my cad model train, i am very proud .
personaly

Egg Drop Challenge

     This was my first egg drop challenge for me, my design was a bunch of sandwich bags inflated and taped together surrounding the egg. For most of this project I worked alone, until the final drop day, when Johnny came. My contraption, or pod, was completely deflated, so him and I reinforced it with a couple of more baggs. When we dropped the egg suvived landing in the bullseye. The seond time it dropped the egg cracked and it landed right outside of the bullseye. I feel that we got no acheivements because ours was definately not the smallest or the lightest, and ours fell pretty fast. i am looking foward to the third anual egg drop challenge.

khan academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomials/v/factoring-trinomials-by-grouping-2
Provide "sustain" (positive) and "change" feedback regarding your experience with using the video to supplement your learning.
I used this video to help me with my math because i have a test on this subject in two days, it helped me remember some of the stuff we learned in classs.
"Sustain" - what works well for you with the video you chose? 
The way he explained it worked well for me
"Change" - Is there anything you would change regarding the video or the concept of "flipping the classroom".
I would have put more examples of different kinds of problems on the video
In your opinion, could "flipping the classroom" work out? Should education institutions work towards this new paradigm?
I dont think it could work out because you cant ask the video any questions.

balsa wood plane

1.the idea of this project was to create a plane out of balsa wood, glue, and tissue paper (other materials were provided)
 
this is my plane under construction-


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     I tested my plane for the first time and found out that it was a little back heavy, so  added some more balsa wood in the front of the plane, I addid it in a way were it look  a cool unique disign, after this happened my plane ended up flying the longest in the class. I also was the first in the class to finish my plane.

money ball questions

Use internet research and class discussion to answer the following questions.


1) What was the “Moneyball”approach that Billy Beane and Peter Brandt applied to the Oakland Athletics 2002 season? Was it an “art” or a “science”? What single statistic did they boil their value consideration down to? (In class research/discussion)

it was to get players that get on base most for a low bugget


3) What is design? (In class research/discussion)

the inovations of a product for more benificial purposes or the creation of a tool that will solve unsolved problems

4) Describe 3 situations where movie characters (intentionally or not) applied a step from the PLTW 12 Step Design Process. Explain both the (a) situation as well as (b) how the step is relevant:

1 - in money ball when billy is telling his associates to identify the problem with the team


2 - when billy was eliminating giambi from his team, he was removing a flaw in his team


3 - he avioded a problem by not gooing to the games to jinx  the game



5) What is “Leadership”? List the three aspects of leadership that we come up with in class. (In class research/discussion)

1 - allignment
2 - direction
3 - comitment


6) Describe 3 circumstances from the story where a character exercised effective leadership:

1 - in money ball when billy is telling his associates to identify the problem with the team


2 - when billy was eliminating giambi from his team, he was removing a flaw in his team


3 - he took initiative and took a lot of these random players and improoved his team


7) According to the movie, what was the A’s record at the start of their winning streak? _68__ : _51__

8) What does this ratio simplify to (roughly)? 76923__ : 1

9) How long was the A’s record setting winning streak? _20__ games won.

10) Given the A’s win/loss ratio at the start of the streak (listed two questions above), what are the odds of winning 20 games in a row? Run the numbers. (In class research/discussion)

there is 76932 to 1 chanse that they will win 20 games in a row

11) Based on your calculation, do you think the A’s got lucky or was there something to the Moneyball approach?

i thought it was pure luck
12) Did Billy Beane strictly apply the “science” of Moneyball to his management approach? Was there an “art” to his efforts as well? Describe a circumstance where he broke from the Moneyball approach to make a positive change for the team.

i think that it was strictly science because he didn't care about the look or reputation of the players, he just cared about there stats and skill at the game
Bonus Question (look into this if you’ve finished ahead of the class):
Money Ball was originally a book. What author wrote the book? What other books has this author written? Is there a theme to his writing?

Michael Lewis wrote the book, he also wrote The Blind Side. he seems to like sports and emotional suspence in his novels, he also writes about true stories.