Friday, September 30, 2011

Mr. Rotts Room Blog for Oct 3 - 5

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

Friday, September 23, 2011

Class Blog for week of September 26

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

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Notes for 9/22 Factors or Factorias!

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

On going Vocab List....

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!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Class Notes 9/21 Homework Place & Value

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

Monday, September 19, 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011

Blog for September 19 - 23rd

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

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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

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.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

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

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! 



















Monday, September 12, 2011

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

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!




Sunday, September 11, 2011

Blog for September 12 - 16

          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