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nanyjj · 05-15-2014, 08:57 AM

SPOILER!!: Professor

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Make today's desk leaping count 14 as he jumped on to Miss Basthowe and did a brief tap dance routine. "Foucault pendulum!"

Ahem. Yes. Jumping off her desk now.

"Invented by Leon Foucault, a 19th century French physicist, the Foucault pendulum proves that the Earth is rotating," he said as he gave his wand a wave and conjured a floating model.

"The pendulum swings back and forth because of the force of gravity and the object's inertia and while it may appear as though the actual pendulum seems to change its path, it is the floor beneath it that moves as it is being twisted around by the daily rotation of earth"

Fascinating, wasn't it? THERE WAS MORE!

"I have a bit of a surprise for you all today," he grinned as his wand was out again and waving towards his desk and models, sending them to the back of the classroom and out of the way. With another swish of his wand, the very floor beneath them seemed to change and the outline of a large circle appeared with the edge of it just behind everyone's desks. Suddenly, a bright light appeared in the center of the circle and BAM! SNAP! a wire with a large ball attached to is descended from the ceiling of the classroom and began to swing back and forth behind the professor. TADA!

"We are going to play a game I like to call Pendulum Dogdeball in which you will be acting out all the concepts we have discussed today," he said while rocking back on his heals. "If you would all please stand so I can move your desks out of the way..." And once they had done so, he gave his wand another wave to banish them to the side of the classroom. "This magical light source will act as the Sun. It doesn't emit any real heat, so you don't need to worry about getting burned. You all will act as the planets that orbit the sun and, by doing so, will experience each of the four seasons as they would be felt in the Northern Hemisphere. Your costumes have been charmed to reflect these seasonal changes and you will all be starting at our current season of autumn." And they were probably wondering how they were going to accomplish this. With another wave of his wand, the astronomer conjured planetary costumes for each student. "Your goal is to complete one orbit around the sun, but just running around in circles is no fun, so you will also have to avoid the pendulum as it swings back and forth. I will charm things to speed up just a tad," he said with a mischievous grin. "You do not need to worry about being knocked out of the Astronomy Tower by the pendulum or one of your classmates as there is a magical barrier in place to prevent such a thing from happening."

Were they ready?

"READY?! GO!"

And with one final wave of his wand the pendulum's speed increased. He was going to enjoy watching this...off to the side.

current classroom set up. Not drawn to scale.

OOC Instructions:
You will have at least 48 hours to complete this activity

You should have at least 4 posts (1 per seasonal change) to receive full credit. And you could be nice to me and label your posts if you waaaaaaaaaant :3

In a nut shell: your character is in a 'planet costume' and they are trying to run a full circle around the 'Sun' while avoiding (to the best of their ability) the swinging pendulum and other 'planets' aka their classmates. The inside of the 'planet costume' will reflect the change of the season in some way.

How are the seasons reflected in your little planetary orb? That is up to you and your imagination! Maybe it starts to snow in winter? Flower petals shoot into your character's face in spring? Rises and fall in temperature? Entirely up to you!

The arena 'acts' like an Foucault pendulum, but the floor beneath your characters is not moving as it is the actual pendulum (the hanging bit with the ball that is going to smack into your character) that has been charmed to move.

Any questions you have can be sent to me via PM or VM Professor Flamsteed is still here, just off to the site watching and laughing as chaos unfolds.

HAVE FUN!

SPOILER!!: Angel

Leah stood up hastily, not knowing what the game would be about. A small grin started to creep up her mouth as she understood the game. The costume was really fun, and inside she could feel the awesomeness of autumn. Taking step after step forward, the second year concentrated on moving forwards and slammed into... "Angel!" Leah yelled, waving frantically at her friend who apparently had just been attacked by the pendulum.

"Come on, Angel, let's make it to winter!" and she swiftly dodged an oncoming pendulum attack, one side of the costume scraping it.

05-15-2014, 08:57 AM	#388 (permalink)
nanyjj DMGS Puffskein Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Haha Posts: 1,797 Hogwarts RPG Name: Leah Abbott Fifth Year	Post 1 please don't let me be miunderstood SPOILER!!: Professor Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Make today's desk leaping count 14 as he jumped on to Miss Basthowe and did a brief tap dance routine. "Foucault pendulum!" Ahem. Yes. Jumping off her desk now. "Invented by Leon Foucault, a 19th century French physicist, the Foucault pendulum proves that the Earth is rotating," he said as he gave his wand a wave and conjured a floating model. "The pendulum swings back and forth because of the force of gravity and the object's inertia and while it may appear as though the actual pendulum seems to change its path, it is the floor beneath it that moves as it is being twisted around by the daily rotation of earth" Fascinating, wasn't it? THERE WAS MORE! "I have a bit of a surprise for you all today," he grinned as his wand was out again and waving towards his desk and models, sending them to the back of the classroom and out of the way. With another swish of his wand, the very floor beneath them seemed to change and the outline of a large circle appeared with the edge of it just behind everyone's desks. Suddenly, a bright light appeared in the center of the circle and BAM! SNAP! a wire with a large ball attached to is descended from the ceiling of the classroom and began to swing back and forth behind the professor. TADA! "We are going to play a game I like to call Pendulum Dogdeball in which you will be acting out all the concepts we have discussed today," he said while rocking back on his heals. "If you would all please stand so I can move your desks out of the way..." And once they had done so, he gave his wand another wave to banish them to the side of the classroom. "This magical light source will act as the Sun. It doesn't emit any real heat, so you don't need to worry about getting burned. You all will act as the planets that orbit the sun and, by doing so, will experience each of the four seasons as they would be felt in the Northern Hemisphere. Your costumes have been charmed to reflect these seasonal changes and you will all be starting at our current season of autumn." And they were probably wondering how they were going to accomplish this. With another wave of his wand, the astronomer conjured planetary costumes for each student. "Your goal is to complete one orbit around the sun, but just running around in circles is no fun, so you will also have to avoid the pendulum as it swings back and forth. I will charm things to speed up just a tad," he said with a mischievous grin. "You do not need to worry about being knocked out of the Astronomy Tower by the pendulum or one of your classmates as there is a magical barrier in place to prevent such a thing from happening." Were they ready? "READY?! GO!" And with one final wave of his wand the pendulum's speed increased. He was going to enjoy watching this...off to the side. current classroom set up. Not drawn to scale. OOC Instructions: You will have at least 48 hours to complete this activity You should have at least 4 posts (1 per seasonal change) to receive full credit. And you could be nice to me and label your posts if you waaaaaaaaaant :3 In a nut shell: your character is in a 'planet costume' and they are trying to run a full circle around the 'Sun' while avoiding (to the best of their ability) the swinging pendulum and other 'planets' aka their classmates. The inside of the 'planet costume' will reflect the change of the season in some way. How are the seasons reflected in your little planetary orb? That is up to you and your imagination! Maybe it starts to snow in winter? Flower petals shoot into your character's face in spring? Rises and fall in temperature? Entirely up to you! The arena 'acts' like an Foucault pendulum, but the floor beneath your characters is not moving as it is the actual pendulum (the hanging bit with the ball that is going to smack into your character) that has been charmed to move. Any questions you have can be sent to me via PM or VM Professor Flamsteed is still here, just off to the site watching and laughing as chaos unfolds. HAVE FUN! SPOILER!!: Angel Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel sort of like this game but she was a bit scared that she would be knocked over and hurt, what would the Professor do if someone broke an ankle, hadn't he thought of that before deciding on this game, seriously health and safety you know, not that she would tell him that but she had a feeling Ofsted wouldn't like it if they were around, saying that did Magical school have to comply to them? Angel decided that she was going to get involved with the game and smiled as she started to run around, she didn't get far before being hit with the pendulum, "Grrr!!" Angel growled at the pendulum as she got back up, she was not impressed with it, it should have left her alone and she really wanted out of Autumn because it was a bit chilly. Angel decided to go again and this time she watched the pendulum very closesly, she tried to run in time but she got hit by it again "Grr!" Angel growled again, this was totally like total wipeout and she was doing just as good as some of them contestant which wasn't very good at all. Leah stood up hastily, not knowing what the game would be about. A small grin started to creep up her mouth as she understood the game. The costume was really fun, and inside she could feel the awesomeness of autumn. Taking step after step forward, the second year concentrated on moving forwards and slammed into... "Angel!" Leah yelled, waving frantically at her friend who apparently had just been attacked by the pendulum. "Come on, Angel, let's make it to winter!" and she swiftly dodged an oncoming pendulum attack, one side of the costume scraping it. __________________ We live in a shockingly beautiful world.________________________________________ Games and Sports ♥ Korean ♥ Fan Club