Mr? Why was he called mister? That was weird. "You can just call me Kyroh Sir." Also Kyroh raised his hand at the new question. He knew the reason exaaaactttly. " 'Cause Hades stole Zeus' daughter." It was a story he had read once. Yeah? And then after the mom of the girl was so sad her sadness created the seasons. Something like that. Right?

Kyroh had no idea how this had to do with the planets but oh well. He quickly began writing down all that was said before.

Why did they have seasons? Well... it obviously had something to do with the way the earth tilted towards the sun, since that was the answer everyone was giving. Was there even any point to his contributing? Mo frowned hard at his feet peeking out from the side of the desk, since he wasn't sitting properly in order to avoid falling over.

The desks were tilted. Like the planet.

"How do other planets have seasons if they aren't on a tilted axis, though?" Oh, oops... this wasn't Q&A time. Mo clapped a hand comically over his mouth and made apologetic eyes at the professor.

Marisol didn't know about the word "season", but she was pretty sure she knew about what this man was saying in English. Why did they have seasons? The brunette was sure she'd studied this in elementary school. Unfortunately, she mustn't have been paying attention. Now she was forced to just so she could pick up the new language, and she wasn't all that happy about it.

But she had an answer. "From spin of planet," she managed to say. Well, she could have said more detailed information, if she was speaking Spanish.

SPOILER!!: Reaction and response

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"Unless the macking you are doing is making macaroni and cheese, then I suggest we leave that term at the door," he said, eyes darting back and forth between the Ravenclaw and the Gryffindor. "And there will be NONE of that in my classroom either."

Looking around the classroom for more raised hands, and seeing none, he gave a quick glance towards the board and then returned his attention to the semi circle of desks.

"As you can see, you and your classmates share varied opinions on what season they deem their favorite. Now, some scientific studies suggest that this varied opinion is based on the evolution of humanity itself in which all knowledge and instinct passed down from our ancestors about surviving in different climates and how each of these climates is significant." Nice story. They could choose to believe that if they wanted to. "Seasons is a term that is thrown about quite a bit in language, as Mr. Odessa illustrated, and does not always associate with the four seasons of autumn, winter, spring, and fall."

But enough about that. On to the real meat of the matter.

"Every planet in our solar system has seasons and most have the same four seasons that we do here on earth. It should be noted, however, that the only real similarity between the planets' seasons is the name. On Saturn, for example, a season can last for 7 years and on Neptune more than 40 years whereas on Mercury you wouldn't even be able to tell when one season ends and the next begins." And no, Mr. Tempus. Pluto was not included in this thought because it was NOT a planet. "When it comes to the Earth, these four seasons are vital to life on Earth and they effect the way EVERYTHING grows. Now, as most of you indicated in your answer, the key difference between these seasons is a climate change. This is something that our ancient ancestors noticed as well. More specifically, they realized that there were four seasons that occurred every three moon cycles and that creates 12 months which makes one year!"

WASN'T THAT FASCINATING?! THEY DISCOVERED THIS! SIMPLY BY LOOKING UP! IT WAS BLOODY FASCINATING AND THE PROFESSOR WAS FLAPPING HIS ARMS WITH EXCITEMENT!

Ahem. Anyway. Back to getting into the real meat of the lesson here...oh...meat...food...NO! Teaching.

"Now, the reason why the Earth's seasons occur as they do, two reasons really, but I am looking for one in particular," he smirked as he lowered his top had a little more to one side and gave a knowing look at their desks. Since they all seemed to be having some issues with the quaffle being there, he might need to make a sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiight adjustment to how this lesson would be done today. Might be more entertaining for him with this new plan that was festering in his head anyway. Heh. "So." Serious game face time. "In four words or less, five if you must, who can tell me why the Earth has seasons?"

And in case they were not aware of it already, he had given them a very large hint already. Two very large hints really. Heh.

OOC: Whoops. I am actually AHEAD of schedule this time *GASP*

Class will resume in approximately 18 hours from the time of this post.

No, he hadn't said MAKING he said MACKING Professor...

O___O

"But I don't know what it means Professor...I'm sorry." He said quietly and nodding. Maybe he would just spend summer making mac and cheese now. That Ravenclaw girl got him in trouble.

The Gryffindor firstie sat still, pouting slightly as the rest of the kids answered and weren't scolded. Oh there was Kyroh! He wished he had seen him when he came in, he would have sat with him. And SEE he wasn't the only one who didn't know what MACKING was. Dima was proof of that. Oh but they could find out after class. He tried to get the boy's attention so they could all find out later.

Back to class though and something about raising your hands into the air and the planets having seasons. An older boy (Mo) mentioned something about AXES but he wasn't sure how chopping wood had anything to do with the seasons. "How about the planet has seasons because we are 'sometimes hot and sometimes cold'?"

It was TRUE.

Well, enough things died to make the season pleasantly depressing, and Adrienne had always enjoyed the crunch of dead leaves under her feet as she walked. But she wasn't about to argue the point; the last thing she wanted was points off in her very first lesson for talking back to the professor, and besides, the class had already moved on to much more interesting information. She scribbled down everything she could catch, ending up with an incredibly messy sheet but not losing anything important. She could always copy it down later, if she could still read it then, right?

Oooh, four words or less, that was tricky. "It has a... tilty axis," she said, counting out each word on her fingers as she said them. Well, that was five, but it was close enough. Adrienne was within the acceptable one-word margin of error, so she was okay.

Norah knew this one! Her dad would spend clear nights pointing up at the night sky and explaining the universe to her and her brothers when they would vacation in France every summer. This example stood clear in her mind because they had practiced their spinning until they became so dizzy they fell to the ground. She felt a twinge of sadness as she thought of her family at home. Nonetheless, she was so shocked to actually have an answer that she forgot to keep a firm hold on the seat when she waved her hand in the air. She stopped herself from slipping off the chair entirely by digging her heels into the ground as she answered, "Earth tilts while turning."

Four words or less to answer a question. Creative of Flamsteed. She liked that. It kept things interesting. Choosing her words carefully meant that there was more time to get the question right too, which was important. Hmmmm, how could she put the fact that the earth revolves around the sun on a tilt, meaning that in winter the sun wasn't near the earth and so on in four words or less? This would take a lot of omission. Which would mean taking out all of the and's, if's, the's and but's. Haha, taking out the butt. Okay, she needed to focus on this. Coming up with the answer made her feel like a cave woman back in the old days before all of this happened. Or at leas the television version of cave people. No one actually heard a caveman talk before, so they might have spoken Italian for all anybody knew. That would have been interesting. Italian speaking cave people. Anyway, focus.

"Earth rotate around sun." And to pull her point in, the girl made a turning motion with her finger. The blue eyed girl had pretty much said the same thing as everyone else. So, this creative exercise was a fail for her. Or more to say that she had failed the creative exercise. Well, it was fact. And how do you make fact creative, besides word games? That was a good question, was it not? How could reciting fact be creative if it was the same tidbit of fact that they had learned all of their lives? She would have to ask someone that later. Because it was stumping her.

Also, that quaffle on the desk that she had just noticed was hurtful. Reminding her that all of the work she had put in was for nothing. It had to be harder for people who actually PLAYED organized quidditch before, but it still really stunk to try for something all year and then have it not happen. Yeah, the second year was a little bitter. You could say that. The Ravenclaw didn't want to know what would happen next. Especially since last years issue started out small. Was EVERY year at Hogwarts like this? Because that would be messed up and kind of awesome.

He was taking points off? Oh well. It was only two she could so make those up again within this lesson even. He was still no fun though, banning her from giving hugs. "Yes professor," she said, to show that she'd taken in his words. She couldn't even argue this time that it wasn't a public display of affection.

Long sigh.

Ana brightened however when she took in what he'd actually said. He said no hugs in his classroom. He said nothing about hugs in other places around the school. Clearly he didn't mind it as much as he was making out. Although there really was no need to step away from her. Ana wasn't going to try to hug him again right now. Bright smile for you professor.

And OH, she and Terry had the same favourite season. They were so compatible and she got a nod from Flamsteed for her answer. See, she'd totally remake those points.

New question. Which lots of people were already answering. Seeing no reason to just copy what others were saying; that the reason for the seasons was because Earth was tilted on it's axis meaning the sun hit different spots at different times Ana simply took notes while waiting for the next question. One which she'd likely attempt to answer because this was her favourite subject.

He had given them hints. And they were very large hints. The circular arrangement and tilted seating was actually quite brilliant. But Cutty had expected as much from Professor Flamsteed and now even more so that he'd read some of his writings. The professor did something with his hat and Cutty felt drained. It was an easy answer and he sort of didn't trust that. There were many who'd given their answers before and apart from a cheap trick, there wouldn't be anything he thought he'd care to add to the conversation. He was being a bit of an antisocial snob tonight, apparently. And every night, really, but he just happened to be more transparent at this time.

He sighed inaudibly and waited for an opportune moment.

Gwen frowned. She wasn't stupid. She knew that there was a fourth of July in every place on Earth that used that calendar. The difference was, hers was a holiday. She'd said that. "I meant Independence Day, sir," she corrected herself, managing to keep a scowl off of her face. "Sometimes we just call it that because that's the date it falls on."

Which didn't really make sense, now that she thought about it. Christmas was hardly ever called 'The Twenty Fifth of December.' Still, it was the way it was often referred to.

Why the earth had seasons? That was science. Gwen knew that stuff. She counted on her fingers, trying to choose the perfect five words to describe it. It was pretty hard. It was a ten-word explanation at least.

Finally she raised her hand, a little more tentative with this answer than she had been for the last. Now that her first answer had been sort of mocked, she wasn't sure if she wanted to answer a second, but the thing was, not all of these kids had gone to muggle school. They might not even know all of that stupid science stuff Gwen had learned there. "The Earth's axis tilts."

That was why they had seasons. While the earth rotated around the sun on a tilted axis, they would always have seasons. Depending on which part of the Earth a person was on. That was also the reason the poles were always cold. They didn't get as much sunlight as other parts of the planet.

Declan was fascinated by the professor's lecture. Of course, he wouldn't let that show, though. Luckily, he was the master of poker faces. However, having gotten swept up in the excitement of SEASONS!, he had unintentionally retreated his leg and found himself sliding back off. Dec clawed at the desk as he sunk towards the ground, "AXIS. TILT. SUN. SOLSTICES." He blurted out going down.

It wasn't until he was slumped over on the ground, staring at everybody's awkward sitting, that he realized why the heck Flamsteed had these desks set this way. This man.

Layla had sat out that last question due to the maneuvering she was doing in her seat to find the best way to stay in it. But this one was so obvious that she would feel stupid if she sat it out. "The Earth's tilt." Specifically, the way the Earth tilted on it's axis. Those saying that the seasons occurred because of the Earth's spin got a sigh from her. Smart people knew that made the days not the seasons. Duh.

Sophie wasn't paying attention very well for once, too occupied with watching the others around her and their seemingly endless struggles to stay put on their tilted seats. She had found the perfect way to shift her weight and stay up well, so she was enjoying the entertainment of seeing the others who just kept sliding bit by bit and straightening themselves back out. She was listening enough to silently answer that her favorite season had been any one but winter, when the snow fell and kept her from her proper running routine, but Flamsteed didn't need to know that. He probably wouldn't have put a check mark by all three to compensate for her indecisiveness. Toby's answer had made her awfully happy, though, and... made her certain that summer was her official favorite now, too, thinking back to all the fun they had hanging out and terrorizing Fuller and Thompson.

Yeah. Summer was definitely the best.

West's answer of 'Quidditch season' made her a little mopey, then, and got her lost in thoughts of what could have been this term - the professor had gone on a rant, though, and Sophie tuned back into what he was saying early on enough in his spiel to learn something. A season could last for seven years on Saturn but more than forty years on Neptune? Merlin. That was no fun.

Oh. Question time, then, and everyone's hands went up so fast - well, Sophie'd just coast for a little while. Everyone had their own creative answers on the matter, most of them variations of the same thing. To show that she was paying attention now, though, and not get a look of why aren't you participating, Miss Brown? from Flamsteed, Sophie raised a lazy hand, laughter bubbling in her throat and a smile on her face to prepare him for her lighthearted answer, "Its inclination to be cool." Get it? Geeeeeeeeet it? Inclination? The Earth's tilt? Cool, like how the Earth was all sorts of rad, but also like how parts of the Earth were cooler dependent upon the Earth's tilt and the amount of sunlight the different hemispheres received?

...No? Probably just her? Okay.

Leah did not answer to the first question. She absolutely loved every seasons there were because they were just too beautiful and they all had their own benefits.

The professor looked VERY excited for some reason. Why does the earth have seasons? Why was everybody talking about the earth tilting and stuff? "Because all four seasons are beautiful." Obviously, duh.

GASP! He knew this one! More because he had been super bored at home and decided to look in some textbooks not that he was ever going to admit that out loud. This time, the Gryffindor did raise his hand in the air as he tried to balance on his chair. "Earth spins around the sun!" he said. "Or the sun spins around the Earth...i don't know..i don't care..." and he shrugged his shoulders.

Vinnie smiled at the professor as he gave her a thumbs up. Maybe Astronomy wasnt as bad as she thought. At least the professor seemed fun. She still didnt really know what the seasons had to do with the subject but it was fun.

Why did the earth have seasons? The answer seemed to simple to Vinnie that hshe couldnt properly form it. " The world spins around the sun, sometimes its closer sometimes its farther away.", she raised her hand and nodded while explaining her theory. That was more than five words...but oh well.

Okay so that probably hadn't been a good idea. Airing his family problems like that. Well they weren't actually problems, just Michael not liking his parents decisions of late.

Apparently though Professor Flamsteed had picked up on it and now he was offering to help him. Michael felt his face flush and he made a kind of sputtering noise before nodding his head. "Okay." He managed to get out. What could it hurt?

Maybe Airey could help.

But he would think about that later because class was moving on. Michael knew the answer but everyone else had already answered the question and it felt pointless to say the same thing.

He raised his hand anyway. "What. They. All. Said."

It was four words.

Lucy raised her wand and she said:"the phenomenon of the seasons is caused by the inclination of the Earth on its axis of rotation..When I was a child I tought that the seasons were created by the four fairies always fighting for the power who then have agreed to have the power to change the weather free months per head!"

"Oh....." Was all she could get out of her mouth. She rest of it came as an evil giggle or something to that effect. With a sheepish grin on her face she continued to listen to the rest of the lesson. Yep all of the planets had seasons too. Oh another question time.

She listened to all of the others answers. Well didn't everyone know there stuff. Minus the fact that the professor had said to answer in 4 or five words or less. This made her cross her eyes and shake her head. Really people were you not listening.

Even though nearly everyone had answered the question correctly. But she mostly wanted to see if she could get the answer out in less than three words. She raised her hand "Earth's Axis." Yes, two words best then you paragraph talkers. Two words. She was very pleased with herself.

CLEARLY macking wasn't something you were supposed to discuss in class by the Professor's reaction but REALLY, none of them knew what it actually meant. Maddie had made that pretty clear when she said 'whatever that means.' So getting all huffy and puffy about it was sort of LAME. They were just thirsty for knowledge, is all. PLUS it was the TRUTH. Maddie's brothers DID say they went out and macked in the Summer, specifically, so she couldn't be at fault for being truthful about her reasons for liking that season so much. Not sorry. Just like she wasn't sorry the Gryffindor boy was being a Pouty McPouterson about the whole thing. Big whoop, the Professor told you to make Mac and Cheese instead. An invitation to make delicious food, that was. The boy got a look that hopefully read 'Suck it up, kid.' It wasn't her fault he decided to jump in and repeat something she'd said without knowing what it meant. Dima got a look and a shrug too. Maybe they could look up what it meant later or something. YEAH! Or they could asked the badged boy from Ravenclaw. He seemed nice enough.

P.S. Maddie had no idea why the earth had seasons. Probably cause she didn't really care enough to go research it on her own. She was inclined to believe it had to do with tilting and the axis based on how many people had said that, though. Good to know. She sat up straighter and tried to get comfortable at her desk which was IMPOSSIBLE, waiting for them to move on.

Was that Gryffindor kid still pouty?

He hated to admit it (so he wouldn't out loud) but the things that Flamsteed was saying was kind of... interesting. He didn't know the other planets had the seasons, too. But he still didn't know the actual answer to the question, so he tried to use his common sense instead. Theo lifted his hand in the air but paused because he had to sum it up in four or five words... Errrrrrrrrrr...

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"Otherwise it's not fair."

Right. Not fair to have winter forever. Not fair to have summer forever. Balance and stuff. The other kids were talking about axis or something??? Theo genuinely didn't know what axis meant.

Airey couldn't help himself and smirked at the brief pause before hands went up. Yes, it was a challenge to concise one's answers down to such few words, but it was also a stellar mental exercise to get students really looking at the facts, the big picture, and pushing their understanding. He liked seeing the little wheels in their heads spinning.

Heh.

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In four words or less? Five if they must? But...but...

Sophie knew the answer, but trying to condense it into five words or less was the hard part. She sat there saying the answer over and over in head trying to figure out a different way of saying it.

She cautiously raised her hand. Why does the Earth have seasons? Because... "Axis...points...sun...or...away," she said. There. Five words. Did he get that? Was the answer in there somewhere? She eyed him but otherwise said nothing else. Word limit and all.

Sophie took these things literally.

Although it looked as though the challenge may have short circuited Miss Newell's brain. Oops.

Offering her an encouraging smile, because he was preeeeeeeetty sure he understood what she was trying to say, he tapped her desk twice with his knuckles. "I believe you are on the right track, Miss Newell."

Hopefully the coming explanation would confirm this.

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But four words? Why were they only allowed four words when he had just used the same amount a dictionary held? Where was the fairness in that? WHERE WAS IT? Whatever though. She had four words for 'fessor F. To change my wardrobe. Those were her four words. She didn't say them out loud because she was supposed to be a seventh year and give good educated answers that she knew was right. Or something like that.

The astronomer's initial reaction was to squint, say no, and then move on to the next raised hand, but he was in an especially giddy mood this evening so he found the prefect's response...amusing and decided to throw some dry humor right back at her.

"Of course," he chuckled. "The Sun and Earth converse with one another on a daily basis to ensure that you get the most use out of what surely must be an extensive wardrobe. Congratulations, Miss Robertser, you have discovered the answer to the universe."

Wink.

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Hope shifted to raise her hand in the chair shook a little which caused her to squeak. "Errr...." What was the question? Ah yes....why is there seasons! "The Earth is WONKY!" Squeak! Yes! Four WORDS! Not a very scientific answer...but it met the word limit! "Kind of like this chair." Her hand had remained in the air and she shifted letting out another squeak. Could he please fix her chair...she really was beginning to panic a bit.

More chuckling. Definitely more chuckling. At least someone had made the connection between the chairs and his question. It HAD been the entire point, and a rather inspired one if he said so himself.

"In laymen's terms, I suppose that is one way to describe it," he mused before moving on to the next raised hand.

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Back to class though and something about raising your hands into the air and the planets having seasons. An older boy (Mo) mentioned something about AXES but he wasn't sure how chopping wood had anything to do with the seasons. "How about the planet has seasons because we are 'sometimes hot and sometimes cold'?"

It was TRUE.

Ignoooooooooooring the macking bit of the boy's answer, he instead focused on the latter part and.................got confused and for whatever reason suddenly imagined the entire population of the world putting on sunglasses when they wanted it to be winter. Sunglasses apparently made people look cool, you know?

"Not....exactly..." he blinked at the Gryffindor before moving on. Yeah, not sure how to field that one.

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Oh. Question time, then, and everyone's hands went up so fast - well, Sophie'd just coast for a little while. Everyone had their own creative answers on the matter, most of them variations of the same thing. To show that she was paying attention now, though, and not get a look of why aren't you participating, Miss Brown? from Flamsteed, Sophie raised a lazy hand, laughter bubbling in her throat and a smile on her face to prepare him for her lighthearted answer, "Its inclination to be cool." Get it? Geeeeeeeeet it? Inclination? The Earth's tilt? Cool, like how the Earth was all sorts of rad, but also like how parts of the Earth were cooler dependent upon the Earth's tilt and the amount of sunlight the different hemispheres received?

...No? Probably just her? Okay.

This response, well, he knew how to field this one. Or he hoped he did because Miss Brown's witty humor had him in a fit of manly giggles. "That was a stellar one, Miss Brown," he salutes. "You may be giving Mr. Barrington a run for his galleon with your wit."

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Leah did not answer to the first question. She absolutely loved every seasons there were because they were just too beautiful and they all had their own benefits.

The professor looked VERY excited for some reason. Why does the earth have seasons? Why was everybody talking about the earth tilting and stuff? "Because all four seasons are beautiful." Obviously, duh.

"And let us hope they stay that way," he nodded. That was an entirely different field of study, humanity's impact on the environment, and one that was a rather unpleasant one.

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"Otherwise it's not fair."

Right. Not fair to have winter forever. Not fair to have summer forever. Balance and stuff. The other kids were talking about axis or something??? Theo genuinely didn't know what axis meant.

Airey chuckled. "If only the universe were so accommodating."

SPOILER!!: the quiet peeps :3

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Nigel listened to all the different answers because some were amusing. Like the first years talking about macking and Flamsteed getting awkward. Imagine him planking in the middle of class. and other hit sour spots. Like West's clever answer.

The Seventh Year listened on and zoned out as he talked seasons on different planets. It was mostly interesting. Uh Four/Five words or less. Now that is an interesting challenge....game thing. He wished some of the answers were clever and funny. Like to to change my clothes or something. Nigel probably would have said To change your suit. That sounded better.

But he was to preoccupied with puns. He was writing random ones on his parchemnt. For example. Whiteboards are remarkable and Its hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs, they always take things literally.

But his favorite one he had written down so far was How does NASA organize a birthday party?....They planet.

Classic.

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He was taking points off? Oh well. It was only two she could so make those up again within this lesson even. He was still no fun though, banning her from giving hugs. "Yes professor," she said, to show that she'd taken in his words. She couldn't even argue this time that it wasn't a public display of affection.

Long sigh.

Ana brightened however when she took in what he'd actually said. He said no hugs in his classroom. He said nothing about hugs in other places around the school. Clearly he didn't mind it as much as he was making out. Although there really was no need to step away from her. Ana wasn't going to try to hug him again right now. Bright smile for you professor.

And OH, she and Terry had the same favourite season. They were so compatible and she got a nod from Flamsteed for her answer. See, she'd totally remake those points.

New question. Which lots of people were already answering. Seeing no reason to just copy what others were saying; that the reason for the seasons was because Earth was tilted on it's axis meaning the sun hit different spots at different times Ana simply took notes while waiting for the next question. One which she'd likely attempt to answer because this was her favourite subject.

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He had given them hints. And they were very large hints. The circular arrangement and tilted seating was actually quite brilliant. But Cutty had expected as much from Professor Flamsteed and now even more so that he'd read some of his writings. The professor did something with his hat and Cutty felt drained. It was an easy answer and he sort of didn't trust that. There were many who'd given their answers before and apart from a cheap trick, there wouldn't be anything he thought he'd care to add to the conversation. He was being a bit of an antisocial snob tonight, apparently. And every night, really, but he just happened to be more transparent at this time.

He sighed inaudibly and waited for an opportune moment.

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CLEARLY macking wasn't something you were supposed to discuss in class by the Professor's reaction but REALLY, none of them knew what it actually meant. Maddie had made that pretty clear when she said 'whatever that means.' So getting all huffy and puffy about it was sort of LAME. They were just thirsty for knowledge, is all. PLUS it was the TRUTH. Maddie's brothers DID say they went out and macked in the Summer, specifically, so she couldn't be at fault for being truthful about her reasons for liking that season so much. Not sorry. Just like she wasn't sorry the Gryffindor boy was being a Pouty McPouterson about the whole thing. Big whoop, the Professor told you to make Mac and Cheese instead. An invitation to make delicious food, that was. The boy got a look that hopefully read 'Suck it up, kid.' It wasn't her fault he decided to jump in and repeat something she'd said without knowing what it meant. Dima got a look and a shrug too. Maybe they could look up what it meant later or something. YEAH! Or they could asked the badged boy from Ravenclaw. He seemed nice enough.

P.S. Maddie had no idea why the earth had seasons. Probably cause she didn't really care enough to go research it on her own. She was inclined to believe it had to do with tilting and the axis based on how many people had said that, though. Good to know. She sat up straighter and tried to get comfortable at her desk which was IMPOSSIBLE, waiting for them to move on.

Was that Gryffindor kid still pouty?

Giving small nods to those choosing to remain silent, he couldn't help but wonder just what Mr. Barrington was writing down on his parchment and took a small peek. "Planet," he snort!chuckled before giving the prefect two firm pats on the shoulder. That WAS a good one. The fact that Miss Konstantinova remained quiet was a little unsettling. Hopefully she wasn't too upset about the small point loss. The astronomer just really valued his personal space...

An eyebrow raise toward Mr. Mordaunt happened. Keeping TWO eyes on you, good sir. And thankfully Miss Cooper had dropped the macking subject. Yes. Thank you.

Go ask a prefect after class please. Yes.

SPOILER!!: Earth’s orbit answers

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The answers continued to be quite varied but truly it was an opinion question and everyone was entitled to their own. Watching the tally going on the board under each of the seasons, the boy almost missed the slip into the next frame of thought brought up by Flamsteed. Benny knew this though the stipulation on the answer threw him and the third year tried to process it, finally raising his hand.

"Because of the earth's orbit." That was five which was an option and the only way Ben could think of wording it. During the course of the year and the path of its orbit around the sun, the earth was closer or further away from the star and thus warmer or cooler which helped create the seasons.

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Four words or less? Well... what, no... why? Toby LIKED USING WORDS.

He scrunched up his nose slightly and sat and thought for a moment, trying to force himself not to ramble in his head. Gosh. It was hard to like, not talk a lot. Or give both answers. Toby did pick one though, and mentally chopped little bits of the answer off until he was left with what he hoped was the bare bones of it.

"Distance. From the sun."

Four words.

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Silas watched the obviously mad professor, blank faced... weirdo. This McLaggen knew how to smile and nod, though. So that he did.

When the guy had finished his spiel Silas raised his hand and nodded. " Fair enough. And the Mister is not necessary either. Silas will do just fine. And to answeryour question: Earth rotates around sun. "

Maybe that answer would do... he thought Astronomy was rubbish, but his mum INSISTED he take it. Blah.

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FIVE words? WHAT in Merlin's trousers was the point of that other than to annoy all of them? Caleb's eyebrows wrinkled under his long hair in annoyance. Ok, so the reason they had seasons, in FIVE words or less...ugh...

Finally he thought he had an answer and he raised his hand. "The Earth circles the sun," he said. That wasn't enough to give a FULL answer though, much to his annoyance. He didn't even get to talk about the axis and stuff. That was the REAL reason, but he figured Flamsteed would get the gist of what he meant. Yeah?

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Professor called her inclusive. Marigold went all beamy on him before listening to his next question. Well, it had to happen because of earth's axis and orbit and the sub, but she had to say it in four or five words? Harsh, star man. She raised her hands and used her other hand to count the words on her fingers. "The earth - wait no, take back the 'the'. Earth spins around itself/sun." He totally wouldn't count the slash as a word, yeah?

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Originally Posted by carpediem

Four words or less to answer a question. Creative of Flamsteed. She liked that. It kept things interesting. Choosing her words carefully meant that there was more time to get the question right too, which was important. Hmmmm, how could she put the fact that the earth revolves around the sun on a tilt, meaning that in winter the sun wasn't near the earth and so on in four words or less? This would take a lot of omission. Which would mean taking out all of the and's, if's, the's and but's. Haha, taking out the butt. Okay, she needed to focus on this. Coming up with the answer made her feel like a cave woman back in the old days before all of this happened. Or at leas the television version of cave people. No one actually heard a caveman talk before, so they might have spoken Italian for all anybody knew. That would have been interesting. Italian speaking cave people. Anyway, focus.

"Earth rotate around sun." And to pull her point in, the girl made a turning motion with her finger. The blue eyed girl had pretty much said the same thing as everyone else. So, this creative exercise was a fail for her. Or more to say that she had failed the creative exercise. Well, it was fact. And how do you make fact creative, besides word games? That was a good question, was it not? How could reciting fact be creative if it was the same tidbit of fact that they had learned all of their lives? She would have to ask someone that later. Because it was stumping her.

Also, that quaffle on the desk that she had just noticed was hurtful. Reminding her that all of the work she had put in was for nothing. It had to be harder for people who actually PLAYED organized quidditch before, but it still really stunk to try for something all year and then have it not happen. Yeah, the second year was a little bitter. You could say that. The Ravenclaw didn't want to know what would happen next. Especially since last years issue started out small. Was EVERY year at Hogwarts like this? Because that would be messed up and kind of awesome.

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

GASP! He knew this one! More because he had been super bored at home and decided to look in some textbooks not that he was ever going to admit that out loud. This time, the Gryffindor did raise his hand in the air as he tried to balance on his chair. "Earth spins around the sun!" he said. "Or the sun spins around the Earth...i don't know..i don't care..." and he shrugged his shoulders.

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Originally Posted by Lauralicious

Vinnie smiled at the professor as he gave her a thumbs up. Maybe Astronomy wasnt as bad as she thought. At least the professor seemed fun. She still didnt really know what the seasons had to do with the subject but it was fun.

Why did the earth have seasons? The answer seemed to simple to Vinnie that hshe couldnt properly form it. " The world spins around the sun, sometimes its closer sometimes its farther away.", she raised her hand and nodded while explaining her theory. That was more than five words...but oh well.

Ah yes, he had been expecting this answer to come up and while not entirely incorrect, because it obviously was a piece of the puzzle, it just wasn't THE piece. "You are not wrong in saying that the Earth's orbit around the Sun plays a role in the creation of the seasons, for without its slightly elliptical orbit it would always be the same season on either hemisphere, there is something else that plays a bigger role," he began, making sure to make eye contact with each student who had offered up an answer. "Likewise, it is a common misconception that the Earth is closer to the Sun in the summer and that is why it is hotter and the opposite is true for winter. This, however, is a very incorrect assumption. Ironically enough, in the Northern Hemisphere we experience winter when Earth is closest to the Sun and summer when it is farthest away."

How was THAT for some interesting Astronomy factoids to owl home about?!

"The Earth's orbit plays a greater role in the length of each season," he continued as he gave his wand a flick towards the board to make a diagram appear.

SPOILER!!: or click here for the diagram

image credit to Environmental News and Information | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Even MORE interesting factoids to owl home about, yeah? YEAH!

SPOILER!!: Earth is spinning answers

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Originally Posted by Gabben

*With a hand shooting into the air Romulus let out his answer with a big smile. He had just read a book about space and the planets over the summer holidays. What luck that I read that book! He thought to himself.*
"Earth spins on an axis."
*Four words or less? Well that didn't happen. He could have gone on for a good hour about why the Earth had seasons.*

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Originally Posted by HogwartsStudent11

Marisol didn't know about the word "season", but she was pretty sure she knew about what this man was saying in English. Why did they have seasons? The brunette was sure she'd studied this in elementary school. Unfortunately, she mustn't have been paying attention. Now she was forced to just so she could pick up the new language, and she wasn't all that happy about it.

But she had an answer. "From spin of planet," she managed to say. Well, she could have said more detailed information, if she was speaking Spanish.

"The spin of Earth on it's axis is also important, but for a very different reason," he nodded. "In fact, this spin creates weather, sunrises, sunsets, and a plethora of other important things to life on Earth. While also being a piece to the greater puzzle that is the seasons." But just not THE piece.

SPOILER!!: TILT!

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

See? Even Professor agreed agreed with him on snow ball fights. Adi vaguely wondered if he threw some snowballs at the man one fine winter day without him knowing, how he would react. Hehe.

Adi was particularly fascinated at how long the seasons lasted on some planets. Couldn't they have so many years of winter on Earth, too? What fun that would be but unfortunately they all needed the sun to survive.

Okay, next question. Hadn't he heard this question before? Maybe it was on one of those many space shows he watched with his dad. The Puffer boy thought of his answer carefully before raising his hand. "Earth's axis is tilted, Professor.'' Four words. Okay five if you counted "Professor".

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Cris raised his hand after the other student shared his answer and provided his own.

"The earth axis is tilted," he wanted to say more but oh well.

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Originally Posted by Star-Lord

Jun raised his hand again.

"A tilted axis," Simple. And to also took twelve months for the Earth to do so. Is that why the quaffle and lamp was needed? The lamp must be the sun and the quaffle the earth.

Light bulb.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

A 40 year long season? 40 years of suffering in the subarctic temperatures of winter, no thanks! Okay subarctic is a bit of an exaggeration, but still 40 whole years?!? No wonder life on Neptune hasn't been discovered yet. Who in there right mind would want to stay on a planet with a 40 year winter. Or summer for that matter. Ugh. That sounds awful.

As for the next question, Zander wasn't completely sure, but being adventurous he might as well give it a go. "Because the Earth is tilted! That was five? Oh- "Professor, Sir"- he added as an after thought. Zander's cheeks flushed pink and he slid slightly further down in his chair once more. Astronomy was actually kind of fun, but this Professor was having way too much fun.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Furiously jotting down notes, Lux tried to keep up with everything that Professor Flamsteed was teaching them. This man was so excitable; he was even flapping his arms. SNORT.

Raising her hand, she tried to answer the question in five words: "Earth has a tilted axis." That had to be it.

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Originally Posted by JennMarie

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He knew this one!!! this was an easy one if they were just talking about seasons and the earth's rotation. The gryffindor has read plenty of books on the subject and knew an interesting handful on information on the subject. Keeping his balance in check he reached out for his things as they began to slide slowly off his desk, whoops he supposed he should focus on his balance some.

His hand shooting in the air he tried to think of four or five words......... why the limit, professor!? ugh. "earth's spinning axis thing tilted." he indicated by pointing at the professors hat which he had tilted and Ohh that's what the line on the quaffle was huh? the earth's spin axis? was it!? was the quaffle a planet now? where they planets.. orr.. their desks? he wanted to know. why the exaggerated demonstration with the tilted desks and chairs?
he liked class.

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Originally Posted by Mordred

“Weeeeell, I really wouldn’t consider it rain professor…” Ethan scratched his head and pondered whether he should debate his answer…but then again…SKATEBOARD. The third year shifted in his seat, tilting to another side as he beamed at the professor. “You should try it, Professor! I can teach you to ride it if you want.” Nods for you, Astronomy guy.

Now on to the next question. What causes seasons? Ethan pondered on this as he shifted his weight from side to side, causing him to tilt in different directions.

Oh heeey. Ethan counted with his fingers and raised his hand.

“The.Earth’s.Tilt.Causes.Seasons.” Five words right there! Hopefully he got the answer right, and not just the word count. Heh.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

He hand't been hiding from her, that was good to know. Wobbling a bit in her chair Beverly nodded to him in response with another small grin. Summer had been nice to her...well, the first half. And that was all that really mattered.

Listening intently to everything professor Airey said (when didn't she), Beverly jotted down what she thought the important points were. It only took a moment to word her answer for the question asked. She raised her hand.

"Axis tilt." Two words. Did she win?

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

OK, question two was going to be a challenge. Why the earth has seasons in four words or less? Jasmine had to think about this one for a minute. Listening to the answers given by her classmates, she finally came up with her answer. Raising her hand tentatively, Jasmine offered her guess. " Poles tilt toward sun." There she took a shot at it. Now they all had to wait for the correct answer to be revealed.

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Originally Posted by aaetha

Well, enough things died to make the season pleasantly depressing, and Adrienne had always enjoyed the crunch of dead leaves under her feet as she walked. But she wasn't about to argue the point; the last thing she wanted was points off in her very first lesson for talking back to the professor, and besides, the class had already moved on to much more interesting information. She scribbled down everything she could catch, ending up with an incredibly messy sheet but not losing anything important. She could always copy it down later, if she could still read it then, right?

Oooh, four words or less, that was tricky. "It has a... tilty axis," she said, counting out each word on her fingers as she said them. Well, that was five, but it was close enough. Adrienne was within the acceptable one-word margin of error, so she was okay.

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Originally Posted by Presley Black

Gwen frowned. She wasn't stupid. She knew that there was a fourth of July in every place on Earth that used that calendar. The difference was, hers was a holiday. She'd said that. "I meant Independence Day, sir," she corrected herself, managing to keep a scowl off of her face. "Sometimes we just call it that because that's the date it falls on."

Which didn't really make sense, now that she thought about it. Christmas was hardly ever called 'The Twenty Fifth of December.' Still, it was the way it was often referred to.

Why the earth had seasons? That was science. Gwen knew that stuff. She counted on her fingers, trying to choose the perfect five words to describe it. It was pretty hard. It was a ten-word explanation at least.

Finally she raised her hand, a little more tentative with this answer than she had been for the last. Now that her first answer had been sort of mocked, she wasn't sure if she wanted to answer a second, but the thing was, not all of these kids had gone to muggle school. They might not even know all of that stupid science stuff Gwen had learned there. "The Earth's axis tilts."

That was why they had seasons. While the earth rotated around the sun on a tilted axis, they would always have seasons. Depending on which part of the Earth a person was on. That was also the reason the poles were always cold. They didn't get as much sunlight as other parts of the planet.

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Norah knew this one! Her dad would spend clear nights pointing up at the night sky and explaining the universe to her and her brothers when they would vacation in France every summer. This example stood clear in her mind because they had practiced their spinning until they became so dizzy they fell to the ground. She felt a twinge of sadness as she thought of her family at home. Nonetheless, she was so shocked to actually have an answer that she forgot to keep a firm hold on the seat when she waved her hand in the air. She stopped herself from slipping off the chair entirely by digging her heels into the ground as she answered, "Earth tilts while turning."

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Declan was fascinated by the professor's lecture. Of course, he wouldn't let that show, though. Luckily, he was the master of poker faces. However, having gotten swept up in the excitement of SEASONS!, he had unintentionally retreated his leg and found himself sliding back off. Dec clawed at the desk as he sunk towards the ground, "AXIS. TILT. SUN. SOLSTICES." He blurted out going down.

It wasn't until he was slumped over on the ground, staring at everybody's awkward sitting, that he realized why the heck Flamsteed had these desks set this way. This man.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Layla had sat out that last question due to the maneuvering she was doing in her seat to find the best way to stay in it. But this one was so obvious that she would feel stupid if she sat it out. "The Earth's tilt." Specifically, the way the Earth tilted on it's axis. Those saying that the seasons occurred because of the Earth's spin got a sigh from her. Smart people knew that made the days not the seasons. Duh.

SPOILER!!: Saraie

Even though nearly everyone had answered the question correctly. But she mostly wanted to see if she could get the answer out in less than three words. She raised her hand "Earth's Axis." Yes, two words best then you paragraph talkers. Two words. She was very pleased with herself.

And speaking of sunrises and sunsets....

"SUNRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE SUNSET," he sang as he leaped up onto Mr. Reham's desk first before making his way along Mr. Strand's desk, and then Mr. Kim's. "SUNRIIIIIIIIIISE SUNSET!" Stilling singing and leaping his way to Mr. Adair, Miss Carrington, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Mordaunt's desks. "SWIFTLY FLOW THE YEEEEEEEEEEEEEARS!"　On to Miss Wayne, Miss Guidry, Miss Colbert, and Miss Kittredge's desks now. "ONE SEASON FOLLOWING ANOOOOOOOOOOOOTHEEEEEEEEER!" Now slowly leaping his way across Miss Jensen, Mr. Hazelwood, and Miss Channing-Sands' desks. "BECAUSE OF PLANETS....ON A TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILT!" he concluded as he stood triumphantly on Miss Bayless' desk, both arms up in the like actors tended to do at the end of a big musical number in the theater.

SPOILER!!: too many words people :3

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Originally Posted by Unalii

Melek glanced at the professor and raised her hand, "Professor, it is because the earth is tilted on its axis as well as revolves around the sun, spinning and leaning... which is also why the two hemispheres have the opposite seasons at one moment, no?" She sighed, just wanting to go to bed. Mel eyed the professor then eyed her desk, debating on trying to sleep during the class but didnt want to risk losing points like she did last year but at least last year, it was because of a stupid professor.

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Originally Posted by Grrr..Meow

Bay smiled as the Professor wrote down Spring, now came another question why did we have seasons, he took a few minutes to think about it before he answered.

Finally raising his hand he said "Professor, does it have to do where we are in earths rotation around the sun?" that could be a possibility right? he wasn't too sure but it was worth saying something then nothing at all.

SPOILER!!: Chiara

Lucy raised her wand and she said:"the phenomenon of the seasons is caused by the inclination of the Earth on its axis of rotation..When I was a child I tought that the seasons were created by the four fairies always fighting for the power who then have agreed to have the power to change the weather free months per head!"

Lowering his arms, but still very much standing on the Gryffindor's desk, he looked to the students who had just spoke and smirked. "Five words or less," he replied, tapping his nose with his index finger.

Although he did find the story about fairies Miss Petersfield told to be amusing and definitely gave him an idea for a homework assignment. Kudos to you, young lady!

And he should get down now yes? Yes.

10 point landing to the professor! WOOT!

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Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles

Mr? Why was he called mister? That was weird. "You can just call me Kyroh Sir." Also Kyroh raised his hand at the new question. He knew the reason exaaaactttly. " 'Cause Hades stole Zeus' daughter." It was a story he had read once. Yeah? And then after the mom of the girl was so sad her sadness created the seasons. Something like that. Right?

Kyroh had no idea how this had to do with the planets but oh well. He quickly began writing down all that was said before.

Could...but wouldn't. At least not in the classroom. So he gave Mr. Kyroh a small nod before hearing his answer.

"VERY interesting that you bring that story up," he applauded. Three claps, by the way. "Before the ancients were able to rely on more scientific methods to explain the natural world, they created myths to explain how world and humankind assumed their present form. It wasn't until around 480 BCE that a Greek philosopher by the name of Oenopides became the first to calculate the degree of the Earth's tilt."

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Why did they have seasons? Well... it obviously had something to do with the way the earth tilted towards the sun, since that was the answer everyone was giving. Was there even any point to his contributing? Mo frowned hard at his feet peeking out from the side of the desk, since he wasn't sitting properly in order to avoid falling over.

The desks were tilted. Like the planet.

"How do other planets have seasons if they aren't on a tilted axis, though?" Oh, oops... this wasn't Q&A time. Mo clapped a hand comically over his mouth and made apologetic eyes at the professor.

Airey grinned at Mr. Branxton. "That is an excellent question, Mr. Branxton, but you may be surprised to hear that other planets DO in fact possess a tilt. In fact, Mars, Saturn and Neptune all have a tilt roughly the same angle as Earth’s, so they experience a similar cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The difference is that these seasons last a much longer time." As he had mentioned earlier with a season on Neptune lasting 40 some years! "Uranus is also on a tilt, but its angle is much more severe than other planets, so the planet experiences much more extreme seasons. Jupiter, Venus and Mercury, on the other hand, have nearly no tilt at all and therefore do not experience noticeable changes from season to season."

A demonstration here in just another minute or two should help demonstrate this a little better.

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Originally Posted by Tegz

Five if he must? He must. West put his hand up. "Tilted rotation effects exposure duration." One. Two. Three. Four. Five. And it rhymed. Just for you, Flammy.

AND SOME DRAMATIC FINGER POINTING AND CRAZY!MAN GRINNING TOWARDS YOU MR. ODESSA!

"STELLAR!" he cheered. "Did you all hear Mr. Odessa just now? Consider his words to be our mantra for remembering just what causes the seasons. Take two points, Mr. Odessa."

Should put that to some music. Hmmmm...

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Originally Posted by Mell

But he would think about that later because class was moving on. Michael knew the answer but everyone else had already answered the question and it felt pointless to say the same thing.

He raised his hand anyway. "What. They. All. Said."

It was four words.

CHUCKLE!SNORT!

"You never cease to amuse me, Mr. Toussaint," he laughed.

Seeing that there were no other hands raised, Airey adjusted his tie that had gone a bit collywobbles during his leaping - which had taken great skill, by the way, considering how wobbly they were. He had practiced. Seriously. He had.

Heading back to his desk, Airey tapped the lamp with his wand to turn it on and flooded the room with a bright but welcoming light. He then picked up the quaffle and held it out...and then got awkward. "I must appologize for use of this. I had not predicted that its presence would make so many of you uncomfortable." Disclaimer. Sorry. He thought that something familiar and something students were passionate about would be welcoming. "Image that this quaffle here is the Earth and that this black line here is the equator. Our lamp over here shall represent the Sun." He then enchanted the quaffle to float in the air and guided it with a few fluid wand movements. "Now, imagine an line going right through the quaffle, from top to bottom. This imaginary line is called the axis and this is what the Earth spins on," he continued as he charmed the quaffle to spin slowly around in place.

"Now, the Earth's axis does not stand up perfectly straight like it is now, but rather at a 23 and a half degree tilt and the Earth remains at this tile for the entire year in space. That's all 365 and ¼ days," he explained as he charmed the quaffle's position to reflect this. "Now, the amount of light hitting the quaffle has not lessened any, but rather the dispensation of it has. The bit that is tilted towards the Sun is receiving more of the light, so this tilt towards the Sun is what causes summer. The lower part of the quaffle, as you can see, is not receiving the light directly, but at an angle, so this tilt away from the Sun is what causes winter."

With another wave of his wand, he sent the Earth!quaffle on its way to orbit the lamp.

"SUNRIIIIIIISE SUNSET SUNRIIIIIISE SUNSET...THIS IS KIND OF WEEEEEEEEEIRD ... IT IS A DIFFERENT SEEEEEEEEEASOOOOOOON ... IN THE EARTH’S OTHER HEMISPHERE."

Alright, that didn't flow as smoothly off the tongue. NO MATTER!

Flicking his wand towards the board to show another diagram for reference while the quaffle continues to act all Earth-like.

SPOILER!!: click for image ^___^

Source: NASA's Space Place :: Home :: NASA's The Space Place

"Now, the answer to this question has already been alluded to, but just humor me for a moment. We associate the summer with being hot and winter with being cold. Looking again at our crude example of the Earth orbiting the Sun, can anyone tell me why this happens? Why does the fact that the Earth is tilted on its axis matter to our weather? Please try to keep your answers as concise as possible, but you are certainly allowed more than 5 words this time around."

OOC: class will resume sometime tomorrow GMT somewhere between 12 to 16 hours from the time of this post hopefully <3

Singing and dancing? Could they do a musical themed astronomy lesson at some point? Because that would be funsies. Not that Astronomy lessons weren't always interesting, and was it just Ana or Flamsteed looking at her like he was concerned? It was probably just her...

Ana raised her hand hesitantly to answer the question, afraid of getting it wrong because the answer seemed a bit too obvious. Even though he'd said it was already alluded too. "Because the tilt of the axis affects where sun rays hit? So while we experience Summer, because the rays are hitting the Northern Hemisphere directly the Southern Hemisphere will experience Winter because they are getting indirect rays..." Yeah, she wasn't so sure on that explanation, but from looking at the diagram, and what they'd been talking about before she'd say she was at least on the right track. Hopefully. Nevertheless she took to writing down other peoples answers as well.

Could it be that she was already in trouble without ever intending to be? She gave the professor her sad puppy dog eyes that always seemed to work so well on her dad, and not so much on her mum. "I'm so sorry professor. I was just so excited about your lesson that I didn't manage to get much sleep fantasizing about it, and then on my way here the staircases decided to move..." she was just a baby lion after all. She did a quick "Meow" as if to remind him of that point. "...and I apologize and promise that it will never happen again." She really hoped her charm would work in her favor.

Hoping that it would be the end to that discussion she listened to the next question and her hand shot into the air. "Because you can't have a hot Christmas, that would be weird." Oh, she wasn't done with her explanation just yet. "Of course you can't just give Christmas special treatment because then 4th of July would be over here like... Hey, it would be weird if it wasn't hot for us because who shoots fireworks and bbq's in cold weather? So to be fair to everybody the seasons change to suit holidays." she remembered that her teachers in her primary school told her all about that American holiday. Mmmm... BBQ, and what was the question again?

Apparently she had been yapping so long that the professor had moved on and she was unaware of it. Blink. Blink. That was okay she always had plenty to say. She thought about the question and didn't really know why that was. She answered with the first thing that popped into her head. Once again her hand zoomed into the air because there was a guy that said something about head warmth that made her brain start thinking. "You know how like your feet always seem to be freezing and your head is always warm? Well, maybe that is what it means if you think about the earth as a human... just adding on to what that guy what saying." she said while pointing to the guy who she did not know the name to. Oh man, this professor was cool and she wanted in on the action. "Can I dance and jump on tables too?" Cause she so would in case he ever needed her to or anything.


OOC: Sorry about that. My charrie tends to lag sometimes.

Whoops. Oh well, Ezra thought his answer had made sense but after hearing some of the other kids answers and then the Professor's CRAZY INTERESTING DANCE AND SONG NUMBER WHILE JUMPING ON DESKS he thought he was starting to get this whole axis thing. A little bit.

Could they all jump up on the desks?

No, they were starting a demonstration. The first year looked at the Quaffle as it floated around the lamp tilted. It reminded him of something so he raised his hand. "Professor! Because the quaffle or planet is tilted with sometimes the lower half angled closer to the sun and sometimes the top part doesn't that make it heat up faster or slower? Kinda like putting a part of your body close to the fire for warmth but just because your leaned in and your back's all toasty doesn't mean your head is as warm?" Something like that, yeah??