mitchell r pln editorial

In The Angry Snowboarders “The Olympics Don’t Define Snowboarding” he acknowledges the issue of people trying to define snowboarding for something it is not. He tells of an interview with Bob Costas where he describes Slope-style snowboarding as a Jackass type stunt. All this talk of snowboarding not being what people want it to be is said to have left a sour taste in the mouths of the people who eat sleep and breathe the sport. This is all because of people trying to make snowboarding something it is not. In “The Olympics Don’t Define Snowboarding” by The Angry Snowboarder, he shows that all the negative energy towards snowboarding is making snowboarders even more defiant and willing to do whatever it takes to further the sport in the Olympics.

“The Olympics Don’t Define Snowboarding” talks about people trying to make snowboarding something it is not which is really dumb because if they don’t due the sport then why do they give a rip about what snowboarding is or is not. Why can't Bob and hair piece go pick on a different sport. Another point is if the people who decided to put snowboarding in the Olympics didn't think it would become more popular then why did they put it in in the first place. Also snowboarding has been in the Olympics at least long enough to have as many types as skiing. In "The Olympics Don't Define Snowboarding" by the angry snowboarder we are shown what snowboarding has become in the eyes of some viewers.

Temperature data blog post

In our temperature data activity we used the NASA website to find climate change. This   is the link to all of our data that we recovered from different areas around the USA. Using the data we found we were able to come up with a slope of the temperature average. The slope tells us the amount that the temp. rises each year the slope that I recovered from my data was 0.0181. All the data that we gathered as a class shows the similarities in slopes. All the slopes that we gathered are within 0.1 degrees of each other. I learned that even though the temperatures in the united states all very, they all climb at a very similar rate.

Penalty shootout

In their next soccer game after this one, the team had another penalty shoot-out. The results had a mean of 3, a median of 3.5, a mode of 4, and a range of 4. (Note: there does not necessarily have to be the same number of players or the same number of shots as the last time.)

Create a possible bar chart of the scores (possible because there is more than one correct way to do this).

                                                                                                         

			--------	---------	-------
---------		---------	--------	---------	-------
----------		---------	---------	---------	---------
-----		---------	---------	---------	---------

1                   2                 3            4               5                6
                                             Score

                                             


I couldn't figure out how to get the frequency on the y axis of the graph so I put this ^ here


I basically got my answer by trial and error I just tried to fined a number that all the others added to and that i could divide by six to get the right mean. I did that same method for the rest of the set values.   

PLN 10

Students can’t resist multitasking, and it’s impairing their memory.

By Annie Murphy Paul

This article is about the ability of young adults to do work on a computer. It describes these peoples ability to multitask on and off the computer. A study shows that only about 8 minutes out of a quarter of an hour where spent doing the assigned work. some research shows that when people are distracted their minds process and store information in a much less useful way. In the final study students were asked to use Facebook  during a 15 minute period of time they had a lower grade point average than the students who did not go on those sights. "Students Can't Resist Multitasking, and it's Impairing Their Memory" by Annie Murphy Paul show the importance of staying on task.

exponents problem

I have to Replace the question marks in this problem with numbers and variables in order to make this true for all non-zero real number values of x, y and w.

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This is what I ended up with.

PLN 9

Schools would be great if it weren't for the kids

By Alfie Kohn

musical notes blog post

Musical Notes Blog Post

Every musical note has an associated frequency measured in Hertz (Hz), or vibrations per second. The following table shows the approximate frequencies of the notes in the octave from middle C up to the next C on the piano.

Note	Note number above middle C x	Frequency (Hz) y	Ratio
Middle C	0	262
C#	1	277	1.057
D	2	294	1.061
D#	3	311	1.061
E	4	330	1.057
F	5	349	1.06
F#	6	370	1.059
G	7	392	1.058
G#	8	415	1.06
A	9	440	1.06
A#	10	466	1.06
B	11	494	1.06
C above middle C	12	523	1.06

Step 1 Find a model that fits the data You should come up with an equation in the form y = Abx.

y=1.06b^x

Step 2 Use your model to find the frequency of the note two octaves above middle C (note 24).

1026

Step 3 Find the note with a frequency of 600. (How?)

note 15