Evelyn Glennie Shows how to Listen

What will you remember about her performance? Be specific about the experience.

I will remember how much emotion she put while playing those instruments. I will also remember the really nice sound it made when she was playing the marimba. Also, how much she seemed to love music.

Describe what it felt like listening to her play. What factors helped create this moment?

It felt nice and relaxing hearing the music that she played. I think it was how much emotion she put into playing those instruments and her love for music that made the music sound better. It made me feel the music and not just hear it.

What elements of her performance influenced what the audience heard?

I think it is how much emotion she put into the performance and also that she was deaf because she had to be able to feel the music. I thought it was surprising that she was deaf because she didn't seem like she was. Also,she was really good at playing those instruments.

What did she mean by, "Each person experiences music in their own way"? Think about how you experience music and why everyone doesn't enjoy listening to the same music.

I think it is because everyone has different personalities and everyone is different. Not everyone likes the same thing. Also some people are more into music and enjoy it more than other people.

Space and Aviation

1. In this article about Space and Aviation it talked about that in 2005 a satellite was designed to take measurements of the sea, ice, and glaciers but the satellite failed to work, making the original CryoSat satellite crash into the Arctic Ocean.

2. The satellite will offer unprecedented tracking of cloud-covered regions like Greenland. Pinpointing their thickness will help climate scientists make better computer models to predict polar temperatures, ocean circulation and, perhaps most important for those of us on the rest of the planet, rising sea levels.

3. In late February, the European Space Agency will get a second chance to launch a satellite designed to take the most sensitive measurements yet of sea ice and glaciers.

4. One of the main setbacks would be if something happened to the satellite again because they would lose a lot of money.

Entertainment

1. In 2010, you'll be able to watch TV on any screen, anywhere. Previously, the only way to access TV on a mobile screen was by paying a subscription service to send video over an unreliable 3G wireless broadband network, and the service didn't deliver local channels. Today, television broadcasters for 30 stations in 17 major cities have spent up to $150,000 per tower to install transmitters that send free, live broadcasts to specially equipped mobile devices. TV on the Go falls under the field of research of entertainment.

2. This is important because it will help people that want to watch TV on their cellphones save money. With TV on the GO it costs broadcasters less than a penny a minute to provide the service, compared with the $4 per minute price that cellular carriers pay.

3. This year consumer products capable of receiving the signal will arrive in stores. This month, USB dongles that act like TV antennas for laptops will go on sale nationwide. TV-ready cellphones, as well as add-on dongles for current phones, will be available by the second half of the year.

4. Something that could happen to the creators of TV on the GO is that maybe not that much people will want to buy that even if it's better than paying $4 per minute because they might not think it is necessary to watch TV on your cellphone.

Semester Academic Goals Mysics

Goal: Participate more in class.

First Step: Raise my hand if I don't understand something.


Goal: Explore different applications for math.

First Step: Start doing the challenge assignments.


Goal: Study for every test.

First Step: Study at least 30 minutes a day before a test.

The Origin of Zero

What stroke me about the articles was how the number zero didn’t exist a really long time ago and the people would use symbols to represent zero. For example, “the Mayans used an eyelike character to denote zero. The Babylonians displayed zero with two angled wedges. The Hindus depicted zero as a dot. The Chinese started writing the open circle we now use for zero.”

In both articles it doesn’t say who really discovered zero it just says where it came from. I think the person that first brought up the concept or the idea of the number zero could be named the person that discovered zero. “The first evidence we have of zero is from the Sumerian culture in Mesopotamia, some 5,000 years ago. There, a slanted double wedge was inserted between cuneiform symbols for numbers, written positionally, to indicate the absence of a number in a place.” I think the whole world got to know about the number zero by probably people who traveled and told others about recent news and then that person told another and another.

The Locker Problem

My group and I found out that there were 31 perfect square roots in 1,000. Then we connected what we got to what other groups got and came out with the answer that when 1,000 students follow the pattern with the 1,000 lockers, there would be 31 lockers open. The lockers that would be open would be the ones that have perfect square roots. For example, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, and until you get to 961, which its square root is 31. These lockers are open because only perfect square roots have numbers that multiply by themselves. For example, locker number 4 is open because it has been changed the state of, 3 times. It is 3 because you can make 4 with only three numbers, which are1, 2, and 4 because you don’t count the numbers twice. So 1*4 and 2*2. Only perfect square roots have odd amount of factors because they have numbers that multiply by themselves and you just count them once. Locker number 4 is open because student #1 opened it then student #2 closed it, then student #3 didn’t do anything to it, and at last student #4 opened it, so it stayed open like shown in the diagram below. Each factor corresponds to the student who touched the locker. The perfect square roots have to have odd amount of factors to be open because if they had even amount of factors they would be closed. Odd amount of factors mean open and even amount of factors mean closed.

Student #1:

The first student goes along the row and opens every locker.

Student #2:

The second student then goes along and shuts every other locker beginning with locker number 2.

Student #3:

The third student changes the state of every third locker beginning with locker number 3. (If the locker is open the student shuts it, and if the locker is closed the student opens it.)

Student #4:

The fourth student changes the state of every fourth locker beginning with number 4.

Locker #1:	1	2	3	4	5
Students that have opened or closed the locker:	1= Open	1=Open 2=Closed	1= Open 2= Closed	1= Open 2=Closed 4= Open	1= Open 5= Closed

Order of Operations

1. -3+2^2/2-4

2. (5^2+3)+7-1

3. 2*6+3*2=36

What is math? What is physics?

What is math?

Math is the study of numbers, quantities, shapes and measurements. Math is really fun and easy even though sometimes it seems really hard, when you don't understand it. Math is something really important in life. It is found almost everywhere. Math is mostly numbers but it can also have letters in the formulas. Math can help us make decisions and perform everyday tasks. Math can help us shop better, buy the best insurance, remodel a home within a budget and many more things. Almost everyone uses math everyday.

What is physics?

Physics deals with matter and energy. It includes the study of light, heat, sound, electricity, motion and force. We can find physics in lots of places. Physics is also something important in life that a lot of people use. I don't know that much about physics but I'm hoping to learn more about it this year in mysics class.