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"That list looks good." He was veeeery smart. Useful person to work with really! "Oh yeah, I wonder what it'd be like stargazing from Mercury? Would they look much different? Does Mercury have clouds?? Or would it always be clear and lovely?" |
SPOILER!!: Junebug! POSTERS! Even though that revelation actually made sense and had been expected actually, what with all the art supplies in the room and the whole 'getting in a group and choosing a planet' thing, Abey was still flooded with relief that they would be getting CREATIVE and not just sitting and writing and reading things. It was always a worry when it came to Astronomy, because he didn't really know how practical the lessons could get. But APPARENTLY they used to be really super fun and even include spells. Either way, spells or posters were fine with Abraham Botros Jr. Just PLEEEEASE no boring plain old no-art no-magic only-writing-down-theory lessons (ever). Anyways. Junia was already ON THE CASE and talking a lot of sense actually. Like noting down the colours! For the artwork! AND ABEY GOT TO CHOOSE THE SUPPLIES! "Okay!" he chirped at once, immediately abandoning his half-hearted attempt to reach for his bag to get out his textbook. And then, in the blink of an eye, he had slid down from the chair and under the table again, only to appear back on his feet again on the other side. Before hurrying off, he pointed at the picture of the solar system on the desk. Saturn in particular, because obviously actually. "I'm going to get lots of yellows, and beiges, and golds, and maybe some browns, because it's kind of almost like it's in a sepia tone, don't you think?" That was a question actually posed to Junia, but Abey gave her no time to respond. "And actually I see blues and greys in here, too, do you see them? And just the palest shade of periwinkle, do you see?" He seemed not to notice having slipped right back into Arabic for the tail-end of that, for instead of acknowledging it, Abey just flashed Junia a bright smile and, without further ado, actually headed off to get some supplies actually. And he returned a few minutes later, positively laden with THINGS. "I made sure to get all those colours and everything, but there was so much choice I decided to get something in every colour, just in case!" Cue the big toothy grin. "And some black poster paper in case you wanted to make the background like space. I think that's what everyone is going to do. But WHAT if we made our poster like a GINOURMOUS Saturn, bigger than us even, and the Saturn IS the poster, and we could write our facts out like those lines of colour across the planet, or on the rings!" At this point, Abey finally paused for air, providing Junia a chance to get a word in edgeways should she want to take up the golden opportunity. Look. CREATIVITY was where Abey could SHINE, and he was very excited to have the chance. |
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Did Mercury have clouds? Henry had no idea and he casually flipped through his book again, skimming the text for any mention. Oh, there were a couple paragraphs on weather and atmosphere. "No clouds... but it gets really hot during the day and really cold at night. I guess if you can get past that, then the rest is clear and lovely for stargazing." |
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Listening to what the professor was saying about the activity they were going to do. So they were going to use all of the those art supplies for something. It was a good thing that she had asked Hattie to be partner up. Hattie was great at the art thing. Kat could color, that was just about all she could do. She was pretty good at crafty things. "What kind of poster to you want to do?" |
Since her Professor never said anything about the poster needing to be artistically accurate, Zoryn went ahead and colored her planet PINK. And she had grabbed some glitter while she was up for supplies too, so she dumbed it EVERYWHERE.... completely forgetting to add glue to it (but pfffft that wouldn't matter, right?). So now she had a huge pink planet piled with unstuck glitter and she was DONE. Sort of. Still had to incorporate the facts. Hm. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeell..... It needed a title. Zoryn wanted to do that first. And naturally it'd need BUBBLE LETTERS!!! This was so much fun!! U-R-A-N-E-U-S *GASP* !!! That wasn't right. Ah fudge flies. NO WORRIES! She could fix it... Maybe. Errrrrrr.... The first year tilted her head a lot as she began to cross out the letters and... Uh. Maybe this was just a part of the process? It gave her poster some added pizzazz to say the least??? Hopefully it wouldn't knock her grade down too far... SHE WAS TRYING, OKAY!!??! |
Rula and Kitty <3 Text Cut: le quotes So far nobody had seemed interested to join her, but then also, Elle hadn’t heard from Rula yet either. Rula who’d apparently been just as quiet during all the debate and discussion as she had, but was still there. She knew that, just as she knew nobody had claimed her housemate either. Either way, she’d smiled when she’d turned to her and spoken. “Of course. Part of me felt like that’d be easiest anyhow. No moving around,” she replied, giving a smile to Kitty as the prefect joined their group as well. The more the merrier, really. Especially when they’d been tasked to create a poster of some sort. She’d been listening to the groups nearest them, what planets they were working on, when she’d heard Kitty’s question. “Oh, no. I don’t think we’d picked one yet?” Unless she’d somehow tuned things out, but she didn’t think she had. “I’m open to any of them. Maybe Neptune?” She didn’t think any of the other groups were researching that one yet. |
Mars. He was obviously going to make a poster about Mars. And it would prove very difficult not add in an angry face and assortment of weapons to the picture, too. Harvey settled for making the planet red and writing its name out in equally vivid red on top of the poster. And now to the facts. Wait, did they have to be strictly scientific or did cultural significance also play a role here? Hmm... well, since it was all rather connected anyway, Harvey figured it wouldn't do any harm to include both. You couldn't have too much information, could you? 1. 4th planet from the sun 2. Named after god of war in ancient Roman religion and mythology 3. Atmosphere mainly composed of carbon dioxide 4. Agricultural guardian (as Roman god) 5. 2 moons - Phobos and Deimos 6. March is named after Mars (the god) and most of his festivals held in March too 7. Mars has similar landmass to Earth 8. Only 18 successful missions to Mars 9. Piece of Mars have fallen to Earth 10. Has tallest mountain and biggest dust storms in our atmosphere Harvey circled each fun fact in red too, just to keep with the colour scheme. There. That should do it. |
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"Hmm. I could like do a picture of venus and we could write the facts around it" She mused with a smile. She was good at art, so that would be good. "And we can make it nice and bright. I like bright colours! But first we need to think of some facts about Venus to put on our poster" She mused, pulling a piece of parchment closer, and writing a title. "Okay.... so. It's the 2nd planet away from the sun. That can be fact one" |
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.... lol. Out of space. "Maybe I should have put about the atmosphere on, but there's not really any more space." Her eyes twinkled a little as she looked up at Henry. Hehe. Space. Aaaand.... what did he think of their Mercury? Because she was done! Unless he wanted to make any additions of course! SPOILER!!: the poster |
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The badger looked at her notes and nodded. "Yeah! Also, it has twenty-seven moons and it's made of ice and water and..." He trailed off, looking at his textbook. "Ammonia. And methane." He looked up as Professor Salvatore asked for their attention. Making a poster! That was going to be fun. He had zero artistic skill, but the Professor had said that it was the creativity and knowledge that mattered so... "I'll go get the supplies!" He jumped up and went to the back of the classroom. He grabbed a few of everything and returned to their table. "Do you have any idea for the poster?" He asked as he shifted his things away so that the new supplies could fit on the table. |
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"No more space?" Hehe. Henry had to laugh a little at that. "I guess that's appropriate for our Astronomy poster then." And they had enough facts on there anyway. "It looks great," he grinned. "We did an awesome job!" And he offered her a high five. That was appropriate for a job well done, yeah? So.. did they have to present these or something? |
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anyone still need a partner? If not, that's cool too ^_^ Skylar had to admit it was quite amusing watching the Hufflepuff prefect and Ravenclaw prefect get all fired up in defense of their previous instructors. While she personally had only had the privilege of having Burbage one year and Flamsteed one year, some of her older classmates had Flamsteed for a few more years than that. It therefore took a moment for the third year to recollect her thoughts as she realized there was an activity assigned and it was creating a poster about a planet?! So first the questions they were asked were all rudimentary knowledge and now they were given an assignment that was most definitely basic. And everyone had partnered up around her, which meant what? She guessed she could do this on her own. She knew Hattie was way better with the artsy stuff than she was, but Hattie had already partnered with Kat and well, it seemed an awful lot like everyone already had partners. And those who didn't have partners, seemed content in working on their own posters. Sighing, she figured she ought to get to work herself lest she run out of time. First things first, to figure out what planet to write up her poster about. Peeking around at those around her, she spotted Saturn and Mercury and Venus and Uranus... even though there were only eight planets, she wanted to be different and not copy. Everyone seemed to be doing planets found in outer space, but they neglected to realize they all lived on one of the planets and the Professor hadn't said they COULDN'T do that one, which was exactly what Skylar started to jot down notes about... SPOILER!!: Notes |
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Text Cut: Kitty & Elle! Oh good, Elle had agreed to work with her, and Kitty was joining too. That worked out well. Rula grinned. And now to decide on a planet! "Neptune is okay with me." She didn't really have a favorite planet or anything - well, except for Earth, obviously, since she lived on it - so she wasn't picky about which one they did their poster on. All of them were probably interesting in their own way. "I'll go get the supplies for us," she said as she got to her feet and headed for the supplies table. Might as well go ahead and get all the stuff they needed so they could get started as soon as they had their notes done, right? |
Colt & Noelle-Catching up SPOILER!!: Colt Annnd they had a suggestion. Janelle nodded as Colt suggested they work on Venus or Mars. "Two good choices", She replied. Actually, those would probably have been her first two choices. "Venus, I vote for Venus. That alright with you Noelle?". At that moment, the professor announced that the class would be moving on. They had to make a poster including all of the information they gathered. Considering they had just begun considering their planet, time was of the essence. "Venus it is then......I guess." Janelle thought about what she knew about Venus. "So what do we know?", she said while looking at her partners. "Venus is the second planet from the sun and the closest one to earth..........I know it's the hottest planet of the eight. What are your thoughts guys?" While waiting for a response, Janelle flipped open her textbook to hunt for more details. |
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.... BLINK. Poster? Etta sighed internally, because she lacked creativity of any kind. Or so she thought. She watched Carl bring all the necessary supplies, trying to figure out what kind of a poster they should make? "Something simple yet colourful?" She suggested, doubtfully. ... OHWAIT. "Uranus is also the fourth largest planetary mass in the solar system." Ahem. Just saying. |
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The boy nodded at Etta's suggestion. "Sure, simple and colorful." He added the fact she mentioned to their notes and read it over. It seemed like a good list! "I'll copy our facts onto the poster. Can you ummm draw Uranus, maybe?" He took a blue poster board and a yellow marker and began to write, making sure to leave space for the drawing. SPOILER!!: Facts about Uranus! |
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