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sweetpinkpixie · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2013, 04:40 PM

As the sun basks the Tower Patch in its light you may wonder WHY in Merlin Professor Flamsteed has asked you to come here to bake in the sun, but hopefully your annoyance with the heat will go away slightly when you see the semi-circle of comfortable blankets set out on the grass in place of the usual desks and seats. You spot an especially happy looking Professor Flamsteed balancing himself on the edge of the fountain doing a bit of a dance while he sings a tune that you ought to be familiar with if you paid attention last lesson. Off to the right are rows of tall rectangular structures that are covered by black velvet drapes. Best not try to take a peek under those (no lime green beards as a consequence, we promise ) since they have been charmed by the professor himself to be irremovable.

So come take a seat and make yourself comfortable. Even though this lessons is being held outside, the lint roller and the small table it sits on has tagged along and is on the right side of the path as you make your way towards the blankets. The sign that reads, "Not to be used as a brush for your hair" still remains as well.

⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question 1 :: what do these items have to do with today's lesson?
▸ mini activity :: construct your own pinhole projector!
▸ question 2 :: why is it that out of all the planets in our solar system our earth is only planet that experiences total solar eclipses?
▸ question 3 ::why are wizarding astronomers so interested in solar eclipses?
▸ activity :: solar eclipses, Knockback Jinx, clowns....OH MY!
▸ SOMETHING IS HAPPENING! :: a "UFO" appears and makes a small splash!
▸ UFO IDENTIFIED! :: Professor Flamsteed is one happy man
▸ class ~~unofficially~~ dismissed :: last chance to get in activity posts and questions!

OOC: ~~Opening up just a tad earlier than announced.~~ Please be sure you are familiar with Professor Flamsteed's rules BEFORE you post in this lesson. We will know if you haven't read them! All SnitchSeeker site rules apply.

This lesson has officially started! Please do not announce your character arriving late and just pretend like they have been in class all along. You are free to jump in any time and should use the lesson progression links to keep up.

GrapehSarah · 11-20-2013, 04:45 PM

Adelaide was really excited for Astronomy...and her being the first one there definitely gave that away. She just loved Flamsteed and his lessons. And there he was dancing and singing on the fountain. She smiled as she grabbed the lint roller and rolled it over her robes. She really didn't see how it would make much of a difference out her, but she wasn't going to tell him that.

"Hello professor. How're you doing today?" She figured well because of his mood. She looked over at the row of blankets and sat down, folding her legs under her.

TakemetotheBurrow · 11-20-2013, 04:55 PM

She was all de-linted and smiling because she completely approved of lessons being outside. Ella was a fan of the sun and the heat and of all things out doors so she was happy, okay? She was also curious as to why Professor fancy-pants was in such a good mood. Had there been some progress made with a certain defense against the dark arts professor or what? The seventeen year old grinned at the thought. It was only a matter of time before that worked out. Ella had a good feeling about it and her feelings were never wrong. ~~Maybe.~~

"Hello, Professor! Nice day, isn't it?" BEAM! And the blonde the flopped down on one of the comfy blankets and listened to the humming Professor. They...should just skip class and have a picnic instead, yeah? Yeah.

SweetPeea · 11-20-2013, 05:33 PM

Another class to enjoy out in the sun? One could say this seventh year definitely approved of! Only this time she came prepared with a pair of sunglasses over her eyes. She was happily taking in the warm sun rays as she made her way towards the semi-circle of blankets on the grass surrounding Professor Flamsteed.

Once arriving at her destination, the redhead raised her hand giving a light wave. "Morning Professor.." Also giving a quick smile, she turned heading towards a blanket on the grass. She paused trying to figure out how she could sit properly without falling over. Which was when she figured out that she would sit as if she were side-saddling her horse back home or something. So her bum was on the blanket & her legs were bent to the side. And there was not falling over, which made a happy Nicola.

Star-Lord · 11-20-2013, 06:44 PM

It was weird to have astronomy class outside. Wasn't it mostly about looking at stars and such? But then again the sun was a star itself, so this class kind of made sense during daylight. Walking onto the grounds, Jun noticed some blankets on the ground. Striding over, he set his bag down before smiling at the professor. "Hello, sir," he said with a small nod and sat down.

Maybe today's class had to do something with the sun being a star? It was only a guess.

Expecto-Penguin · 11-20-2013, 07:05 PM

Kace liked the idea of having Astronomy outside. He liked having the sun shining on his skin and just liked smelling the fresh air. Plus he was in one of his favorite classes. He smiled and as he walked down, he noticed the professor. "Hi Professor! How are you doing?"

Kace sat down on one of the comfy blankets and even laid down on it and was relaxing. He just loved the springtime weather.

hermionesclone · 11-20-2013, 07:18 PM

Another Astronomy lesson!

... And this one... was outside? In the Tower Patch? In the heat? ... Okay.

Alec wasn't too phased by that; it was probably a really nice change to sitting in a classroom. The de-linting thing seemed to have remained the same so... the boy reached for a lint roller, still amused with the sign. Once de-linted, he looked around at the tower patch, taking note of everything from the blankets to the tall structures -- he had questions -- and then to a particularly happy looking ~~Astro Man~~ Flamsteed.

Speaking of... "Hello Professor!" he called, smiling and giving the singing man a nod. Heading over towards the captain, the boy sat down next to her, giving her a smile too. No snogging in the Astronomy Tower. He knew the rules. His bag was set down in front of him and he sat there, taking another look around at the tower patch.

DecemberMoon · 11-20-2013, 08:05 PM

Eliza had been quite happy to hear that she'd be outside for another class today. The warm sun felt wonderful on her skin as she took a moment to roll up her robe sleeves, after de-linting them of course. As she bounded happily over to a blanket in the grass, she gave a cheerful wave and a bright eyed greeting to the professor. "Hello Professor Flamsteed! Great weather, right?" She may have been the only to think so, but she did think so all the same. The heat from Earth's star was very very welcomed by this one.

Princesspower · 11-20-2013, 08:29 PM

Sarah walked, deep in revising things for OWLS. They were looming so soon and Sarah was greatfl that she had dropped Ancient Runes and Divinition. There was so much to learn for the other subjects as it was.
She was so deep in thought that she walked past the delinter. That was what the door was for, to remind her to delint. Yet when she saw the professor she was reminded of the delinter. At first she was relieved thinking that it was not present, yet than she saw it and went back to delint.
Having delinted she greeted the proffessor, "hi professor". She was then deep in her notes again, she landed into the present for just enough time to sit down before going over a time period of history in her head

Bazinga · 11-20-2013, 08:43 PM

Another outside class, well this was fun. Minerva walked onto the tower patch smiling. She couldn't believe how close the end was coming, but she tried not to think about it and just enjoyed the sun. "Professor Hello" She smiled and waved to Flamsteed who seemed to be in a super good mood. Well that was nice to see she guess, maybe he would go easy on them this class.

She headed towards a place to sit, but stopped first and sighed turning and going back to the lint roller. Yeah she better use this. She liked animals and had Fluffy and the Rabbit hat from Transfiguration that she needed to make sure the hair wasn't on her. Once she was done Min went and found a place to sit waving at a few people and finally picking a place near Eliza.

oh its Erik ok · 11-20-2013, 08:45 PM

Well seems like somebody is doing yoga or whatever it is he is doing. Was Flamsteed just singing and dancing or was it some type of yoga. Nigel did find it funny that he even brought a table out here just for his lint roller. Can he really see if lint falls to the ground.

"Are you feeling alright, Professor?"

Oh look a mysterious object that is covered with drapes. Will people be getting green beards again?

DaniDiNardo · 11-20-2013, 10:32 PM

Outside classes were always the best, especially when they were for one of her favourite subjects. With any luck there wouldn't be any foreigners here to ruin it for her like they ruined DADA. Rotten people they were.

As she approached the others she could hear the Professor singing that tune...An indication of what they'd be doing this lesson most likely.

Lex walked right up to the lint roller and got to de-linting her robes to the Professor's liking. Had to be to his liking, Lex didn't mind lint so she obviously wasn't doing this for herself, geddit? After a couple rolls she was sure she'd gotten everywhere that could possibly be gotten and walked over to one of the blankets. "Hello Professor! You look awfully happy today? Nothing to do with ice-cream I hope."

The lion didn't hold a grudge against the substance but at the same time, she didn't trust it coming from the castle directly. Lex plopped down and began getting comfy while she waited on the lesson to begin.

FearlessLeader19 · 11-20-2013, 11:12 PM

Adi was looking forward to another Astronomy lesson but he wondered why it was being held outside this time. He was mighty curious. He was not surprised to find the lint roller and as he used it, he once again wondered who used it as a hair brush. That would have been such a funny thing to see!

Anyway. Adi stepped towards where the others were. But his attention was caught by Flamsteed who was dancing? But he was definitely singing! "Professor! Hello!'' He gave the man a cheery grin. That's when he noticed the drapes. What was under there?

And there was Kace. Adi bounded over to his bestie. "Hi, Kace!''

pundantic · 11-20-2013, 11:21 PM

If Glitter Trousers over all existence wasn't tedious enough they had all been subjected to the Tower Patch instead of his classroom. Putting the fear of height aside, which was ever present, Ascanius just didn't wanna sit on the ground, yeah! No matter how feminine Glitter Trousers blankets were.

Oh look, he was dancing too. He didn't even try to prove Ascanius wrong, did he?

Not even acknowledging his existence, 'cause why would he, Ascanius found an empty blanket and sat there with a casually bored expression.

LilFox06 · 11-21-2013, 02:44 AM

WOO! Outside lesson! Anya loooooved those. They were all... outdoorsy. Aww! And look at happy Professor! He was happy. Anya was pretty sure it was because they were outside now. Because. That made her happy.

She rolled the lint roller up one sleeve before setting it back down.

"Hello Professor." she greeted with a smile. She then plopped herself down on one of the blankets. ... and tried her best not to nap.

Cassirin · 11-21-2013, 04:51 AM

Mo dutifully rollered himself before carefully considering his seating options. Cambridge would be fun, actually, but he felt it was his moral and bro!ethical duty to sit next to Nigel. Besides, they never sat together in class, and it MIGHT be awesome.

It would be awesome.

He plopped down on the grass beside the other boy and grinned broadly at him before turning to the professor. "Hullo, Professor. It's a good day for an outdoor lesson." As if Flamsteed himself had managed to finagle blue skies or whatever. Maybe he had... professors were powerful people.

Lockhartian · 11-21-2013, 05:19 AM

YES! ASTRONOMY!

This is all she needed, truth be told. Perfect way to spend a day, even, regardless of the heat, which was all good, she didn't mind. This was Airey Flamsteed's lesson, who cared about the heat?

Can we join Airey by the fountain, by the way??? Can we???

Lottie simply beamed as she joined the others who were already sitting there waiting for the lesson to start. That beaming smile was for you, Professor, of course. "Good day, Professor!" Amazing day he seemed to be having, really.

The Hogwartian pondered sitting next to Ascanius...oh, no, wait, actually, she did. She was joining Ascanius today, because why not? A wink for the Slytherin.

~~Someone was happy.~~

lemon · 11-21-2013, 06:37 AM

Taking the blanket on the non-Lottie occupied side of Ascanius, Alice gave the Slytherin a nudge as she tried to think of why they were outside. What was with professors and nature at this time of year? Why not just let them play Quidditch? People fell off brooms. They faceplanted into the ground.

That was connecting with nature.

"Hi prof. Why're you singing about the Sun in this weather? That's too predictable. You should do a song about the moon instead. Are there any by Monty Python?" Yes okay go.

Casey O · 11-21-2013, 06:38 AM

FAVORITE CLASS YUP.

Marigold was in a SUPER happy mood today cause ASTRO with the BEST TEACHER. She couldn't understand why some people thought Airey wasn't good, but she supposed older kids must have lost some common sense. She LOVED Airey, c'mon, he always had the best activities. So when Marigold skipped up to Airey to greet him, she was happy.

"Hi Professor!!!!!" He could practically SEE the happiness radiating off Marigold, RIGHT!!!

*toothy grin*

sweetpinkpixie · 11-21-2013, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by GrapehGrape

"Hello professor. How're you doing today?" She figured well because of his mood. She looked over at the row of blankets and sat down, folding her legs under her.

"Good day, Miss Adams!" Airey greeted his baking instructor. "I am just stellar." REALLY stellar.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

"Hello, Professor! Nice day, isn't it?" BEAM! And the blonde the flopped down on one of the comfy blankets and listened to the humming Professor. They...should just skip class and have a picnic instead, yeah? Yeah.

Airey's smile continued, perhaps even brightened just a tad, as the Hufflepuff captain approached. "Perfect day and perfect conditions," he said with a quick salute. "And congratulations to you, Miss Ella, for the Quidditch Cup."

He would prefer it go to Gryffindor, but shhhh.

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Originally Posted by SweetPeea

Once arriving at her destination, the redhead raised her hand giving a light wave. "Morning Professor.." Also giving a quick smile, she turned heading towards a blanket on the grass. She paused trying to figure out how she could sit properly without falling over. Which was when she figured out that she would sit as if she were side-saddling her horse back home or something. So her bum was on the blanket & her legs were bent to the side. And there was not falling over, which made a happy Nicola.

Oh, sunglasses. Those could potentially get in the way of what they would be doing later, but he would leave that up to the discretion of the Ravenclaw when the time came. "Good afternoon," he greeted with a wink.

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Originally Posted by Native Kiddy

It was weird to have astronomy class outside. Wasn't it mostly about looking at stars and such? But then again the sun was a star itself, so this class kind of made sense during daylight. Walking onto the grounds, Jun noticed some blankets on the ground. Striding over, he set his bag down before smiling at the professor. "Hello, sir," he said with a small nod and sat down.

Maybe today's class had to do something with the sun being a star? It was only a guess.

WAH. There was that sir again. He really ought to edit it into his classroom rules to not call him that. Ruined the slightly laid back, but clean, classroom vibe he had going. "Just professor will do," he nodded towards the boy.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

Kace liked the idea of having Astronomy outside. He liked having the sun shining on his skin and just liked smelling the fresh air. Plus he was in one of his favorite classes. He smiled and as he walked down, he noticed the professor. "Hi Professor! How are you doing?"

"Hello, Mr. Lecium," he greeted the Hufflepuff. "I am just stellar." And there was some more ridiculous looking dancing here and there as he went into the chorus part of the layers of the sun song.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Speaking of... "Hello Professor!" he called, smiling and giving the singing man a nod. Heading over towards the captain, the boy sat down next to her, giving her a smile too. No snogging in the Astronomy Tower. He knew the rules. His bag was set down in front of him and he sat there, taking another look around at the tower patch.

"Hello, Mr. Summers!" Airey called back. He may or may not have given the boy's hair a look over. Hmmm. Interesting. "Outstanding performance in round one of the competition. You certainly not only made your professors proud, but wizarding Britain as well." Because, let's face it, victory meant more than just a Hogwarts one. At least as far as the astronomer was concerned.

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Originally Posted by DecemberMoon

Eliza had been quite happy to hear that she'd be outside for another class today. The warm sun felt wonderful on her skin as she took a moment to roll up her robe sleeves, after de-linting them of course. As she bounded happily over to a blanket in the grass, she gave a cheerful wave and a bright eyed greeting to the professor. "Hello Professor Flamsteed! Great weather, right?" She may have been the only to think so, but she did think so all the same. The heat from Earth's star was very very welcomed by this one.

Airey smiled just a bit more brightly at the Ravenclaw - his Gobstones cheering companion. He was rather upset that he had had to miss a few matches this term because of Astronomer Royal work. It seemed to be taking him away from Hogwarts a bit more than he liked recently. "I agree with you entirely, Miss Dawnsel," he replied with two thumbs way WAY up.

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah walked, deep in revising things for OWLS. They were looming so soon and Sarah was greatfl that she had dropped Ancient Runes and Divinition. There was so much to learn for the other subjects as it was.
She was so deep in thought that she walked past the delinter. That was what the door was for, to remind her to delint. Yet when she saw the professor she was reminded of the delinter. At first she was relieved thinking that it was not present, yet than she saw it and went back to delint.
Having delinted she greeted the proffessor, "hi professor". She was then deep in her notes again, she landed into the present for just enough time to sit down before going over a time period of history in her head

Airey was still humming and dancing as the inquisitive Gryffindor entered...and seemed not to be her usual chatty self. He couldn't be sure, but if he could hypothesize what it was that was troubling her it was that she did not have a full stomach. Or maybe it was the OWLs looming. Or the competition. Or boys. Girls always seemed to have boy problems. "Hello, Miss Edwards."

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Another outside class, well this was fun. Minerva walked onto the tower patch smiling. She couldn't believe how close the end was coming, but she tried not to think about it and just enjoyed the sun. "Professor Hello" She smiled and waved to Flamsteed who seemed to be in a super good mood. Well that was nice to see she guess, maybe he would go easy on them this class.

Airey felt a slight tugged on his heartstrings when he saw the Hufflepuff prefect enter. They had had their ups and downs, but he had grown quite fond of the girl and NOT just because she had recently given him muggle toys. That was just an added bonus to their student-teacher relationship and that would be coming to an end this term with her graduating. "Good to see you again, Miss Wheatborn."

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Well seems like somebody is doing yoga or whatever it is he is doing. Was Flamsteed just singing and dancing or was it some type of yoga. Nigel did find it funny that he even brought a table out here just for his lint roller. Can he really see if lint falls to the ground.

"Are you feeling alright, Professor?"

Oh look a mysterious object that is covered with drapes. Will people be getting green beards again?

Alright? He was more than alright! Wasn't that obvious, Mr. Not-so-observant Ravenclaw? Or was that a rhetorical question? "I am STELLAR, Mr. Barrington! Thank you for asking."

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Lex walked right up to the lint roller and got to de-linting her robes to the Professor's liking. Had to be to his liking, Lex didn't mind lint so she obviously wasn't doing this for herself, geddit? After a couple rolls she was sure she'd gotten everywhere that could possibly be gotten and walked over to one of the blankets. "Hello Professor! You look awfully happy today? Nothing to do with ice-cream I hope."

"Hello Miss Cambridge! STELLAR performance in the first round of competition. You did Hogwarts proud." And she even got a firm military salute from him. THAT was something special. "No no no, I haven't put a spoon of ice cream to my mouth since the dementor attack, but I you could say I found something better than ice cream."

And then he went on his merry way singing and doing a bit of a bum wiggle dance along the fountain.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Anyway. Adi stepped towards where the others were. But his attention was caught by Flamsteed who was dancing? But he was definitely singing! "Professor! Hello!'' He gave the man a cheery grin. That's when he noticed the drapes. What was under there?

"Afternoon, Mr. Rehman," the professor greeted the first year with a grin. He did catch the boy's curious gaze towards the drapes, but instead of saying anything just smirked and continued to do some more bum wiggling moves while he sang.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

If Glitter Trousers over all existence wasn't tedious enough they had all been subjected to the Tower Patch instead of his classroom. Putting the fear of height aside, which was ever present, Ascanius just didn't wanna sit on the ground, yeah! No matter how feminine Glitter Trousers blankets were.

Oh look, he was dancing too. He didn't even try to prove Ascanius wrong, did he?

Not even acknowledging his existence, 'cause why would he, Ascanius found an empty blanket and sat there with a casually bored expression.

He was no longer phased by the silent and moody 'I'm trying to make a statement' Slytherin and sort of found the boy to be a social experiment. A resisting one, but a social experiment nonetheless. Which is why Airey GRINNED at the boy as he danced his way in front of him.

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

WOO! Outside lesson! Anya loooooved those. They were all... outdoorsy. Aww! And look at happy Professor! He was happy. Anya was pretty sure it was because they were outside now. Because. That made her happy.

She rolled the lint roller up one sleeve before setting it back down.

"Hello Professor." she greeted with a smile. She then plopped herself down on one of the blankets. ... and tried her best not to nap.

"Afternoon, Miss Phillips!" he smiled at the Gryffindor with the brother that he tended to fanboy over.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

He plopped down on the grass beside the other boy and grinned broadly at him before turning to the professor. "Hullo, Professor. It's a good day for an outdoor lesson." As if Flamsteed himself had managed to finagle blue skies or whatever. Maybe he had... professors were powerful people.

No lint roller in the hair? Excellent. Although the man knew that the Ravenclaw captain understood lint rolling etiquette by this point. "It is the perfect day for an outdoor lesson," he nodded in agreement. They would all see why shortly - if they hadn't noticed already. Not that they really should notice considering looking directly at the sun was a very dangerous pastime and one that he would never recommend.

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

Lottie simply beamed as she joined the others who were already sitting there waiting for the lesson to start. That beaming smile was for you, Professor, of course. "Good day, Professor!" Amazing day he seemed to be having, really.

"Miss Wisteria, hello!" he said with another wide grin as he paused his dancing. It was about time to start the lesson anyway and he would be out of breath if he were to dance the entire lesson. He felt as though he had the energy to do so, however.

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Originally Posted by lemon

Taking the blanket on the non-Lottie occupied side of Ascanius, Alice gave the Slytherin a nudge as she tried to think of why they were outside. What was with professors and nature at this time of year? Why not just let them play Quidditch? People fell off brooms. They faceplanted into the ground.

That was connecting with nature.

"Hi prof. Why're you singing about the Sun in this weather? That's too predictable. You should do a song about the moon instead. Are there any by Monty Python?" Yes okay go.

Ah, THERE she was. Airey gave the Gryffindor captain a salute and a grin ~~and a little dance~~. He really could not be any more proud of the Gryffindor. She had gone above and beyond his expectations during her task and made this astronomer VERY proud. Only way he could have been more proud would have been if she had walked away with the Quidditch Cup. Something he could perhaps discuss with her later, but for now he was just beaming at her. "I find the song to be a perfectly logical fit given the circumstances," he chuckled. It WAS educational and a refresher of the things that they should know. "Songs regarding the moon will be used later. Perhaps even next term and I'll see about throwing some Monty Phython into the mix."

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

FAVORITE CLASS YUP.

Marigold was in a SUPER happy mood today cause ASTRO with the BEST TEACHER. She couldn't understand why some people thought Airey wasn't good, but she supposed older kids must have lost some common sense. She LOVED Airey, c'mon, he always had the best activities. So when Marigold skipped up to Airey to greet him, she was happy.

"Hi Professor!!!!!" He could practically SEE the happiness radiating off Marigold, RIGHT!!!

*toothy grin*

"Hello, Miss McAlistor," he smiled at the Hufflepuff. He appreciated the enthusiasm. Always good to see.

Airey checked his sundial watch - which once again was working - and looked back at the students sitting on their blankets. Yep, it was time to get started. So with a flick of his wand, he conjured up a levitating blackboard that stood between him and the fountain, blocking it from view. He then placed a few charms on the fountain itself to keep the sound of the water from being too much of a distraction. Students needed to be able to hear, yes?

"Hello, good afternoon, and welcome to another Astronomy, not to be confused with Astrology, lesson" he greeted the class. "We have spent the term discussing the largest star in our Solar System, the sun, and we will be wrapping that discussion up today with something really special. Previously we went over the layers of the sun and I would ask that we all sing the Layers of the Sun song together once as a refresher, but I am afraid that time is of the essence and we need to just jump right into things." He finally jumped off the edge of the fountain now, adjusted his tie, and took several steps forward. He pulled out of his breast pocket two pieces of white cardboard, which he held in his right hand, and then a small square piece of a silvery metallic paper-looking material for all to see. "Can anyone guess what these materials have to do with today's lesson?"

OOC: This lesson has officially started! Please do not post your character arriving now or else risk loss of house points for your house or some other punishment that Airey feels is appropriate. If you are joining us now, please just pretend as though your character has been here all along.

Kimothy · 11-21-2013, 01:40 PM

Kat stared the the cardboard and the silver metallic thing that Professor Flammy was holding. She knew the metallic material was aluminum foil, by the way. Her mum used them at home... well, her previous home since she had moved in with Elise. Then the white cardboards. Uhm... she wasn't sure. Like... at all, but she had something in mind. Something Daddy Hudson taught her before, when she was about seven years of age.

The Head Girl raised her hand. "Uhm... are we going to make something with those materials so that we can view the sun without really hurting our eyes, Professor?" Kat said. She was making sure, you know? Cos there were a lot of things you'd be able to make with two piece of cardboard and aluminum foil. But nothing else related to the sun.

Anyway, it was worth the shot.

Bazinga · 11-21-2013, 01:43 PM

Minerva watched as he jumped off the fountain. She couldn't help but chuckle to herself. As much as she was ready to be done she wasn't ready to be done either. Sighing she watched as he started the lesson. Tilting her head a bit as he pulled the material out. Cardboard.... shiny paper. What on earth was he up too. With Flamsteed it really didn't surprise her anything he was up to and as long as it didn't mean her getting another beard she was good with it.

Thinking about his question a moment she put her hand up, "Professor, Could you put the pieces together and using the shiny paper make a reflector for the sun?" Maybe they were going to make sun catcher or something. That could be fun and interesting. She pulled out her parchment to be ready to take notes on whatever it was.

TakemetotheBurrow · 11-21-2013, 02:16 PM

Airey-face was super happy and Ella approved so much. She also appreciated the congratulations so her smile widened a bit when the quidditch cup was mentioned. "Thank you, Professor." Really, really.

Now eyes were on the cardboard and tinfoil-looking stuff in the star man's hands. What could they be doing with those? Hmmm. Kat and Min had some good guesses and either one could be right so Ella had to put on her thinking cap to come up with something else. Maybe...a solar oven? The tin foil-stuff would probably get hot without burning but then again, they'd probably need a box rather than two random pieces of cardboard for that. Hm.

OH!

"Are we making one of those sun...or erm solar projector things?" That was possible, yeah? Cause like Min said, the foil stuff could be reflective and yeah, that could work.

DecemberMoon · 11-21-2013, 04:28 PM

Eliza returned the bright smile to her professor as she took her seat. She hoped he hadn't been sitting at the Gobstones matches and wondering where his singing/shouting/cheering partner was. She hadn't made it to as many matches as she'd wanted this year, and was feeling a little badly about it. But, here she was now, and she was proud of her housemates for all the excellent stone throwing, bouncing, and rolling they'd done.

She smiled at Min who sat on the ground next to her, and then eyed the materials Airey held in his hands. Looks like tin foil that Dad uses in his gadgets sometimes...and the white cardboard? Thick cardstock? Mounting for photos? Then she had an idea. "Professor, I think I've seen that heavy white cardboard used to reflect light before...at photoshoots? Maybe the silver...foil will be fastened to the cardboard to be extra reflective and sturdy? Like when muggle girls sit out and sunbathe with those silver boards pointed under their chins?" She'd never understood the desire to be tanner than you really were. Being pale was just fine with her.

DaniDiNardo · 11-21-2013, 05:54 PM

Alexa BEAMED at the Professor. He'd noticed how well both she and Kat had done. "Thanks Professor! It's was loads of fun wrestling the snargaluff. I'm working on getting one of my own."

Oh good. No ice-cream. Excellent. She couldn't deal with anyone else being under the influence of anything for the rest of this term. It was all too much. As she noted, there were no foreigners this time to ruin things and she also noticed a certain best friend sitting over theeeeere but you know, she'll say nothing about that. Not yet.

Lex watched curiously as the Professor pulled the items from his pocket. Honestly, she had no idea what they had to do with anything but that wouldn't stop her from guessing so her hand shot up. "I think we're gonna enlarge them, use diffindo to get them into shape, turn that metal into something else--I haven't worked out all the details yet, then we're gonna reenact the story of Icarus, 'cept I don't suppose you'll actually let us try flying toward the sun--that's it!! We can make the shiny stuff bigger too, yeah? Then it can be the sun and we can have one of those dramatizations. We might even be able to enact tragic deaths to emphasis the lack of practicality in such an act. I imagine it'd be quite the useful lesson, especially for the Firsties with big dreams." And a SUPER solemn nod.

This was happening. Mhm.

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