Marble Sorter

This is our marble sorter, to make sure the marbles go into the trail, we used a plate and cut it into a cone shape, then to seperate the wood and metal from the three types of glass we measured the diameter of the marble and then from there seperated the trail so only they would fall down. From there we had magnets on the bottom to catch the metal and a fan to push the wood into another seperator. Then we tried to use a lamp and phototransistor to seperate the colored glass but we could never figure it out.

3.1.5 Variable Functions

Conclusion:

1. To reset the variable block you would have to right click on the variable box then there is a place to put what you want it to start at then you plug in zero there.

2. you might need to keep track of how many items oyu are making to make sure you fill a specific order and not put one more or less.

3.1.4 Branch Function

Conclusion:

1. It is important to include branch functions in programs so that you can just loop something back without having to place the same exact programming over and over again.

3.1.6 Open and Closed Loop Systems

Conclusion:

1. An elevator can be used as an open and closed loop system, when the button for your floor is pushed the program begins to run and until it gets to the floor and signals to stop it keeps running.

2. A closed loop system is a light system, when you click it on the system opens but when you click it off the system stays closed

Money Ball questions

MONEY BALL 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)

The approach that Billy Beane applied to the Athletics was that they were more focused on getting people on base. It was more of a science, because they used specific equations to find which player had the best on base percentage, although

2) What is the equation used to calculate OBP? (In class research/discussion)

OBP =                (Hits + Walks + Hit by Pitch)              
            (At Bats + Walks + Hit by Pitch + Sacrifice Flies)

3) What is design? (In class research/discussion) Design is creating an idea and then from your head, transforming that idea into something.  

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 - When the scouts were in the scouter room, and they are in the scout room, and the older scouts are trying to find new scouts and Billy Beane keeps trying to get them to say the problem, but they couldn't. PLTW step 1: Define the Problem

2 - When Billy Beane was looking at OBP, he saw that Hatterberg was a good person for that, but couldn't play catcher, so he put him at first base so he could play.
PLTW step 5: Explore the possibilities

3 - When Billy Bean fired all those people, forcing the manager to play the people how he wanted to, starting their winning streak.


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

1 - Direction
2 - Alignment
3 - Commitment

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

1 -  When Billy Beane cut Giambi because he was bad moral for the team, and when he also cut the two other starters because he wanted his plan to start working

2 - Even though Pete didnt want to fire that one guy, because he had to show his leadership he stepped up and fired him

3 - When Beane rejects the offer of the Red Sox, showing he wanted to stay in Oakland


7) According to the movie, what was the A’s record at the start of their winning streak? 76 : 51

8) What does this ratio simplify to (roughly)? 1.5 : 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)

Their chance of winning those games was .000037, and with those odds it would take 168 years to get that streak.
11) Based on your calculation, do you think the A’s got lucky or was there something to the Moneyball approach?
Well since they started the winning streak after Billy cut Giambi, Pena, and others they started to win, i think that it was partly due to the Moneyball approach

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.

It was more of a 50/50, when they were trying to find players they were using science to find their OBP, and then once they had the people that they wanted they used the art of baseball to start winning their games. When Beane fired Giambi because he was a bad influence for moral on the team, even though he had a pretty good OBP, this showed how he broke free of the Moneyball technique.

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?
It was written by Micheal Lewis, he also wrote books relating around New York, and some other sport books. Some of his other works are  The Money Culture, Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life

Flow Charts 3.1.2

Flow Charts

This flow chart directs you on picking up an object like the one below it but for this one you need to do it 3 times

This one describes what you need to do when picking up and object from a box, needing to do it 10 times

This was a flow chart that directs you to how to get 1

3.1.3 Basic Programming Flow Chart

This is my basic program that turns a motor on, then off, then back on again, until it finally stops that i made in ROBO Pro