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*Nordic Witch* · 01-21-2012, 11:26 AM

SPOILER!!: Students

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Originally Posted by sevensnared

The robes looked more ridiculous when Hades put it on. His eye twitched. Why did they learn about Astronomy? Because it was a core subject. But then again, he won't answer that verbally. "Uhh... Because some magic depends on the movement of stars, planets, moons..?" perhaps. Example was a werewolf. Since a werewolf only transformed during full moon, it somehow related to Astronomy. Was it?

As the last word left his mouth a sea of hands shot up faster than lightning bolts. Turning his attention to Hades, "Yes our magic is definitely dependant on the movement of planets, stars and most of all the moons phases which we learned about last term. 2 points to Slytherin!" Professor Roslund replied with a wink in the boy’s direction.

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Originally Posted by alchemist_18

"Professor. I think because from Astronomy, we can know what are the things in our solar system beside Earth and Moon. And.. sometimes Wizards use astronomy as.." She thought hard. Last term they had learnt about the correlations of Astronomy and Wizard world.

"Sometimes the power of magical creatures are gaining in fullmoon phase." continued her.

Raven seemed to be on the same trail of thoughts that Hades had been a minute ago. Nodding he said "Yes Astronomy do teach us what other things the solar system consists of besides the Earth and Moon. And you are also correct that the power of some magical creatures grows strong during for example a full moon phase. 3 points to Slytherin!" Professor Roslund said with a smile
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

As class officially began, Kurumi thought for a moment when Professor Roslund posed a question to the class. Thinking that she had organized her thoughts, Kurumi raised her hand. "I think that we study Astronomy because it affects our lives in many ways. Some examples that we may take for granted are the sun providing us energy to live, the radiation from the sun powering our atmosphere and weather, the moon controlling the tides, constellations used for navigational purposes, the Earth spinning giving us day and night, and it influences our magic. We wouldn't understand these things if we didn't study Astronomy." Kurumi paused for a moment. There was A LOT that could be said to answer this particular question. "Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and through studying it many amazing discoveries were made. I believe that a hole in the Earth's ozone layer was discovered while scientists were studying Venus for example. However, I also think that we have an interest in astronimical knowledge simply because of our eagerness to discover. Space being the final frontier and all."

Kurumi Hollingberry never ceased to amaze him with her knowledge and way of wording her thoughts which sometimes even surpassed his own. Listening to her he nodded and smiled "Yes very good Kurumi. You bring up a lot of good examples as to why we need to study astronomy. Without the sun’s energy, warmth and radiation Earth wouldn’t be inhabitable."

"We need to study the world around us to evolve as people and beings and to continue to make scientific advances to broaden our knowledge about our planet and things beyond it. You were correct scientists did discover the hole in ozone layer when they were studying Venus. The Ozone layer is what protects us from direct sun light. 6 points to Gryffindor." He said flashing Kurumi a big smile.

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Originally Posted by SilverDragon

Silvia raised her hand. This was one subject she wasn't shy about participating in.

"Astronomy is the study of celestial bodies and the universe, such as stars, planets, and galaxies," she said. "It even tries to find out how the universe began and whether or not there is life on other planets."

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Originally Posted by Poolicious

Oh, special treat? COOL!

Messer raised his hand after the Professor finished his question. "Astronomy is the study of everything in the universe, such as stars, planets, galaxies, comets, nebulae, star clusters, etc." he answered.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura smiled at the Professor. "Astronomy is dealing with space and stars." That was basically all that Laura know about Astronomy, so hopefully the Professor would like her answer.

Turning to the little claw first year he shot her an encouraging smile as she began to answer. "Good, good Silvia, Laura and Messer, Astronomy is indeed the study of the celestial bodies and scientists do try to discern how universe began since knowing how everything started is essential for being able to go forward. 3 points to Ravenclaw, 3 points to Hufflepuf and another 3 points to Hufflepuff." Professor Roslund replied with a smile.

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Originally Posted by RachieRu

Indy thought for a few seconds, before raising her and. "We learn Astronomy because it's on the school curriculum?" That was pretty true. They would not be up here if it wasn't on the curriculum. "But I also think we learn about it, because it's really cool. And stuff. And very interesting. And like...I think it's important that we learn about space and stuff."

Little Indiana was next to answer. Edvard almost felt the urge to hit his head on something when the claw said that they learned about it because it was part of the curriculum. Keeping a neutral face Professor Roslund said "Yes Indiana astronomy is part of the curriculum and a core subject. It is important to learn about space, could you give an example besides it being cool? 1 point."

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Sierra sat there, all decked out in her new Astronomy attire. She didn't look very pleased about it, but she'd wear it for the sake of precious house points toward Slytherin house. She peered at her name tag:

Yup, everything was there. Peering up at the professor, she raised her hand. "Lots of things in the sky can affect our magical world. Last year, you and Professor Bentley taught us how the moon can affect plant growth, and we use magical plants in lots of things--like potions," she said. "There's other connections, too, like...to creatures. The mooncalf only comes out during the full moon, so we can use what we know about the moon's phases to predict when the mooncalves will come out."

She shrugged. "So I think we study Astronomy, because so many things in the sky affect us here in the magical world," she added. "Oh, and one more thing--some people believe you can predict the future from studying the sky." Not Sierra, though. She still wasn't really convinced that Divination was worth anything.

Turning to one of the infamous snakettes; Sierra he noted that she was one of the few who looked pretty displeased by her new attire. Well you couldn’t please everyone it was just the way of life. Sierra though gave some great examples "Very good Sierra. The moon does like we showed last term affect plant growth and when you should brew particular potions. The mooncalves is definitely a creature which is directly affected by the moons phases since it only comes out during a full moon. If you want to learn more about moon calves you’ll have to ask Professor Williamson."

Divination…!!!

Edvard knew that someone would bring that up eventually "Yes divination is the art of predicting the future by studying the sky. It is not my field though so I don’t know how accurate the form is. 5 points to Slytherin." Professor Roslund detected that Sierra wasn’t a fan of Divination but he didn’t read too much into it since this was Astronomy class not Divination.

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Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill

However, she changed her mind and immediately put her hand up. I need to say something. That’s still better than nothing, right? Riiiight? ‘Well, studying Astronomy means that we study everything that has to do with planets, stars… basically everything in the universe. And by knowing what is out there, we might be able to understand how the universe was formed?’, the third year tried to guess. ‘And ummm…’, Gwen went on talking, and, after a short pause, she added: ‘Perhaps if we know more about it, we might be able to find out how it is evolving?’ Somewhat.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Alyssa raised her hand and answered,"Professor, we study Astronomy to learn about what exists in the skies above us. Astronomy explains everything we observe above us and by studying the universe we can understand where we came from, and where we will be going and how physics and chemistry manages to work together, despite under the weirdest and most unlikely and extreme conditions, to recreate what we see up there today.

To the wizarding world, knowing how the various planets and stars and even the moon and sun, somehow affect our planet in some way to increase or decrease our magical powers is also very important."

"Good Gwen and Alyssa one reason to study astronomy is understanding how the universe came into existence to be able to predict how it will evolve and change over time. 3 points to each Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff!" Professor Roslund said firing a smile in the claws direction. Why so hesitant when she wasn’t wrong?

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Originally Posted by hpluvr037

Why did they study it? He raised both hands. "Because it's cool, of course!" Seriously, all those massive distances and huge planets were mind-blowing.

Maybe he was looking for a bit more than that, though, so Keefer continued. "And also because it gives us insight into how our universe works. We can get clues to the past and possibly unlock the future."

The Hufflepuff captain looked warm and happy Professor Roslund noted as he turned to him. Keefer followed up with an almost identical answer as the previous speakers Gwen and Alyssa. "3 points to Hufflepuff, studying how the universe came into existence is a very important reason since it helps us predict the future for our planet and mankind."

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Originally Posted by GinevraWeasley

Vlimia shuffled her feet in the ridiculous yet cozy duck slippers. At least the special Astronomy cloak was cool. Ooh! First question! What did she know about Astronomy? She raised her hand hesitantly. "Umm, there are eight planets in our solar system; the four inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the four outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There are also some dwarf planets in the solar system, the most well-known ones being Pluto, Eris and Ceres." Vlimia said, once she was chosen. That was just about all she knew, except that most of the planets were named after Roman gods, if not all of them. She didn't exactly know what all the gods symbolized, though. Venus was beauty and love, Mars was war or something, Neptune was the sea or water and Mercury was travel. These were pretty well named, in her opinion. Venus was a pretty planet, Mars was red like blood and anger, Neptune was blue like the sea (duh!) and Mercury travelled really fast across the sky.

"Good Vilmia 2 points to Ravenclaw. The solar system does consist of those 8 planets and 3 dwarf planets." Professor Roslund smiled and scribbled a few notes on his adjacent parchment.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella looked down at her robes and slippers and smiled, they were quite comfy and perfect for the chilly October evening. She raised her hand and scrunched up her face, thinking about what she knew of astronomy. "Professor, astronomy is the study of the stars right? I mean you use a telescope to locate and study different things in the night sky..." Ella wasn't sure if this was correct but that's what she associated with astronomy.

"Good Ella 2 points to Hufflepuff. In astronomy we do study starts with the help our telescope as well as other celecstial bodies like meteors and constellations to name some." Edvard said with shooting the girl an encouraging smile.

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Originally Posted by weasleytwinsROCK

'Because it's important,' she said, raising her hand, 'so we can look up at the stars and understand, not just see. Plus it's fairly awesome to have a lesson at night time, and it also helps us with other subjects, like divination.'

"Good Daisy 3 points to Hufflepuff. Understanding is what gives us knowledge and knowledge is power. And yes astronomy can aid you in other subjects such as divination since all subjects you get taught here are interconnected in some way or other." Professor Roslund said shooting the girl a thumbs up. The first one so far to pick up on the connection between subjects.

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Originally Posted by Kimalia

Kimalia having sat quietly, with the parchment by her side with the required entry she raised her hand to answer the question, "Astronomy is important, as the stars above us detail our past and help guide others since some may use the stars to help navigate their way around."

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Originally Posted by Gabrielle

She thought hard about the professors question,"Professor, do we study Astronomy because of the stories of the constellations and how the stars have helped us before we had compasses, we could look at particular stars and they would always point in a certain direction?"

"That is correct Kimalia and Glenn. 2 points to Slytherin and 2 points to Hufflepuff. The stars are used by some for navigational purposes especially at night." Professor Roslund said.

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Originally Posted by jujune29th

raised her hand. "Professor, I think Astronomy is when we study stars and constellations and..." she stopped to think for a second "planets!" Yeah, that was about all she knew. She did like looking at the sky at night, so she thought she would enjoy these lessons a lot!

"Good Sophie in astronomy we do study stars, constellations and planets. 2 points to Hufflepuff!" he said smiling.

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Originally Posted by nups21

And then started the common pattern classes! Learning the basics of astronomy. Oh she knew this! Ira raised her hand up and answered, "Well, Professor Roslund, last year, we had been taught about how the lunar changes affect the plant growth cycle.. " or something like that! Ira added to her answer, "Also, it is said that future can be predicted based on the movement of the stars and planets in the sky. So astronomy helps in that."

"Good Ira. 3 points to Gryffindor. The lunar phases does affects the plant growth cycles and the future can be predicted by studying the sky which you’ll learn about with Professor Thereos." Professor Roslund said. Scratching his chin he contemplated if he should define the difference between the two subjects or if it was plain.

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Originally Posted by Bubbles

He snuggled the robe to him and thought about the question. He learned so much last term that he didn't know what else he could learn. Perhaps there was MORE. This thought, gave him a chill of excitement, so with a small grin on his lips he raised his hand. "It's to gain knowledge of what surrounds the Earth and how it affects our planet in a daily basis," he said. "For example, how much the moon influences plants, humans and other things on Earth." That was just one example, but babbling about other things would probably take a lot of time to describe, so he stopped.

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Originally Posted by iceblossom22

"We learn about astronomy because it affects us and magic, not just because the stars are pretty. Like how moon phases effect potions and herbology," she smiled. Lowering her hand, she re-adjusted her sleeve and rolled it up to her elbow so that she could copy some notes without splattering ink on her sleeve.

"Good Kennedy and Elise 2 points to Slytherin and Ravenclaw. Astronomy does study how life is affected on a daily basis by the moon for example." Professor Roslund agreed.

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Originally Posted by Magical Soul

Raising her hand, Louisa answered, "We need to study Astronomy, sir, because of the absolute mutual cycle of affection in the universe." A fancy way to say everything affected everything. "Planets, stars, comets and everything else outside our planet has an effect, even if it was a small one, on us and our magic in particular."
... oh and, "However, Astronomy has nothing to do with duck feet." Stressing on the last two words as she shot a pointed look at Daichi who was basically the reason they were wearing those silly slippers.

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Originally Posted by Cassandra

TAylor raised her hand, "PRofessor we study astronomy because the universe makes changes in our everyday life even if we don't notice it."

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Kat walked to the Astronomy Tower for her next class. Brrrr... seriously, at this time of the night? ~~Does Professor Roslund want them to die of frostbite?!~~ But Katrina kept walking and saw Professor Roslund reading the Daily Prophet. "Good evening, Professor,"
Katrina then scribbed on her parchment.
Ok, what's next?

As Katrina went in the ~~what the hell is this?!~~ robes Professor Roslund instructed them to wear, she also wore the weird duck slippers. When she finished, Professor Roslund had asked a question. Uhmmm...?

Kat raised her hand, shaking with the cold. "Astronomy helps us in many ways. Not only us, but also the Muggles. In their world, Astronomy is the study of celestial objects. You know like stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteroids, and more. Well in our case, Astronomy helps us in ways that only we could sometimes understand. Centaurs, well, they seem like they're reading the planets or something. Astronomy may also relate to Herbology. I remember last term we had a joint lesson with Professor Bentley about some plants that only grow during a certain phase of the moon..."
Maybe she should stopping talking before she practically discussed the entire lesson they had.

"Very good Louisa and Taylor and Katrina, I liked how you worded it Louisa. We definitely study the mutual cycle of affection in the universe in astronomy. 3 points to Ravenclaw for you each and also 3 points to Slytherin." He said enthused.

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

Now for the first question. August went back and sat at his desk next to the female Gryffindor Prefect and then raised his hand. "Professor Roslund, I think that it's important for us to study Astronomy because its not just important that we know about our own planet and how things work here but for us to understand the Universe as best we can and to see how things out there can effect us."

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Originally Posted by Squishy ♥

She raised her hand now to try to answer the question. "Maybe we learn about Astronomy because we aren't the only celestial body in the galaxy. And it's good to know about the other planets/moons/stars etc around us. AND how they impact us here on earth." She also had to admit that she liked stargazing because everything looked so pretty up there.

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

Either way, she was supposed to be focusing on the question, and she listened to the other answers as they'd been given. "We learn about Astronomy because understanding our universe helps us understand the things that are closer to ourselves. Studying the stars, planets, and everything else can help explain the other natural events around us, as well as help us understand the ideal time for doing certain things. Although it isn't the same as Astrology, which is actually Divination by use of the stars and planets," she said, raising her hand slightly. That might be one of th eonly answers she really contributed, but at least she'd said something. At least she was trying.

"Good August, Amelia and Stella 3 points to Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw respectively. Starting on home ground is always a good base to build on when one wants to study how the universe affects us daily." He agreed

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

"Well, if the moon has cycles maybe the cycles can determine when to pick up a certain ingredient for a potion, because the ingredient would be ready to be used during the time of the cycle.You wouldn't want to have a certain ingredient an put it into a potion when it's not ready for use. That could cause a disaster,sort of." Adam raised his hand.

He then looked at the robe he was wearing. Hmm, it was class rules but it was a different look of robe.

"Good Adam the moon cycles aids us in potion brewing when picking an herb or plant can affect the turnout of a potion which Professors Lafay and Bentley can tell you a lot more about. 2 points to Gryffindor!"

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Originally Posted by natethegreat

Nate raised his hand and said "Astronomy is the study of the stars and planets. Like the constalations."

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Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter

Lily looked up from her desk once the professor began to speak. What do us, first years, know about astronomy. Lily knew the answer to this one so she raised her hand before answering, "Astronomy is the study of the night sky-the stars, the planets, various phenomena that appear in the sky." For once Lily actually liked her answer, and hoped that the professor would agree. He seemed like a nice person, after all, he did give them new robes and duck slippers.

"Yes you are both correct. 2 points to Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw respectively." Professor Roslund awarded.

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Originally Posted by Eve.

Eaising her hand like some others in the interesting class, she said Well, I've never studied Astronomy but I do know a bit. You study astronomy for a reason. Astronomy is a natuaral science with the study of celestial things such as planets, stars and comets and others. We also study it because it can cause effects for us here on earth such as maybe plantation." As she puffed a bit at the end she normally didn't say those types of stuff as it was normally stuck in her brain and didn't come out.

"3 points to Slytherin. Good Eva. Astronomy is indeed a natural science study of the celestial bodies and those do affect plantation." Professor Roslund said.

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Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya had a quick think about Astronomy. The subject meant so many different things to her, and for her - there were many things she had learned. But the main thing was, she though, raising her hand "Professor, among many reasons for learning about Astronomy, they can mostly be categorised under the heading Celestial Body. We study planets, stars and the moon. Well, that was what we studied last year - I'm not sure about previous years. And also in that, we looked at how moon phases affected our moods and emotions as well as our magic, plus our incredible joint Herbostronomy class taught us how the moon influences what goes on in the ground," she said.

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Originally Posted by CJP

"The planets have different kinds of magic, and they assist wizards when we make potions and certain spells" The waning and waxing moons would be an example, but Olivia chose not to get carried away.
The others seemed to be talking about things other then astrology, so Olivia guessed the class wasnt like the others. But just incase, Olivia said something about astrology anyway!
"And the position of the plantes also has an effect on our birth dates"

"3 points to Slytherin and another 3 to Slytherin. Good Zhenya and Olivia the moon can as you learned in our combo lesson with Professor Bentley affect our moods, emotions and plant life and also have an affect on our birth dates but that is Astrology not Astronomy." He said pleased more and more people made the connection and had remembered what they had been taught in a previous year/term.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Free robes? Selina was all for that idea and the forth year knew how late astronomy usually ran so it was probably wise to throw the slippers in. She took a set and threw the robe and slippers on. This was a much warmer set than their usual Mary Janes and thin black robes. Once they were on she settled her eyes back onto Roslund who posed his first question. Selina rose her hand, "Professor aren't there instances when the moon pattern affects magic? We learn about astronomy to further expand our knowledge on our magic.". Maybe...

"You are correct Selina the moons pattern affects our magic daily and we do learn about astronomy to broaden our magical knowledge. 2 points to Gryffindor." He replied.

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN

He then put up his hand to answer the question... "Well I think we study Astronomy as many aspects of the Wizarding world use Astronomy such as we learnt about Moon Planting last year.. also as others have said it can effect us and our magic depending on the placing of the planets. So due to all of these the study of Astronomy is needed." he answered the question..

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Originally Posted by EW_FAN

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

Minerva put up her hand. "Professor we learn astronomy to know the universe around us. To know the planets and stars that make up are universe. In a wizard sense we learned last term that Astronomy can affect our moods and magic. We also learned how Astronomy can affect plants as well."

Professor Roslund listened to first Minerva and then Harvey which made him wonder if they had been reading the same textbook. Nevertheless "3 points to each of you we do learn about how astronomy can affect our moods, magics and plants."

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Originally Posted by Katergirl

After thinking about it for a moment, Angelina rasied her hand, "Professor don't we learn about Astronomy sorry we know about other planets and how it can affect us, and not just everything about our planet." She hoped that made some kinda of since. She didn't know how to explain it to well. Angelina thought about something to add, once again she raised her hand, "Also doesn't it show what could happen like meteors and where they are going, and if they are going to crash into a planet of something?"

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Feeling a bit awkward in the astronomy themed robes (she was used to wearing her school robes in class), Sky raised her hand. "We learn about Astronomy so that we can know for sure if something, like a meteor for example, is about to hit Earth. Or, so we can study the other planets in our solar system to see if they could contain other forms of life," she answered. Yep, Sky believed in little green men, a.k.a aliens. She decided not to phrase it like that, though. To much potential for mocking.

"Good Angelina and Sky. 3 points to Slytherin for the each of you. Studying meteors can help us determine a meteors route and if it’s on a collision course with a planet, and we can if possible try and prevent it." Roslund said pleased.

Returning up front since he had been moving around while listened to the answers Professor Roslund clapped his hands to get attention. "To sum up you all have given very believable reasons as to why Astronomy is part of the curriculm. The celestial bodies and everything else within the universe has a bigger or smaller affect on our lives since we as Miss Carter put it so eloquently are a part of a mutual effect cycle which is evident if you look at the moon that affects our magic, our emotions, plantation and moods and also controls our tides."

"Some of you have also mentioned that studying how the universe came into existence helps us predict and plan for the future of mankind and our planets evolution which is very essential. "

Now then "Let’s move on…"

Taking up a box from behind his desk Professor Roslund opened the box and took and placed an object on his desk."Can anyone identify what this object is and what kind of uses it might have?"

Occ: Just identify the object and state what it is used for. I will post a blackboard summation later + add in the points you’ve earned.

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Nordic Witch Grindylow Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1] Posts: 14,070 Hogwarts RPG Name: Rose Snakebark Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: JT Forsfelle Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Ariadne Rose Hufflepuff Third Year Gryffindor First Year Gryffindor First Year Ministry Department Head: Violet Fawley Ecological Protection x3	Swedishfish Girl! Madame Librarian! Jess's Soul Sister! Sweetest Swede! SPOILER!!: Students Quote: Originally Posted by sevensnared The robes looked more ridiculous when Hades put it on. His eye twitched. Why did they learn about Astronomy? Because it was a core subject. But then again, he won't answer that verbally. "Uhh... Because some magic depends on the movement of stars, planets, moons..?" perhaps. Example was a werewolf. Since a werewolf only transformed during full moon, it somehow related to Astronomy. Was it? As the last word left his mouth a sea of hands shot up faster than lightning bolts. Turning his attention to Hades, "Yes our magic is definitely dependant on the movement of planets, stars and most of all the moons phases which we learned about last term. 2 points to Slytherin!" Professor Roslund replied with a wink in the boy’s direction. Quote: Originally Posted by alchemist_18 "Professor. I think because from Astronomy, we can know what are the things in our solar system beside Earth and Moon. And.. sometimes Wizards use astronomy as.." She thought hard. Last term they had learnt about the correlations of Astronomy and Wizard world. "Sometimes the power of magical creatures are gaining in fullmoon phase." continued her. Raven seemed to be on the same trail of thoughts that Hades had been a minute ago. Nodding he said "Yes Astronomy do teach us what other things the solar system consists of besides the Earth and Moon. And you are also correct that the power of some magical creatures grows strong during for example a full moon phase. 3 points to Slytherin!" Professor Roslund said with a smile . Quote: Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie As class officially began, Kurumi thought for a moment when Professor Roslund posed a question to the class. Thinking that she had organized her thoughts, Kurumi raised her hand. "I think that we study Astronomy because it affects our lives in many ways. Some examples that we may take for granted are the sun providing us energy to live, the radiation from the sun powering our atmosphere and weather, the moon controlling the tides, constellations used for navigational purposes, the Earth spinning giving us day and night, and it influences our magic. We wouldn't understand these things if we didn't study Astronomy." Kurumi paused for a moment. There was A LOT that could be said to answer this particular question. "Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and through studying it many amazing discoveries were made. I believe that a hole in the Earth's ozone layer was discovered while scientists were studying Venus for example. However, I also think that we have an interest in astronimical knowledge simply because of our eagerness to discover. Space being the final frontier and all." Kurumi Hollingberry never ceased to amaze him with her knowledge and way of wording her thoughts which sometimes even surpassed his own. Listening to her he nodded and smiled "Yes very good Kurumi. You bring up a lot of good examples as to why we need to study astronomy. Without the sun’s energy, warmth and radiation Earth wouldn’t be inhabitable." "We need to study the world around us to evolve as people and beings and to continue to make scientific advances to broaden our knowledge about our planet and things beyond it. You were correct scientists did discover the hole in ozone layer when they were studying Venus. The Ozone layer is what protects us from direct sun light. 6 points to Gryffindor." He said flashing Kurumi a big smile. Quote: Originally Posted by SilverDragon Silvia raised her hand. This was one subject she wasn't shy about participating in. "Astronomy is the study of celestial bodies and the universe, such as stars, planets, and galaxies," she said. "It even tries to find out how the universe began and whether or not there is life on other planets." Quote: Originally Posted by Poolicious Oh, special treat? COOL! Messer raised his hand after the Professor finished his question. "Astronomy is the study of everything in the universe, such as stars, planets, galaxies, comets, nebulae, star clusters, etc." he answered. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura smiled at the Professor. "Astronomy is dealing with space and stars." That was basically all that Laura know about Astronomy, so hopefully the Professor would like her answer. Turning to the little claw first year he shot her an encouraging smile as she began to answer. "Good, good Silvia, Laura and Messer, Astronomy is indeed the study of the celestial bodies and scientists do try to discern how universe began since knowing how everything started is essential for being able to go forward. 3 points to Ravenclaw, 3 points to Hufflepuf and another 3 points to Hufflepuff." Professor Roslund replied with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by RachieRu Indy thought for a few seconds, before raising her and. "We learn Astronomy because it's on the school curriculum?" That was pretty true. They would not be up here if it wasn't on the curriculum. "But I also think we learn about it, because it's really cool. And stuff. And very interesting. And like...I think it's important that we learn about space and stuff." Little Indiana was next to answer. Edvard almost felt the urge to hit his head on something when the claw said that they learned about it because it was part of the curriculum. Keeping a neutral face Professor Roslund said "Yes Indiana astronomy is part of the curriculum and a core subject. It is important to learn about space, could you give an example besides it being cool? 1 point." Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Sierra sat there, all decked out in her new Astronomy attire. She didn't look very pleased about it, but she'd wear it for the sake of precious house points toward Slytherin house. She peered at her name tag: Yup, everything was there. Peering up at the professor, she raised her hand. "Lots of things in the sky can affect our magical world. Last year, you and Professor Bentley taught us how the moon can affect plant growth, and we use magical plants in lots of things--like potions," she said. "There's other connections, too, like...to creatures. The mooncalf only comes out during the full moon, so we can use what we know about the moon's phases to predict when the mooncalves will come out." She shrugged. "So I think we study Astronomy, because so many things in the sky affect us here in the magical world," she added. "Oh, and one more thing--some people believe you can predict the future from studying the sky." Not Sierra, though. She still wasn't really convinced that Divination was worth anything. Turning to one of the infamous snakettes; Sierra he noted that she was one of the few who looked pretty displeased by her new attire. Well you couldn’t please everyone it was just the way of life. Sierra though gave some great examples "Very good Sierra. The moon does like we showed last term affect plant growth and when you should brew particular potions. The mooncalves is definitely a creature which is directly affected by the moons phases since it only comes out during a full moon. If you want to learn more about moon calves you’ll have to ask Professor Williamson." Divination…!!! Edvard knew that someone would bring that up eventually "Yes divination is the art of predicting the future by studying the sky. It is not my field though so I don’t know how accurate the form is. 5 points to Slytherin." Professor Roslund detected that Sierra wasn’t a fan of Divination but he didn’t read too much into it since this was Astronomy class not Divination. Quote: Originally Posted by Quick Quotes Quill However, she changed her mind and immediately put her hand up. I need to say something. That’s still better than nothing, right? Riiiight? ‘Well, studying Astronomy means that we study everything that has to do with planets, stars… basically everything in the universe. And by knowing what is out there, we might be able to understand how the universe was formed?’, the third year tried to guess. ‘And ummm…’, Gwen went on talking, and, after a short pause, she added: ‘Perhaps if we know more about it, we might be able to find out how it is evolving?’ Somewhat. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Alyssa raised her hand and answered,"Professor, we study Astronomy to learn about what exists in the skies above us. Astronomy explains everything we observe above us and by studying the universe we can understand where we came from, and where we will be going and how physics and chemistry manages to work together, despite under the weirdest and most unlikely and extreme conditions, to recreate what we see up there today. To the wizarding world, knowing how the various planets and stars and even the moon and sun, somehow affect our planet in some way to increase or decrease our magical powers is also very important." "Good Gwen and Alyssa one reason to study astronomy is understanding how the universe came into existence to be able to predict how it will evolve and change over time. 3 points to each Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff!" Professor Roslund said firing a smile in the claws direction. Why so hesitant when she wasn’t wrong? Quote: Originally Posted by hpluvr037 Why did they study it? He raised both hands. "Because it's cool, of course!" Seriously, all those massive distances and huge planets were mind-blowing. Maybe he was looking for a bit more than that, though, so Keefer continued. "And also because it gives us insight into how our universe works. We can get clues to the past and possibly unlock the future." The Hufflepuff captain looked warm and happy Professor Roslund noted as he turned to him. Keefer followed up with an almost identical answer as the previous speakers Gwen and Alyssa. "3 points to Hufflepuff, studying how the universe came into existence is a very important reason since it helps us predict the future for our planet and mankind." Quote: Originally Posted by GinevraWeasley Vlimia shuffled her feet in the ridiculous yet cozy duck slippers. At least the special Astronomy cloak was cool. Ooh! First question! What did she know about Astronomy? She raised her hand hesitantly. "Umm, there are eight planets in our solar system; the four inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and the four outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There are also some dwarf planets in the solar system, the most well-known ones being Pluto, Eris and Ceres." Vlimia said, once she was chosen. That was just about all she knew, except that most of the planets were named after Roman gods, if not all of them. She didn't exactly know what all the gods symbolized, though. Venus was beauty and love, Mars was war or something, Neptune was the sea or water and Mercury was travel. These were pretty well named, in her opinion. Venus was a pretty planet, Mars was red like blood and anger, Neptune was blue like the sea (duh!) and Mercury travelled really fast across the sky. "Good Vilmia 2 points to Ravenclaw. The solar system does consist of those 8 planets and 3 dwarf planets." Professor Roslund smiled and scribbled a few notes on his adjacent parchment. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Ella looked down at her robes and slippers and smiled, they were quite comfy and perfect for the chilly October evening. She raised her hand and scrunched up her face, thinking about what she knew of astronomy. "Professor, astronomy is the study of the stars right? I mean you use a telescope to locate and study different things in the night sky..." Ella wasn't sure if this was correct but that's what she associated with astronomy. "Good Ella 2 points to Hufflepuff. In astronomy we do study starts with the help our telescope as well as other celecstial bodies like meteors and constellations to name some." Edvard said with shooting the girl an encouraging smile. Quote: Originally Posted by weasleytwinsROCK 'Because it's important,' she said, raising her hand, 'so we can look up at the stars and understand, not just see. Plus it's fairly awesome to have a lesson at night time, and it also helps us with other subjects, like divination.' "Good Daisy 3 points to Hufflepuff. Understanding is what gives us knowledge and knowledge is power. And yes astronomy can aid you in other subjects such as divination since all subjects you get taught here are interconnected in some way or other." Professor Roslund said shooting the girl a thumbs up. The first one so far to pick up on the connection between subjects. Quote: Originally Posted by Kimalia Kimalia having sat quietly, with the parchment by her side with the required entry she raised her hand to answer the question, "Astronomy is important, as the stars above us detail our past and help guide others since some may use the stars to help navigate their way around." Quote: Originally Posted by Gabrielle She thought hard about the professors question,"Professor, do we study Astronomy because of the stories of the constellations and how the stars have helped us before we had compasses, we could look at particular stars and they would always point in a certain direction?" "That is correct Kimalia and Glenn. 2 points to Slytherin and 2 points to Hufflepuff. The stars are used by some for navigational purposes especially at night." Professor Roslund said. Quote: Originally Posted by jujune29th raised her hand. "Professor, I think Astronomy is when we study stars and constellations and..." she stopped to think for a second "planets!" Yeah, that was about all she knew. She did like looking at the sky at night, so she thought she would enjoy these lessons a lot! "Good Sophie in astronomy we do study stars, constellations and planets. 2 points to Hufflepuff!" he said smiling. Quote: Originally Posted by nups21 And then started the common pattern classes! Learning the basics of astronomy. Oh she knew this! Ira raised her hand up and answered, "Well, Professor Roslund, last year, we had been taught about how the lunar changes affect the plant growth cycle.. " or something like that! Ira added to her answer, "Also, it is said that future can be predicted based on the movement of the stars and planets in the sky. So astronomy helps in that." "Good Ira. 3 points to Gryffindor. The lunar phases does affects the plant growth cycles and the future can be predicted by studying the sky which you’ll learn about with Professor Thereos." Professor Roslund said. Scratching his chin he contemplated if he should define the difference between the two subjects or if it was plain. Quote: Originally Posted by Bubbles He snuggled the robe to him and thought about the question. He learned so much last term that he didn't know what else he could learn. Perhaps there was MORE. This thought, gave him a chill of excitement, so with a small grin on his lips he raised his hand. "It's to gain knowledge of what surrounds the Earth and how it affects our planet in a daily basis," he said. "For example, how much the moon influences plants, humans and other things on Earth." That was just one example, but babbling about other things would probably take a lot of time to describe, so he stopped. Quote: Originally Posted by iceblossom22 "We learn about astronomy because it affects us and magic, not just because the stars are pretty. Like how moon phases effect potions and herbology," she smiled. Lowering her hand, she re-adjusted her sleeve and rolled it up to her elbow so that she could copy some notes without splattering ink on her sleeve. "Good Kennedy and Elise 2 points to Slytherin and Ravenclaw. Astronomy does study how life is affected on a daily basis by the moon for example." Professor Roslund agreed. Quote: Originally Posted by Magical Soul Raising her hand, Louisa answered, "We need to study Astronomy, sir, because of the absolute mutual cycle of affection in the universe." A fancy way to say everything affected everything. "Planets, stars, comets and everything else outside our planet has an effect, even if it was a small one, on us and our magic in particular." ... oh and, "However, Astronomy has nothing to do with duck feet." Stressing on the last two words as she shot a pointed look at Daichi who was basically the reason they were wearing those silly slippers. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassandra TAylor raised her hand, "PRofessor we study astronomy because the universe makes changes in our everyday life even if we don't notice it." Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Kat walked to the Astronomy Tower for her next class. Brrrr... seriously, at this time of the night? ~~Does Professor Roslund want them to die of frostbite?!~~ But Katrina kept walking and saw Professor Roslund reading the Daily Prophet. "Good evening, Professor," Katrina then scribbed on her parchment. Ok, what's next? As Katrina went in the ~~what the hell is this?!~~ robes Professor Roslund instructed them to wear, she also wore the weird duck slippers. When she finished, Professor Roslund had asked a question. Uhmmm...? Kat raised her hand, shaking with the cold. "Astronomy helps us in many ways. Not only us, but also the Muggles. In their world, Astronomy is the study of celestial objects. You know like stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteroids, and more. Well in our case, Astronomy helps us in ways that only we could sometimes understand. Centaurs, well, they seem like they're reading the planets or something. Astronomy may also relate to Herbology. I remember last term we had a joint lesson with Professor Bentley about some plants that only grow during a certain phase of the moon..." Maybe she should stopping talking before she practically discussed the entire lesson they had. "Very good Louisa and Taylor and Katrina, I liked how you worded it Louisa. We definitely study the mutual cycle of affection in the universe in astronomy. 3 points to Ravenclaw for you each and also 3 points to Slytherin." He said enthused. Quote: Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 Now for the first question. August went back and sat at his desk next to the female Gryffindor Prefect and then raised his hand. "Professor Roslund, I think that it's important for us to study Astronomy because its not just important that we know about our own planet and how things work here but for us to understand the Universe as best we can and to see how things out there can effect us." Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy ♥ She raised her hand now to try to answer the question. "Maybe we learn about Astronomy because we aren't the only celestial body in the galaxy. And it's good to know about the other planets/moons/stars etc around us. AND how they impact us here on earth." She also had to admit that she liked stargazing because everything looked so pretty up there. Quote: Originally Posted by SilverTiger Either way, she was supposed to be focusing on the question, and she listened to the other answers as they'd been given. "We learn about Astronomy because understanding our universe helps us understand the things that are closer to ourselves. Studying the stars, planets, and everything else can help explain the other natural events around us, as well as help us understand the ideal time for doing certain things. Although it isn't the same as Astrology, which is actually Divination by use of the stars and planets," she said, raising her hand slightly. That might be one of th eonly answers she really contributed, but at least she'd said something. At least she was trying. "Good August, Amelia and Stella 3 points to Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw respectively. Starting on home ground is always a good base to build on when one wants to study how the universe affects us daily." He agreed Quote: Originally Posted by Team ronmione "Well, if the moon has cycles maybe the cycles can determine when to pick up a certain ingredient for a potion, because the ingredient would be ready to be used during the time of the cycle.You wouldn't want to have a certain ingredient an put it into a potion when it's not ready for use. That could cause a disaster,sort of." Adam raised his hand. He then looked at the robe he was wearing. Hmm, it was class rules but it was a different look of robe. "Good Adam the moon cycles aids us in potion brewing when picking an herb or plant can affect the turnout of a potion which Professors Lafay and Bentley can tell you a lot more about. 2 points to Gryffindor!" Quote: Originally Posted by natethegreat Nate raised his hand and said "Astronomy is the study of the stars and planets. Like the constalations." Quote: Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter Lily looked up from her desk once the professor began to speak. What do us, first years, know about astronomy. Lily knew the answer to this one so she raised her hand before answering, "Astronomy is the study of the night sky-the stars, the planets, various phenomena that appear in the sky." For once Lily actually liked her answer, and hoped that the professor would agree. He seemed like a nice person, after all, he did give them new robes and duck slippers. "Yes you are both correct. 2 points to Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw respectively." Professor Roslund awarded. Quote: Originally Posted by Eve. Eaising her hand like some others in the interesting class, she said Well, I've never studied Astronomy but I do know a bit. You study astronomy for a reason. Astronomy is a natuaral science with the study of celestial things such as planets, stars and comets and others. We also study it because it can cause effects for us here on earth such as maybe plantation." As she puffed a bit at the end she normally didn't say those types of stuff as it was normally stuck in her brain and didn't come out. "3 points to Slytherin. Good Eva. Astronomy is indeed a natural science study of the celestial bodies and those do affect plantation." Professor Roslund said. Quote: Originally Posted by Jessiqua Zhenya had a quick think about Astronomy. The subject meant so many different things to her, and for her - there were many things she had learned. But the main thing was, she though, raising her hand "Professor, among many reasons for learning about Astronomy, they can mostly be categorised under the heading Celestial Body. We study planets, stars and the moon. Well, that was what we studied last year - I'm not sure about previous years. And also in that, we looked at how moon phases affected our moods and emotions as well as our magic, plus our incredible joint Herbostronomy class taught us how the moon influences what goes on in the ground," she said. Quote: Originally Posted by CJP "The planets have different kinds of magic, and they assist wizards when we make potions and certain spells" The waning and waxing moons would be an example, but Olivia chose not to get carried away. The others seemed to be talking about things other then astrology, so Olivia guessed the class wasnt like the others. But just incase, Olivia said something about astrology anyway! "And the position of the plantes also has an effect on our birth dates" "3 points to Slytherin and another 3 to Slytherin. Good Zhenya and Olivia the moon can as you learned in our combo lesson with Professor Bentley affect our moods, emotions and plant life and also have an affect on our birth dates but that is Astrology not Astronomy." He said pleased more and more people made the connection and had remembered what they had been taught in a previous year/term. Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Free robes? Selina was all for that idea and the forth year knew how late astronomy usually ran so it was probably wise to throw the slippers in. She took a set and threw the robe and slippers on. This was a much warmer set than their usual Mary Janes and thin black robes. Once they were on she settled her eyes back onto Roslund who posed his first question. Selina rose her hand, "Professor aren't there instances when the moon pattern affects magic? We learn about astronomy to further expand our knowledge on our magic.". Maybe... "You are correct Selina the moons pattern affects our magic daily and we do learn about astronomy to broaden our magical knowledge. 2 points to Gryffindor." He replied. Quote: Originally Posted by EW_FAN He then put up his hand to answer the question... "Well I think we study Astronomy as many aspects of the Wizarding world use Astronomy such as we learnt about Moon Planting last year.. also as others have said it can effect us and our magic depending on the placing of the planets. So due to all of these the study of Astronomy is needed." he answered the question.. Quote: Originally Posted by EW_FAN [/font] Quote: Originally Posted by Bazinga Minerva put up her hand. "Professor we learn astronomy to know the universe around us. To know the planets and stars that make up are universe. In a wizard sense we learned last term that Astronomy can affect our moods and magic. We also learned how Astronomy can affect plants as well." Professor Roslund listened to first Minerva and then Harvey which made him wonder if they had been reading the same textbook. Nevertheless "3 points to each of you we do learn about how astronomy can affect our moods, magics and plants." Quote: Originally Posted by Katergirl After thinking about it for a moment, Angelina rasied her hand, "Professor don't we learn about Astronomy sorry we know about other planets and how it can affect us, and not just everything about our planet." She hoped that made some kinda of since. She didn't know how to explain it to well. Angelina thought about something to add, once again she raised her hand, "Also doesn't it show what could happen like meteors and where they are going, and if they are going to crash into a planet of something?" Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Feeling a bit awkward in the astronomy themed robes (she was used to wearing her school robes in class), Sky raised her hand. "We learn about Astronomy so that we can know for sure if something, like a meteor for example, is about to hit Earth. Or, so we can study the other planets in our solar system to see if they could contain other forms of life," she answered. Yep, Sky believed in little green men, a.k.a aliens. She decided not to phrase it like that, though. To much potential for mocking. "Good Angelina and Sky. 3 points to Slytherin for the each of you. Studying meteors can help us determine a meteors route and if it’s on a collision course with a planet, and we can if possible try and prevent it." Roslund said pleased. Returning up front since he had been moving around while listened to the answers Professor Roslund clapped his hands to get attention. "To sum up you all have given very believable reasons as to why Astronomy is part of the curriculm. The celestial bodies and everything else within the universe has a bigger or smaller affect on our lives since we as Miss Carter put it so eloquently are a part of a mutual effect cycle which is evident if you look at the moon that affects our magic, our emotions, plantation and moods and also controls our tides." "Some of you have also mentioned that studying how the universe came into existence helps us predict and plan for the future of mankind and our planets evolution which is very essential. " Now then "Let’s move on…" Taking up a box from behind his desk Professor Roslund opened the box and took and placed an object on his desk."Can anyone identify what this object is and what kind of uses it might have?" Occ: Just identify the object and state what it is used for. I will post a blackboard summation later + add in the points you’ve earned. __________________ Last edited by Nordic Witch; 01-21-2012 at 04:45 PM.