressed a concern that the United States was falling behind the Soviet Union in technology and prestige. He challenged the nation to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.

On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon. He said the historic words, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

Apollo 11's journey to the moon took three and a half days.

During that time the astronauts "just kind of gazed out the window at the Earth getting smaller and smaller, did housekeeping things, checking the spacecraft," Aldrin recalled.

A camera in the Lunar Module provided live television coverage as Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder to the surface of the moon.

The Lunar Module "Eagle" consisted of two parts: the descent stage and the ascent stage.

The descent state provided the engine used to land on the moon. It had four legs, a storage area for experimental gear, and a ladder for the crew to climb down to the moon's surface. The descent module also served as the launch platform for the ascent module when it came time to leave.

The ascent module carried the crew back to the Command Service Module.

To walk on the moon's surface, the astronauts needed to wear a space suit with a back mounted, portable life support system. This controlled the oxygen, temperature and pressure inside the suit.

On the surface, the astronauts had to get used to the reduced gravity. They could jump very high compared to on Earth.

The crew spend a total of two and a half hours on the moon's surface. While on the moon's surface, the performed a variety of experiments and collected soil and rock samples to return to Earth.

An American flag was left on the moon's surface as a reminder of the accomplishment.

Armstrong and Aldrin logged 21 hours on the moon—spending the last and longest portion of it trying to sleep in the frigid lander. Then they lifted off to rendezvous with Collins and Columbia for the return voyage.

The Command Service Module "Columbia" consisted of two parts. The Command Module is the cone at the top, or front in this picture. The Command Module held the three man crew. It was the control center during the mission. It also was the re-entry vehicle for returning back to Earth.

The Service Module at the bottom, or back in this picture, provided the propulsion and maneuvering capability for the space craft.

After re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, parachutes opened to safely lower the Columbia into the Pacific Ocean. After landing in the Ocean, the crew were retrieved by a helicopter and taken to the recovery ship, the "USS Hornet."

The crew and lunar samples were placed in quarantine until their health and safety could be confirmed.

The Command Module "Columbia" returned to Earth on July 24, 1969, the crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969—and they were immediately put into a three-week quarantine. . Apollo 11 had successfully completed its mission. President Kennedy's objective to land men on the moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: Landing on the Moon - Apollo 11

1) How long has it been since the first time we landed on the moon_______?
2) How long was the “journey” to the moon___________? How many hours were the astronots in Apollo 11 until they landed on the moon_____?
3) How many hours were Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon______? What were they doing the last few hours of their time on the moon______?
4) How many weeks were the Astronauts in quarantine(meaning they were in a hospital room to be cared for)_____? How many weeks were left in year after the weeks the Astronauts stayed in quarantine______(you have to know how many weeks are in a year!)?
GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

I just set up my Google Calendar so that it has all of the Zags games on it way COOL... if you have a Google calendar you can down load it by going Google and searching for ZAG Calendar!
This will get you all set up! Games start... YIPPEE!

EXCITING!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhibit.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. 95-51
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1pm
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

2011-11-09T12:53:00.000-08:00

Welcome Space Travelers!
Ok so this has to be like the shortest week of school EVER!! Two days... wow..and then in just a week or so you’ll get 2 more days off for Thanksgiving!... Ya gotta love November. This week we will be having parent teacher conferences, and I look forward to seeing your parents, and getting to know them better, BUT what I really hope to be able to do is to let your parents know what amazing, smart and fun kids they have! Encourage your parents to come out to parent conferences! You have, I am guessing noticed the video I put up on our blog.

A few months ago, while I was waiting to see a movie at the movie theater, this short video about food came was shown. Even though its an add for a restaurant, I thought wow, it sure made me think about what I eat, where my food comes from and how we are caring for the animals that provide our food. Hopefully it will make you think! It sure made me think about food in a different way. Enjoy!

THIS WEEK: This week we will be working on Improper fractions and turning them into mixed numbers... does that sound mixed up.. Hahahah get it mixed up!!! Mixed numbers??? It’s not as bad as it sounds...

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE FACT: NO SPACE FACT OR BLOG QUESTIONS THIS WEEK!

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Ok so here we go.. Only a few days till Eastern Washington!! It’s always exciting to see what the boys from Gonzaga will be doing. This is NO cupcake schedule and with the addition of BYU to the conference, the Zags will need to work harder! I have no doubt that the season will be a BLAST!
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

2011-10-30T20:57:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Here we are already in November, you know my favorite astronauts that we will be traveling at warp speed through November and then into December. In December we are only in school for a few weeks and then VACATION!!! That’s as exciting as walking in space! Oh and by the way we have parent conferences in a few weeks, I look forward to talking with your parents about what great students each of you are! Stay the course and keep your lazar gun on stun as we encounter strange creatures along our journey!

THIS WEEK: This week we continue to work on fractions, multiplying and finding equivalent fractions. Remember always ask yourself can I shrink - simplify the fraction when im done with it!

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me you’re going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE FACT: Millennium Falcon Lego Star War Set

Kids ages 9 to 14 will be happy the old man got the tractor beam out of commission when they blast off with the Millennium Falcon LEGO Star Wars Set. Straight from the Death Star escape scene of Episode IV: A New Hope, this replica of Han Solo's iconic starship is crafted from more than 1,200 LEGO pieces for a detailed, articulating display. With twin flick missiles, rotating laser cannons, and detachable cockpit cover, this Millennium Falcon set's got more than a few surprises left in it.

Detailed Design Features Articulating Panels and Turrets

The numerous details on this modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YT-1300 freighter would impress even Luke Skywalker. Measuring more than 15 inches wide and 4 inches tall when completed, this model accurately depicts the famous Millennium Falcon, from its distinctive round shape to its right-hand cylindrical cockpit.

Rotating top- and bottom-mounted quad-laser turrets, detachable cockpit cover, and firing twin flick rockets are just some of the cool features included in this model.

Let Kids Recreate Scenes

This set includes LEGO mini-figures of Han Solo, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and Darth Vader, so you can replay your favorite scenes from the movie.

Place figures outside the ship to have Obi-Wan and Vader duel, or place them inside the opening hull to play chess, hide in the smuggling compartments, or observe Luke's remote training. For enhanced play, the set includes three light sabers, three blasters, and one crossbow.

Building Your Own Millennium Falcon

With 1,254 LEGO pieces, the Millennium Falcon took more than four hours for our testers to construct. Split between two adult builders, these hours provided a fun time to reminisce about favorite Star Wars moments.

A large percentage of the pieces come in shades of gray, and approaching construction requires a bit of organization and discipline. Detailed step-by-step instructions help ensure that construction is a relatively straightforward process, despite the complexity of the finished model.

As impressive as the finished model may be, our testers noted a few minor oversights worth mentioning. For starters, there are no mini-figures of C-3PO or R2D2 included, making the scene reconstruction feel incomplete. Also, only Han Solo and Chewbacca are capable of fitting in the cockpit. However, considering the amount of overall detail included in this model, any Star Wars fan would be delighted to proudly put it on display.

What's in the Box

LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon set (1,254 pieces), two instruction booklets, and sticker sheet.

Product Description

Straight from the Death Star escape scene of Episode IV: A New Hope, the all-new LEGO Millennium Falcon features stunning details, like hull plates that open to reveal a detailed interior, twin flick missiles, rotating quad laser cannons and detachable cockpit cover. Featuring Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, Ben Kenobi, Princess Leia Organa and Darth Vader, can you rewrite history and help Ben Kenobi defeat his evil nemesis from the dark side?

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: Millennium Falcon Lego Star War Set

1) How many pieces are there in the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon set_______? Write that out in expanded form__________.

2) How many hours did it take the testers to build the Millennium Falcon set_________? If it takes 1 person the same amount of time, and two people can work twice as fast, then how long would it take two people to build the Millennium Falcon_________?

3) How many miniature figures comes with the set____________? Of the miniature figures what is the fraction of animals to people - write out the numerator and denominator. Remember the numerator is part of the enchilada and the denominator is the WHOLE enchilada!

4) What is the difference between the ages of those who will be happy to have this set_______?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

COUNT DOWN... 12 days till the first game... is on the 28th ... how EXCITING!

Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA

Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.

Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.

Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.

Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.

Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.

Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.

Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.

Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.

Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.

Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.

Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.

Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.

Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.

Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.

Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA

Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA

Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.

Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.

Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.

Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA

Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.

Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA

Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Classblog for October 24 - 28th

2011-10-23T16:40:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Wow... another month is almost over with... class time is moving so fast! Now that we have started fractions, I would encourage you to make sure you are taking time to go over your notes, set aside time for your homework, it is HARDER and will continue to be harder. If you pay attention in class, take notes, ask questions and do your homework I have no doubt that all of you can and will do excellent!

THIS WEEK: This week we start multiplying fractions. Along with multiplying fractions we will also continue to improve our skills with simplifying, remember any time you work with factions you HAVE to simplify.... reduce.. Shrink... letting the witch doctor lead you.

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me your going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE FACT: FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTHCape Canaveral, Fla., Feb. 20 -- John H. Glenn Jr. orbited three times around the earth today and landed safely to become the first American to make such a flight. The 40-year-old Marine Corps lieutenant colonel traveled about 81,000 miles in 4 hours 56 minutes before splashing into the Atlantic at 2:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time.
He had been launched from here at 9:47 A. M.

The astronaut's safe return was no less a relief than a thrill to the Project Mercury team, because there had been real concern that the Friendship 7 capsule might disintegrate as it rammed back into the atmosphere.

There had also been a serious question whether Colonel Glenn could complete three orbits as planned. But despite persistent control problems, he managed to complete the entire flight plan.

Lands in Bahamas Area

The astronaut's landing place was near Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas, about 700 miles southeast of here.

Still in his capsule, he was plucked from the water at 3:01 P. M. with a boom and block and tackle by the destroyer Noa. The capsule was deposited on deck at 3:04.

Colonel Glenn's first words as he stepped out onto the Noa's deck were: "It was hot in there."

He quickly obtained a glass of ice tea.

He was in fine condition except for two skinned knuckles hurt in the process of blowing out the side hatch of the capsule.

The colonel was transferred by helicopter to the carrier Randolph, whose recovery helicopters had raced the Noa for the honor of making the pick-up. After a meal and extensive "de-briefing" aboard the carrier, he was flown to Grand Turk by submarine patrol plane for two days of rest and interviews on technical, medical and other aspects of his flight.

Colonel Glenn first was set to wiggle out of the narrow top. But when difficulty was encountered in getting one of the bulkheads loose, the explosive side hatch was blown off, and the man from space stepped out on deck, apparently in excellent shape. He was soon afterward transferred to the carrier Randolph.

In the course of his three orbits, Colonel Glenn reported frequently to tracking stations at various points on earth and to the control center here. Invariably, he said that his condition was fine.

Shortly after Colonel Glenn was picked up by the Noa, he received congratulations on his feat from President Kennedy by radio telephone.

A situation that seemed at the moment to pose the greatest danger developed near the end of the flight.

Signal is ReceivedThe signal, received as the capsule was traveling between Hawaii and the West Coast, indicated that the heat shield had become unlatched from the main capsule body. This action was not intended to happen until the final stage of the parachute descent.

At that point, it would fall a few feet, and deploy, between it and the capsule base, a cloth landing bag to cushion the impact on the water.

Colonel Glenn was asked by radio to flip a switch to check whether the shield had, in fact, become unlatched. When the light did not go on, it appeared that the "unlatch" signal had been not working.

Colonel Glenn, apparently sensing possible serious trouble, asked: "What are the reasons for this? Do you have any reasons?'

Jettisoning was delayed today so that, in case the heat shield had become unlatched, the rocket-packet straps would hold the shield in place until this function was taken over by the force of re-entry into the atmosphere.

The package burned on re-entry. The heat shield did not drop away until it was supposed to. This indicated that the signal that had caused so much anxiety had, in fact, been a false one.

100,000 See LaunchingThe whole continent watched on television as Colonel Glenn's capsule was launched. The world listened by radio. And almost 100,000 persons had a direct view from here and the beaches around as the Atlas rocket booster bore the Project Mercury capsule upward with a thrust of 360,000 pounds.

The Friendship 7 was lofted into a trajectory that varied between a low point, of about ninety-nine miles, and a high point of 162 miles.

It traveled at a speed of about 17,530 miles an hour and went from day to night three times before whirling east across the Pacific on the final leg of the flight.

The elated astronaut on board radioed, "Boy, that was a real fireball of a ride!" as the capsule rammed back into the atmosphere.

Besides generating heat that gave him a spectacular moment of fireworks outside his capsule window, the re-entry ended Colonel Glenn's long hours of weightlessness and shoved him forcefully back against his contoured couch.

At 2:43 P. M., a sixty-three foot red-and-white parachute deposited the Friendship 7 on gentle Caribbean waters.

After the capsule had been picked up by the Noa and safely placed on her deck, Colonel Glenn emerged triumphant in his gleaming silver space suit.

He had a "bungee" chord -- a "king size rubberband" -- on which he was to pull, like an oarsman pulling oars, to see how his blood pressure was affected by exercise when he was in a weightless state.

He had a medical kit of spring-loaded needles with which he could give himself various injections. One was to suppress nausea or other symptoms of motion sickness. (Colonel Glenn reported frequently that weightlessness bothered him not at all.)

Under his flying suit Colonel Glenn wore a plastic tube and container for bladder relief.

As the sun rose, the low-hanging clouds disappeared, and left conditions here as ideal as anyone ever had seen them. The weather in key recovery areas at sea was equally perfect.

While waiting for the count to proceed, Colonel Glenn had a chance to talk by phone with wife Anna, his 16-year-old son David, and his 15-year-old daughter Lynn. They watched the proceedings on TV from their home in Arlington, Va.

Visually, there was nothing particularly memorable about take-off, at 9:47. Emotionally, the atmosphere was charged, because a man was going into orbit.

There were the usual cries of "Go! Go!" at take-off. Tears came to the eyes of some viewers, in the blockhouse, at the observer's stand two miles from the launching pad, and on the beaches. But, generally, the emotions were held in. Everyone waited.

Colonel Glenn apparently had a fine, exhilarating time, right from the start. He experienced some vibration along with acceleration force, as he climbed through the atmosphere.

Then it smoothed out; the rocket burning stopped; the acceleration switched abruptly to weightlessness; and the capsule automatically turned its blunt end forward for the almost five hours he was to be in orbit.

"Capsule is turning around," he radioed. "Oh, that view is tremendous."

He was the professional test pilot, and at the same time a human being experiencing pure joy. The tone was full of enthusiasm.

On the first orbit, over the Canary Islands, Colonel Glenn reported that "the horizon is a brilliant blue."

One after another of the stations in the eighteen-station world-wide tracking net locked its radar on the Friendship 7, and most of them established voice communications with the astronaut on board.

Colonel Glenn received a special greeting from the citizens of Perth, Australia, who turned on the lights all over town.

"Thank everybody for turning them on," he radioed. About there, too he tried the first of the special foods prepared for consumption in orbit, where there is no gravity to let liquids pour or meats stay on a dish. He ate tubes of food and meat, and malted milk tablets.

An odd phenomenon occurred when he was within range of Guaymas, Mexico. He reported "luminous particles around the capsule- just thousands of them- right at sunrise over the Pacific."

The moment of decision came near the end of the second orbit. Colonel Glenn was reporting continued erratic behavior of the controls, apparently even with the manual system- the alternative to the one that originally malfunctioned.

He also was reporting warning light indicating that hydrogen peroxide fuel for at least one of the systems was getting low.

To many experts listening to these events unfold, there seemed no alternative to bringing Colonel Glenn back at the end of the second orbit rather than risking another circuit.

But the astronaut thought he could handle the situation without excessive trouble.

Between the technical talk, there was time for joking- the exuberance of a man, who, no matter how experienced in combat and test flying, had never done anything quite like this.

Then he got down to the business of preparing himself for the critical firing of the braking rockets and the re-entry into the atmosphere.

Today's flight gave the United States, by any standards, its greatest day in space.

The achievement, however, could still not be considered quite up to what the Russians had done.

Colonel Glenn's flight was two orbits more than were flown by Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin, the Soviet space man, last April 12 but fourteen less than another Russian, Maj. Gherman S. Titov, flew on Aug. 6.

In addition, there was some technical respects in which both Soviet orbital flights appeared to observers here to have an advantage: the size of the capsule orbited (five tons as against a ton and a half); the reliability of automatic controls; and the cabin atmosphere in which the pilot had to work.

But Colonel Glenn's trip was considered by most observers here to have gone a long way toward erasing this nation's "second-best" look in space.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH

1) Colonel Glenn was 40 years old when he orbited around the earth, how old were his children son_________ daughter__________ how old was he when his oldest child was born_______.

2) In the word MERCURY what is the fraction of vowels to total number of letters______?

3) The Friendship 7 was lofted into a trajectory that varied between a low point, of about ninety-nine miles, and a high point of 162 miles. What is the difference between the two heights________?

4) The 40-year-old Marine Corps lieutenant colonel traveled about 81,000 miles in 4 hours 56 minutes before splashing into the Atlantic. If we round the 4 hours 56 minutes to 5 hours, and if you divide the 81,000 miles by 5 hours, how many miles did Colonel Gleen travel every hour of his flight_______?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Ok... we are now into October... first game... is on the 28th ... how EXCITING!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhibit.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Mr. Rotts room blog for 17 - 21

2011-10-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Another day off.. That is pretty exciting and not only did you get the day off... but I did too! A great day for a quick trip to the moon... I hear its full of cheese .. What do you think?

THIS WEEK: So all of you are telling me you know the parts of a fraction and how to make fractions... and we have been working on adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators... we will continue with fractions this week and move into multiplying and dividing fractions.

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me your going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE FACT: THE PARTS OF A ROCKET

The structural system, or frame, is similar to the fuselage (body) of an airplane. The frame is made from very strong but light weight materials, like titanium (stronger than steel) or aluminum, and usually employs long "stringers" which run from the top to the bottom which are connected to "hoops" which run around the circumference (distance around). The "skin" is then attached to the stringers and hoops to form the basic shape of the rocket. The skin may be coated with a thermal protection system to keep out the heat of air friction during flight and to keep in the cold temperatures needed for certain fuels and oxidizers. Fins are attached to some rockets at the bottom of the frame to provide stability during the flight.

The payload (what they carry) system of a rocket depends on the rocket's mission. The earliest payloads on rockets were fireworks for celebrating holidays. The payload of the German V2, shown in the figure above, was several thousand pounds of explosives. Following World War II, many countries developed guided missiles armed with nuclear warheads for payloads. The same rockets were modified to launch satellites with a wide range of missions; communications, weather monitoring, spying, planetary exploration, and observatories, like the Hubble Space Telescope. Special rockets were developed to launch people into earth orbit and onto the surface of the Moon.

　
The guidance system of a rocket may include very sophisticated sensors, onboard computers, radars, and communication equipment to maneuver the rocket in flight. Many different methods have been developed to control rockets in flight. The V2 guidance system included small vanes in the exhaust of the nozzle to deflect the thrust from the engine. Modern rockets typically rotate the nozzle to maneuver the rocket. The guidance system must also provide some level of stability so that the rocket does not tumble in flight.

As you can see on the figure, most of a full scale rocket is propulsion system. There are two main classes of propulsion systems, liquid rocket engines and solid rocket engines. The (rocket 1) V2 used a liquid rocket engine consisting of fuel and oxidizer (propellant) tanks, pumps, a combustion chamber with nozzle, and the associated plumbing. The (rocket 2) Space Shuttle, (rocket 3) Delta II, and (rocket 4) Titan III all use solid rocket strap-ons.

The various rocket parts described above have been grouped by function into structure, payload, guidance, and propulsion systems. There are other possible groupings. For the purpose of weight determination and flight performance, engineers often group the payload, structure, propulsion structure (nozzle, pumps, tanks, etc.), and guidance into a single empty weight parameter. The remaining propellant weight then becomes the only factor that changes with time when determining rocket performance.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: ROCKETS...

1) Looking at the parts of a rocket in the diagram above how many sections, what is the fraction of blue writing to the rest of the writing...
2) Rocket Speed2
How fast does a rocket need to go in order to achieve orbit ( orbit means till it can travel around the earth..) _____________________?
3) If you were in a rocket, you would be 1 out of what part of a rocket (see the diagram above)______?
4) Would you want to walk on the moon or orbit the moon___________? What fraction of your class do you think would want to orbit or walk on the moon_________?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Do you feel it? Come on you must... close your eyes and think DOG... BULLDOGS!! The first game... is on the 28^th ... how EXCITING!

Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhibit.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Classroom Blog for October 10 - 14

2011-10-05T14:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Well my favorite astronaut, I hope you each enjoyed your extra two days off and guess what you also get this Friday off... WOW.. Do you guys ever go to school? Yes, I was working away Thursday and Friday while you were um... oh yes doing your math homework and answering the blog question!.... I do hope you have a great time off!

THIS WEEK: We really enter deeper space with fractions this week. The work load is going to become much more difficult, I encourage you to keep working hard and stay focused! You are all doing great!! Find out on Monday how we can divide fractions up ... it might even taste good!

CALCULATOR !!! Trust me your going to want a fraction calculator!!

SPACE FACT:
WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN INTO SPACE?

April 12 was already a huge day in space history twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108-minute orbital flight in his Vostok 1 spacecraft.

Fifty years ago, an air force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in space - taking the Soviet Union's own giant leap for mankind and spurring a humiliated America to race for the moon. The flight was limited to a single orbit due to concerns over how a human would cope with space travel, but despite the risks, competition for the mission was strong among the 20 young pilots on the short list.

Just three days before blastoff from what would later be known as the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Gagarin was told that he was chosen for the mission. In a letter to his wife, Valentina, he asked her to raise their daughters "not as little princesses, but as real people," and to feel free to remarry if his mission proved fatal.

Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space less than a month later.

The first cooperative human space flight project between the United States and the Soviet Union took place in 1975. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was designed to test the compatibility of rendezvous and docking systems for American and Soviet spacecraft and to open the way for future joint manned flights.

Since 1993, the U.S. and Russia have worked together on a number of other space flight projects. The Space Shuttle began visiting the Russian Mir space station in 1994, and in 1995 Norm Thagard became the first U.S. astronaut to take up residency on Mir.

Seven U.S. astronauts served with their Russian counterparts aboard the orbiting Mir laboratory from 1995 to 1998. The experience gained from the Mir cooperative effort, as well as lessons learned, paved the way for the International Space Station.

In-orbit construction on the Station began in November 1998, and it has been staffed non-stop with international crews since November 2000. The first Station crew, made up of U.S. commander Bill Shepherd and cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, was launched on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The crew returned to Earth on the Space Shuttle Discovery in March 2001.

BLOG QUESTIONS:
SEE SPACE FACT: WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN INTO SPACE?
1) What year did the International Space Station begin operation_______, and how many years has there been a crew on the sation__________?
2) How many minutes was the first space flight________, how many seconds is that________? To find out how many seconds the flight lasted did you use division or multiplication?
3) How many days before lift off did the Russian astronaut know that he was going into space_____? How many hours is that________?
4) What would you think about going into space?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Ok... we are now into October... first game... is on the 28th ... how EXCITING!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhibit.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m. Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Mr. Rotts Room Blog for Oct 3 - 5

2011-09-30T13:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

This will be your first short week, that’s right you only have school for three days! WOW... what a deal for you! Guess I will have to give you extra homework to do over those two days off so you wont forget your math huh.... if you don’t like that idea you better talk to me or I will be sending you home with homework for those two days!

THIS WEEK: After scoring it big with our friendship bracelets and now how to make a gazillion on Ebay.... you will really need math to count all that loot you’ll be making! This short week we will be learning about types of fractions and start working with fractions with addition, and subtraction! Oh how do you spell fun? FRACTIONS!

CALCULATOR !!! As we start getting into fractions, trust me you are going to want a fraction calculator. How do you know if your calculator can do fractions, good question.... look to see if it has an ABC button on it.. If so easy peasy... you have a fraction calculator. If not and $$ is tight for you, talk to me and I will give you $5.00 towards the purchase of a calculator, they usually cost about 12 or 13 buckaroos!

SPACE FACT: What’s up with that Milky Way?

It has a halo, but you can’t directly see it.
The Milky Way has a halo of dark matter that makes up over 90% of its mass. Yes, 90%. That means that all of what we can see (with the naked eye or telescopes) makes up less than 10% of the mass of the Milky Way. Now, it doesn’t have a halo like those old cartoon characters that die, sprout wings and play a harp in the clouds. The halo is actually invisible, though we know it exists by running simulations of what the Milky Way would look like and how fast stars inside the galaxy’s disk orbit the center. The heavier it is, the faster they should be orbiting. If you assume that the galaxy is made up only of matter that we can see, then you get a rotation rate for the stars that is well below what it should be, so the rest is made up of what is elusively called “dark matter,” or matter that only interacts gravitationally (so far as we know) with “normal matter”.

It has over 200 billion stars
As galaxies go, the Milky Way is a middleweight. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has over 100 trillion stars, and other large galaxies can have more than a trillion stars. Smaller galaxies like the aforementioned Large Magellanic Cloud, have about 10 billion stars. The Milky Way has between 200-400 billion stars, but when you look up into the night sky the most you can see from any one point on the Earth is about 2,500. We aren’t stuck with this many stars forever, though, because the Milky Way is constantly losing stars – through supernovae – and producing stars, netting about seven stars per year

Guess what the Milky Way is really dusty and gassy. Gassy????
You may not think so by looking at it, but the Milky Way is full of dust and gas. And when I say full of dust, I mean that we can only see out about 6,000 light years into the disk of our own galaxy in the visible spectrum, and the galaxy is about 100,000 light years across! The dust and gas makes up a whopping 10-15% of the “normal matter” in the galaxy, with the remainder being stars. The thickness of the dust deflects visible light, as is explained here but infrared light can pass through the dust, which makes infrared telescopes like the Spitzer Space Telescope extremely valuable tools in mapping and studying the galaxy. Spitzer can peer through the dust to give us extraordinarily clear views of what is going on at the heart of the galaxy and in star-forming regions.

Every picture you’ve seen of the Milky Way from above is either another galaxy or an artists interpretation.
We can’t take a picture of the Milky Way from above (yet) because we are inside the galactic disk, about 26,000 light years from the galactic center. This means that any pretty pictures you see of a spiral galaxy with elegant arms that is supposedly the Milky Way is either a picture of another spiral galaxy or the rendering of a talented artist. Imaging the Milky Way from above is a long, long way off; however, this doesn’t mean that we can’t take breathtaking images of the Milky Way from our vantage point!

There is a black hole at the center.
Most galaxies have a supermassive black hole at the center. Ours is no exception. The center of our galaxy is called Sagittarius A* (pronounced “A-star”), and it houses a black hole with a mass of 40,000 Suns that is 14 million miles across (about the size of Mercury’s orbit). But this is just the black hole itself. All of the mass trying to get into the black hole – called the accretion disk – forms a disk that has a mass of 4 million Suns, and would fit inside the orbit of the Earth. Though like other black holes, Sgr A* tries to consume anything that happens to be nearby, star formation has been detected near this black hole behemoth.
On a clear night, out in the country away from the city lights, you will see a bright, but diffuse, band through the sky. It will make a complete arc overhead (actually it appears as a great circle on the sky with the earth as the center).

Next time you are out in the country, look at this band of light and think about how it looks. This was named by the Greeks as: "Galaxies Kuklos" or The Milky Circle. The Romans changed the name to "Via Lactea" or The Milky Road or as we now call it "The Milky Way."
However, it was not until the the middle of the 18th century that people first came up with the idea that The Milky Way was actually a galaxy of stars. And it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries that scientists understood that The Milky Way is just one of many such galaxies in the universe.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: What’s up with that milky way?
1) Our galaxy has a black hole with a mass of 40,000 Suns that is 14 million miles across, write out the mass in expanded form_____ and 14 million in standard form________.
2) Why is it difficult to take a picture of the Milky Way_______________? And how far are we from it’s galactic center________?
3) What makes it difficult to see into the Milky Way_________ and how far into it can we see_________?
4) The dust and gas makes up a whopping 10-15% of the “normal matter” in the galaxy, is the remainder of the galaxy made of_________?
5) How many stars are in IC1101_______?
6) How many stars are in the Milky Way_______ and how many can you see from the earth_____? Write out the number of stars in the Milky Way you can see from the earth in expanded form__________.

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhibit.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.

Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA

Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.

Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA

Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.

Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Class Blog for week of September 26

2011-09-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Well we are now fully on our journey the air has been equalized in the cabin and we are off to our destination... as Buz says, “To infinity and beyond!” Keep studying, set time every day to do your work, it’s better to be prepared than to wait till the last minute!! Plus if you are going to do it ... why not do it right the first time!

THIS WEEK: Well we did talk a little about crushes, you have to love those Jona’s sisters don’t you! So this week we will be talking about EBAY and making big bucks, Godzilla, birthday cake and .. if we have time we may be looking at how many pairs of shoes you have.

SPACE FACT: TOP 10 COOL FACTS ABOUT SPACE!
Go to this site TOP 10 COOL FACTS ABOUT SPACE! and read about the 10 COOLEST FACTS ABOUT SPACE! NOTE: The video, if it is at the top of the site is NOT part of th SPACE FACTS..!!

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: TOP 10 COOL FACTS ABOUT SPACE!

1) How far will the Moon be from the earth in 5 years _______ x 5 =________? SEE Cool Fact 8

2) If you were to go outside and look at the sun how old do some scientists believe the sunshine to be_____________? NOTE See Cool Fact 7

3) How many “OFFICIAL” constellations are there______?

4) The Big Dipper has how many bright stars in it_________? What is the Big Dipper’s official name_____________?

5) How many moons does the earth have_______?

6) What happens when two pieces of metal touch in space?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!

Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA

Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.

Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.

Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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 9/22 Factors or Factorias!

2011-09-22T13:40:00.000-07:00

Here are our notes from class today... Factors and even a little GCF sprinkled in! Enjoy!

On going Vocab List....

2011-09-22T13:38:00.000-07:00

This list will continue to grow... just like Clarence who is growing and growing and growing! These are words we use in math class and words that you should know!!! So don't be a slacker... study these words!

Class Notes 9/21 Homework Place & Value

2011-09-21T13:43:00.000-07:00

Hey Jedi's and Jediets! Remember to use your place value charts!!! They can and will help you.... Feel the FORCE!

Class Notes 9/19: Odd Even Prime Composite Numbers

2011-09-19T15:35:00.000-07:00

Blog for September 19 - 23rd

2011-09-16T12:46:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

Last week was our start.. Getting into set for our mission... again.. You need to buckle up because we are heading into deep space!!! The best thing to do is keep up on your notes, do your homework every day, set a time every day after school to do your work so that you get into a habit of studying every day! If you work hard now, by the time you get to high school you’ll be like,,... ah this is so easy... that is because you have worked so hard during Jr. High School... you have prepared.. Its like before a rocket is launched... so much goes into the pre-flight that by the time the rocket takes off... its completely ready! That’s what I want for you!

THIS WEEK: We will be talking about crushes.. Yep.. Do you have a crush on her? Or do you have a crush on him? Also... if we have time we may be looking at how many pairs of shoes you have... or how you can make a TON of $$ on ebay!.... come prepared to learn...

SPACE FACT: OBSERVATORIES

Thousands of years ago, astronomers probably used the pyramids in Egypt and the towers and temples in Babylonia to help them study the sun, moon, and stars. There were no telescopes then. In time, astronomical instruments were developed, and as they became larger and more numerous, observatories were built to house them. Some observatories were built more than a thousand years ago. An observatory has to be built in the right place, a place with favorable weather conditions, moderate temperatures, many days of sunshine and nights without clouds, and as little haze, rain, and snow as possible. It must also be away from city lights and neon signs, which make the sky too light for good observation. There are buildings which include living quarters in addition to telescopes. The instruments are housed in structures of steel and concrete. The building for the telescope is constructed in two parts.

The lower part is stationary, and the upper part, or roof, is in the shape of a dome which can be rotated. The dome has a “slit” which opens to permit the telescope to look out toward the sky. By rotating the dome on a track, the slit can be opened to any part of the sky. Both the dome and the telescope are moved by electric motors. In a modern observatory the astronomer only has to punch a number of buttons to move the equipment. Of course, in order to see, the astronomer must always be near the eyepiece of the telescope or the camera attached to it. So, in some observatories the floor can be raised or lowered, or there is an adjust able platform. Astronomers don’t depend on their eyes alone to observe the skies. They have many complicated instruments and attachments to the telescope, such as cameras, spectroscopes, spectrographs, and, all of which provide them with important information.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: OBSERVATORIES

1) Go to Google and type in OBSERVATORIES in Oregon, click on the link and then list the observatory name that you find ________?

2) Since you are still on the observatory web page, what is the current temperature at this observatory? ____________________.

3) How big is the observatory’s telescope______?

4) Go to Discovery Extreme Observatoriesand find observatory #10 and list what the observatory beamed out into space ________________ and how far it did they beam it ______ light years away. Just think a light year is 6 billion miles... to 42 light years is a LONG LONG ways!

5) About how many years ago were observatories built_______?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!

Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m. Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Class Notes for 9/14 How to post to the BLOG

2011-09-14T13:47:00.000-07:00

Below are the steps to help you post your blog question answers. Remember, to put your name date and period on all posts ( that means sending me your answers). Also, click on the word "COMMENTS" NOT the little envelope.

Class Notes 9/13/11 Number Forms - Expanded, Standard, Written

2011-09-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

Today we worked on place values and also forms of numbers.... Remember your hw is due on Thursday all 24 problems. ALSO if you click on the notes, they will magically get bigger!

Class Notes 9/12/11 How to read math, place values

2011-09-12T12:52:00.000-07:00

Here are our class notes, remember you have homework tonight..... If you click on the note page it will open up into a larger page,which might make it easier to read. ALSO homework date is 9/12 and is due on 9/13. Enjoy!

Blog for September 12 - 16

2011-09-11T18:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome Space Travelers!

What a week... the first week of school, now come on you have to admit it was a lot of fun, right? Oh the highlight I am sure was reading the handbook in every single class... oh WOW! This week we get into real school, so fasten that seatbelt and pull down your helmet visor cause we are blasting off!

Today as I write this, it is 5:15 p.m., September 11th. Ten years ago at this time of the day there were no airplanes flying over the United States of America, people were in shock, trying to figure out what had just happened. Fear gripped the country and President Bush tried to calm a country that had just experienced a horrific event. Thinking back to 10 years ago, there still, to me seems to be no answer for something that was so destructive, lives have never been the same since that day and as I start this blog... I could not go into the plans for our week without mentioning something about 9/11. I hope for you and some day your childrens lives that no one will ever have to experience such an event as our country did on 9/11.

So... this week... we will get to know numbers.. Yep... what they are like, how they talk to us and where they live! It won’t be as bad as it sounds.. Actually you might even remember some of what we talk about and do... either way... as we begin our journey ... this is our first step!

SPACE FACT: CONSTELLATIONS

The constellations are totally imaginary things that poets, farmers and astronomers have made up over the past 6,000 years (and probably even more!). The real purpose for the constellations is to help us tell which stars are which, nothing more. On a really dark night, you can see about 1000 to 1500 stars. Trying to tell which is which is hard. The constellations help by breaking up the sky into more manageable bits. They are used as mnemonics, or memory aids. For example, if you spot three bright stars in a row in the winter evening, you might realize, "Oh! That's part of Orion!" Suddenly, the rest of the constellation falls into place and you can declare: "There's Betelgeuse in Orion's left shoulder and Rigel is his foot." And once you recognize Orion, you can remember that Orion's Hunting Dogs are always nearby.

Constellations can be a useful way to help identify positions of stars in the sky. Constellations have imaginary boundaries formed by "connecting the dots" and all the stars within those boundaries are labeled with the name of that constellation. However, keep in mind that constellations are not real objects; they are just patterns as seen from our observation point on Earth. The patterns we see are for the most part just by chance. The individual stars in a constellation may appear to be very close to each other, but in fact they can be separated by huge distances in space and have no real connection to each other at all.

BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE SPACE FACT: CONSTELLATIONS

1) In the word CONSTELLATION how many letters are vowels______? Then how many letters are there in the word Constellation________?

2) Write out the number of stars you can see on a dark night in both word form and also standard form________________________________.

3) Go to this site
Star Chart
and count how many stars are in each of the below constellations
- Orion ___________
- Usra Major_______
-Ursa Minor_______
-Leo_____

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

Oh the season is getting closer!!!.. Here is the Zags schedule! Feel the excitement!
Fri, Oct 28 Carroll College (exhib.) Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Fri, Nov 11 Eastern Washington Spokane, Wash. TBA
Mon, Nov 14 Washington State Spokane, Wash. 9 p.m.
Sat, Nov 26 Western Michigan (Ronald McDonald House Charities) Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena) 1 p.m.
Wed, Nov 30 Notre Dame Spokane, Wash. 8:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 03 Illinois Champaign, Ill. 12:15 p.m.
Sat, Dec 10 Michigan State Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 15 Oral Roberts Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17 Arizona (Battle In Seattle) Seattle, Wash. (KeyArena) 1 p.m.
Tue, Dec 20 Butler Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Thu, Dec 22 Air Force Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Wed, Dec 28 Portland * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Dec 31 Xavier Cincinnati, Ohio 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 05 Pepperdine * Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m.
Sat, Jan 07 Santa Clara * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 12 Saint Mary's * Moraga, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Jan 14 Loyola Marymount * Los Angeles, Calif. TBA
Thu, Jan 19 San Francisco * Spokane, Wash. TBA
Sat, Jan 21 San Diego * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Jan 26 Portland * Portland, Ore. 8 p.m.
Thu, Feb 02 BYU * Provo, Utah 7 p.m.
Sat, Feb 04 Pepperdine * Malibu, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 09 Saint Mary's * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m. Sat, Feb 11 Loyola Marymount * Spokane, Wash. 5 p.m.
Thu, Feb 16 Santa Clara * Santa Clara, Calif. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 18 San Francisco * San Francisco, Calif. TBA
Thu, Feb 23 BYU * Spokane, Wash. 8 p.m.
Sat, Feb 25 San Diego * San Diego, Calif. TBA

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

Blog September 6, 2011

2011-09-05T20:17:00.001-07:00

Welcome to a fantastic new school year!

This will be an exciting year for you and one that will challenge you and also allow you to learn and explore the world we live in! Our theme for the year is space. We will use space to learn about math and the universe around us.

Each week you will have a new blog entry that will provide you with an introduction to the week’s lesson and what to expect. You can also count on, just about every week having a blog homework question that will be just like any other homework we have during the week. The blog homework will be due on Thursday by midnight.

This week we will be going over the rules of the class, the school handbook and also doing some assessments so I can see how great you are in math. Oh yes, we will have 1 night of homework!

You are now in middle school; I like to think of it as Jr. High School. We have 3 years to get you ready for high school, for some even less than 3 years! I encourage you to make positive choices about developing your study habits, to get your homework done and turned in on time. If you learn to do this you will also be learning to be responsible! And people who are responsible, usually live a happier and better life! If you work hard now, I know you’ll be able to enjoy high school and life after high school! Work now and play later!!

Here are our classroom rules:

Classroom behavior goal #1

Unless there is a snake crawling up your leg or

your desk is on fire you need permission to get

out of your seat!

Classroom behavior goal #2

Rasing your hand is most appreciated and will get you recognized much sooner!

Classroom behavior goal #3

To help protect the environment that we work in, it seems only right that you pick up any mess that you make...

Classroom behavior goal #4

At all times be RESPECTFUL to others, including YOURSELF

I look forward to this year and all the amazing things we will learn and do together!

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

Mr. Rott

2011-05-22T21:41:00.000-07:00

Howdy Partners!

I know it's been along time since we had a full blog. It's been a busy few months. This will be the last full blog for the year, there will be updates but no more blog questions after this week. All of my classes will be working on Algebra. We will be usi g hands on equations, a very hands on way to learn Algebra. Before you know it you will be wrangling up those Algebraic equations.

OLD WEST FACT: Pony Express
The Pony Express was the first "express" mail line across the United States. The outfit actually began as a "publicity stunt," in hopes of winning a million dollar government mail contract for the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company, a freight and stage organization. Owned by William H. Russell, William B. Waddell, and Alexander Majors, the Pony Express became a subsidiary of the larger Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company. Prior to the Pony Express, the freight and stage company held government contracts for army supply delivery, employing 4,000 men, and owning 3,500 wagons and 40,000 oxen. Envisioning a similar contract for fast mail delivery, the Pony Express was born.

The first successful Pony Express run, from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California took place on April 3, 1860, when a lone rider on a bay mare galloped from Pike's Peak Stables in St. Joseph, Missouri, thus inaugurating the famous Pony Express.Riding in a relay fashion, each rider averaged 10 miles per hour, covering about 75-100 miles before another rider took his place on the route.

Pony Express stations, which eventually numbered somewhere between 150-190, were originally established about 25 miles apart, then increased in number to allow for fresh horses at intervals of 10 to 15 miles. The Pony Express owned about 400 Mustang and Morgan horses, on which the riders traveled.

Introduction to the Pony Express
Pony Express stations, which eventually numbered somewhere between 150-190, were originally established about 25 miles apart, then increased in number to allow for fresh horses at intervals of 10 to 15 miles. The Pony Express owned about 400 Mustang and Morgan horses, on which the riders traveled.

Special saddle bags that could be moved to a fresh horse very quickly at a change station were used. The rider changed to a fresh horse at each station, taking only the mail pouch (called a mochila) with him. The mochila was thrown over the saddle and held in place by the weight of the rider sitting on it. Each corner had a cantina, or pocket. Bundles of mail were placed in these cantinas, which were padlocked for safety. The mochila could hold 20 pounds of mail along with the 20 pounds of material carried on the horse, allowing for a total of 165 pounds on the horse's back. Riders were changed about every 100 miles.

Amazingly, these young riders carried approximately 35,000 pieces of mail over more than 650,000 miles during the time the Pony Express existed. Further, only one rider lost his life when he was killed by hostile Indians, and only one sack of mail was lost during this time.

The Pony Express is credited with helping to keep California in the Union by providing rapid communication between the two coasts. News of the election of Abraham Lincoln to the United States presidency in 1860 and of the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 reached California via the Pony Express.

1st Period BLOG QUESTIONS: SEE OLD WEST FACT

1) if the first Pony Express took place on April 3, 1860 what is the difference from the first rider to today?

2). If the Pony Express rider rode 25 miles at 10 miles per hour how long would it take the rider to to travel the 25 miles.

3) If the riders carried a total of 35,000 pieces of mail over the 1 year span of the Pony Express how many pieces did they carry per month__________ and per week________ and per day_______?

4th & 6th Period BLOG QUESTION: SEE OLD WEST FACT!

1) if the first Pony Express took place on April 3, 1860 what is the difference from the first rider to today?

2). If the Pony Express rider rode 25 miles at 10 miles per hour how long would it take the rider to to travel the 25 miles.

3) If the riders carried a total of 35,000 pieces of mail over the 1 year span of the Pony Express how many pieces did they carry per month__________ and per week________ and per day_______?

4) If a horse carried 165 pounds what is the fraction of weight that was for mail out of 165 pounds_____?

5) If a horse carried 165 pounds what is the fraction of weight that was for mail and materials out of 165 pounds_____?

6) If a horse carried 165 pounds what is the fraction of weight that was from the rider of the 165 pounds_____?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Don’t stop believing... next fall is not that far away!

Have a wild and woolly ride this week!

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

Mr. Rott

Mr. Rotts Classroom Blog for the week of May 16 - 20

2011-05-17T13:12:00.000-07:00

I saw this when I was looking up ... SLACKER... I have been slacking and wanted to let you know that it's not due to a lack of or slack of .. hahaha desire .. just not enough time in the day!

So ... this weekend.. I will dazzle you! :) with a new blog and new blog question!

Mr. Rott

Mr. Rott's Blog for the week of April 25 - 29th

2011-04-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

Howdy Partners!

Its been a while... but here we are .. Hmmm I think we have like 35ish actual school days left.. Hard to believe isn’t it! I want to say that you little cowpokes did fabuliso on the State Math Test! It’s like some of you rode that mean old bull way past the 8 second! Everyone worked as hard as they could and even some.. Believe it or not want to get back on that wild bronc and ride, I mean take that test again!

OLD WEST FACT: Chaps
We are not talking chapstick for dry or cracked lips.. Nope this week we are talking about Chaps, which are cowboy leggings, were correctly pronounced "shaps". They're short for chaparejos (shap-ar-EH-hos), which were another important cowboy tool.

Chaps are intended to protect the legs of cowboys from contact with daily environmental hazards experienced in working with cattle, horses and other livestock. They help to protect the riders' legs from injury when riding through brushy terrain that included sagebrush, cacti thorns, mesquite and other thorny vegetation.

The earliest form of protective leather garment was used by mounted riders who herded cattle in Spain and Mexico and were called armas, which meant "shield." Back then, they were essentially two large pieces of cowhide that were used more as a protective apron attached to the horn of the rider's stock saddle. The pieces were spread across both the horse's chest and the rider's legs.

Popular Styles of Chaps
Shotgun Chaps: Also called "Stovepipes" because the legs are straight and narrow. In wide use by the late 1870, they were the earliest design used by Texas cowboys. They feature a snug fit, wrapping completely around the leg and held tight with a full-length zipper running along the outside of the leg from the thigh to just above the ankle. The edge of each legging is usually cut with a slight flare to allow a smooth fit over the arch of a boot. Their tight design was better at trapping body heat, an advantage in windy, snowy or cold conditions. Obviously not so pleasant in very hot or humid weather. Shotgun chaps are more common on ranches in the northwest, Rocky Mountains and northern plains states, as well as Canada. This design is the most common in western horse show competition

Batwing chaps: These are cut wide with a flare at the bottom and are usually made of smooth leather with only two or three fasteners around the thigh. They allow for greater freedom of movement for the lower leg and for easier mounting of a horse. With more air circulation, this design was somewhat cooler for hot weather wear. Batwing chaps are often seen on rodeo riders and on working ranches, particularly in Texas. They were a later design, developed after the end of the open range.

Woolies: These chaps are a variation on shotgun chaps, made with a fleece or hair-on hide, often angora wool, lined with canvas on the inside. Woolies are the warmest chaps and are associated with the northern plains and Rocky Mountains. They appeared on the Great Plains somewhere around 1887.

Blog questions - MAKE SURE YOU READ THE OLD WEST FACT!!! THAT INCLUDES YOU ROBBie!
1st period: 1) How long have shotgun chaps been around? 2) What about the Woolies, how long have they been around? 3) If a pair of Woolies cost $365.00 and you only had $27.00 how much would you need in order to buy the chaps?

4th & 6th Period Blog Question: Answer all three questions for 1st period along with these two: 4) How many letters are in the words shotgun chaps?______ of those letters the vowels are your numerator what would the numerator be_____? 5) If you had to get shot gun shaps for the whole rodeo flag team and there were 26 people, and each pair of chaps cost $347.54 how much would it cost for your order of chaps__________?

THE 411!
1st Period: Howdy partners! This week we be working on ... hmmm lets see... converting percents, decimals and fractions... its not pretty but its helpful! So pull that hat down tight

4th and 6th Period: You know we just did not get to spend enough time with my dear aunt Sally... so back to it we go! And after that. Mintegers anyone?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
Don’t stop believing... next fall is not that far away!

Have a wild and woolly ride this week!

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

Mr. Rott

Mr. Rotts Classroom Blog for the week of April 23 - 27

2011-04-18T10:13:00.000-07:00

This week, I am sure!! we are going to totally to enjoy taking the State Math Test... its called OAKS.... any how your

ONLY homework this week is to go over your notes from last week!! Please use this time to help yourself do your very best on the state math test!

Mr. Rott

Blog for April 11 - 15

2011-04-13T13:18:00.000-07:00

Howdy!

This week we will be going over material for the State Math test that we, yes WE will get to do next week. Your homework for this week is to study the notes that you take during class!

PLEASE go over your notes from class every night for at least 15 mins ..it will make a difference!

Blog for March 28 - April 1st NO JOKE :)

2011-03-27T21:29:00.000-07:00

Howdy Partners!

Holy Cow Batman.. Oops.. Keep forgetting its Cowboys and Cowgirls this year...! Either way... we are back in the saddle... I do hope you had a great break and are all rested up for the big push till the end of the year! Tighten those spurs here we go!

OLD WEST FACT: No Old fact today... look tomorrow :)

1st Period: Howdy partners! This week we are going to perfect our shopping skills.. You know making sure we are finding the BEST deal we can! Its back to percents! We will learn as we shop!

4th and 6th Period: Back to Distance Rate and Speed... we need to finish up on what we started before break.

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!
Well... we at least made it to the Big Dance... no im not talking the one at the Armory! But we lost in the first round... errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... guess we will just have to wait till next fall! Never give up ... believing!

Have a wild and woolly ride this week!

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

Mr. Rott

Blog for March 14 - 18

2011-03-12T15:39:00.000-08:00

Howdy Partners!

Yippie ye yeah! One more week until spring break! What are you going to do? Ride some broncs? Rope some calves? Ride the bulls? Hopefully we will have nice weather and you will be able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine... ya can’t play Xbox all day long you know!

OLD WEST FACT: Cowboys and Tsunami?
Well, I doubt the old west cowboys ever even thought, let alone heard of a Tsunami. But you cowboys and cowgirls have heard a lot about Tsunamis’. Just incase you have not learned about what tsunami are I thought we would check out the facts!

I went to the FEMA’s Ready for Kids ( Federal Emergency Management Agency) web site and this is what they had to say, “Tsunami’s are a giant wave produced by underwater movement due to a variety of natural events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and meteorites. Tsunamis generally appear in the Pacific Ocean.

"Tsunami" is a Japanese word. Tsu means "harbor" and nami means "wave."

The website went on to say, That "tsunami (pronounced soo-nahm-ee) is a series of huge waves that happen after an undersea disturbance, such as an earthquake or volcano eruption. (Tsunami is from the Japanese word for harbor wave.) The waves travel in all directions from the area of disturbance, much like the ripples that happen after throwing a rock. The waves may travel in the open sea as fast as 450 miles per hour. As the big waves approach shallow waters along the coast they grow to a great height and smash into the shore. They can be as high as 100 feet. They can cause a lot of destruction on the shore. They are sometimes mistakenly called "tidal waves," but tsunami have nothing to do with the tides.”

And that Hawaii is the state at greatest risk for a tsunami. They get about one a year, with a damaging tsunami happening about every seven years. Alaska is also at high risk. California, Oregon and Washington experience a damaging tsunami about every 18 years.

Some other important facts to know: Tsunamis that strike coastal areas are most always caused by earthquakes may occur far or near where the earthquake starts. Some tsunamis can be very large the height of them can be as great as 30-100 feet, and can travel inland several hundred feet. Tsunamis can strike all low-lying coastal areas and travel up rivers and streams that lead to the ocean. Tsunami are made up of a series of waves and the danger from one can last for several hours after the first wave comes ashore. Sometimes a tsunami can cause the water by the shore to come back, exposing the ocean floor. Tsunamis have a lot of power and can move boats hundreds of feet inland destroying buildings. Tsunamis can happen any time, day or night and can move faster than a person can run.

What to do if you are worried that we are in danger of a tsunami or about others having to experience one. Here are some great helps from Moms Talk:

First turn off the tv... watching what happened in Japan will just keep the fear or anxiety up!
Next, think about these questions, from one mothers children and her answers:
“Could this happen here?" Yes, it could and that is why we have safety drills at school, etc.
“How many people died?" A lot, but I am not sure exactly how many.
“How did they die, did they get squished or drown?" I am not sure.
“Why do earthquakes happen?" Because things underground deep in the earth shift and move sometimes.
“Could I die if an earthquake happened here?" Possibly, but dad and I work very hard to make sure that you are always safe and know what to do in an emergency.
“Will a tsunami reach our house?" Not likely.

1^st Period: Howdy partners! This week we will finish up Protein Basketball and do some more work on fractions of a number. After that we will spend time understanding percents... you want to be a smart shopper right? Well then you better know your percents! Look for the best this week, I am sure you will find it!

1^st Period Blog questions: Please read over the Old West Fact for the week.#1) What state in the United States is most likely to feel the affects of a tsunami_______? #2) How many miles is it from Newberg to Hawaii (use a ruler 1 inch = about 450 miles) there___________ #3) In the word tsunami how many vowels are there compared to constants______? #4) What would the fraction look like if the vowels were the numerator and all the rest of the letters were the denominator______?

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4^th and 6^th Period: Hey there Cowboys and Cowgirls! Ye Ha! What a great week we have planned.. Or I have planned for you.. This week we will be exploring the formula D=R*T and figuring out that means! Lots of activities this week, so make sure that you are on your best cowboy and cowgirl behavior!

4^th & 6^th Blog questions: Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. .#1) What state in the United States is most likely to feel the affects of a tsunami_______? #2) How many miles is it from Newberg to Hawaii (use a ruler 1 inch = about 450 miles) there___________ #3) In the word tsunami how many vowels are there compared to constants______?
#4) What would the fraction look like if the vowels were the numerator and all the rest of the letters were the denominator______?
You will need to go to this website Tsunami in order to answer the remaining questions #5) What does the "Great Wave Brouchre" say how high can waves become_______? In 1946 how high did the waves become ________ that came to shore?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL

FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!
Well... Here we go... The Zags are in! Yep they won their conference and as a result of that they will automatically go to the Dance... that means they are going to pay in the NCAA March Madness College Basketball Championship!

It is unknown for sure where the team will play or who, the selection committee makes their choices on “Selection Sunday,” they actually have a name for the day! This takes place on March 13th. With the first four games being played on March 15-16 and then the second round starting March 17th - 18th. The Championship ends on April 2nd - the 4th!

Talk about exciting! Oh and there was nothing better than seeing St. Marys LOSE!!!

Have a wild and woolly ride this week!
As always, you are amazing, incredible people with the whole world waiting to be changed by YOU!

Mr. Rott

Blog for March 7 - 11

2011-03-07T03:47:00.000-08:00

Howdy Partners!

Do you think we have had enough rain yet? Remember how nice and green things are this summer and the rain will be a thankful memory... who wants dry ugly trees or hills? The year continues to move along... and move a long and move along... we are in the middle of march.. Well ok pretty close to it! Before you know it youll be relaxing during your Spring Break! Keep pushing yourself, study those notes and work hard!
OLD WEST FACT: Cowboys Hats!

One version goes back to the early 1800's, and that the cowboy hat evolved from the Sombrero.

The story goes that cattle herders, arriving from the East to work on the plains, adopted the sombrero and remodeled it into the cowboy hat that is still currently worn today.

So, the first "cowboys" were the Spanish/Mexican herders of the Southwest. The favored hat of the Mexican vaquero was a broad rimmed hat with a high peaked crown, many times decoratedwith design stitching. The size of the largest brim was 30 galleon, which the new cowboys from the East called "30 Gallon".

Today's cowboy hat has remained basically unchanged in construction and design since the first one was created in 1865. As the story goes, John B. Stetson and some companions went west to seek the benefits of a drier climate. During a hunting trip, Stetson amused his friends by showing them how he could make cloth out of fur without weaving.

After creating his 'fur blanket,' Stetson fashioned an enormous hat with a huge brim as a joke, but the hat was noted to be big enough to protect a man from sun, rain, and all the rigors the outdoors could throw at him. Stetson decided to wear the hat on his hunting trip, and it worked so well that he continued wearing it on his travels throughout the West. In 1865, he began to produce the first incarnation of his big hats in number, and before long, Stetson was considered the maker of this newfangled headwear, the cowboy hat. The original Stetson hat sold for five dollars.
Making hats

1st Period: Howdy partners! As you can tell we have been working on an assortment of math topics, from money to time to fractions... we will continue this for the rest of the year. I want you to remember what we have learned, learn new math skills along with improving your ability to use math in every day experiences... but as always it will be fun!

1st Period Blog questions: Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. You will need to go to this site to help you answer these questions: Quality Hats

#1) How many years has it been since John B. Stetson sold his first hat for $5.00? ___________ #2) Go to Quality Hats and pick out a hat for each member of your family. How many hats did you pick out and list the names of each hat you chose_____ ? #3) What was the total cost for all your hats_______? #4) Look at the total price of all the hats for your family and list the bills and coins you would use to pay for your hats_____.
4th and 6th Period: Hey there Cowboys and Cowgirls! Ye Ha! This week we mosey on over to Ratios... huh? That’s right partners... ratios! Interesting... fun... and as always exciting! I wonder what the ratio is of those who like ratios and those who don’t?

4th & 6th Period Blog questions: Please read over the Old West Fact for the week. You will need to go to this site to help you answer these questions: Quality Hats
#1) How many years has it been since John B. Stetson sold his first hat for $5.00? ___________ #2) Go to Quality Hats and pick out a hat for each member of your family. How many hats did you pick out and list the names of each hat you chose_____ ? #3) What was the total cost for all your hats_______? #4) Look at the total price of all the hats for your family and list the bills and coins you would use to pay for your hats_____. #5) What was the cost of the hat that you chose for yourself______? Of the total cost what percent of the cost was your hat_____? #6) Search this site: Cowboy Hat Material.. What two materials are used to make cowboy hats______?

GONZAGA MENS BASKETBALL
FEEL THE SPIRIT!!!

Well sharing the 10 West Coast Championship is better than not winning! The Boys keep the streak alive! 11 Years of winning the Conference! Now its off to Las Vegas for the Conference Playoffs and then onto March Madness! Talk about excitement... doesn’t get much better than this!
SCHEDULE:
11/5 vs. Southern Oregon W 90-58
11/12 vs. Southern W 117-72
11/16 vs. San Diego State L 79-76
11/22 Kansas State 6:30 pm L 81 - 64 (OUCH!)
11/23 Marquette 4:57 pm W 66-63
11/30 vs. Eastern Washington W 86-57
12/4 vs. Illinois 2:15 pm L 73-61
12/8 at Washington State L 81 - 59
12/11 at Notre Dame L 83-79
12/16 vs. Lewis-Clark State W 103 - 61
12/18 vs. #9 Baylor W 68- 64
12/22 vs. Xavier W 64- 54
12/29 vs. Lafayette W 83-55
12/31 vs. Oklahoma State W 73 - 63
1-2 vs Wake forest W 73 - 63
1-8 University of Portland W 74 - 61
1-13 vs. Perperdine W 92 - 75
1-15 vs. Loyola Marymount W 79 - 59
1-20 Santa Clara L 75-81
1-22 San Francisco L 91-96
1-27 vs St. Marys L 73- 71
1-29 vs San Diego W 86 - 53
2-3 U of Portland W 67 - 64
2-5 #22 vs Memphis L 62-58
2-10 Loyola Marymount W 67 -57
2-12 Pepperdine W 63 - 44
2-17 vs Santa Clara W 85 - 76
2-19 vs San Francisco W 70 - 53
2-24 St. Marys Great OVER TIME WIN! 89-85
2-26 San Diego W 68-31
2-28 vs Cal State Bakersfield W 96-49

Have a wild and woolly ride this week!

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

Mr. Rott

1st period place value link

2011-02-28T08:06:00.000-08:00

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/placevaluepirates1.htm