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sweetpinkpixie · 07-04-2014, 02:06 AM

Airey varied his pace a bit as he took off jogging around the classroom and even turned about so he was jogging backwards to look at the pack of students following behind him. Oh yes, he was going to stay in front of the class even during their jogging. He was the professor after all, and contrary to what appearances may imply, rather fit.

Clearing the occasional obstacle with his wand as he lead the way, he turned back around after giving students a few moments of thinking time and was greeted by a chorus of answers. STELLAR! Although it may be a bit difficult to differentiate between them all.

He hadn’t entirely thought this through. Oops.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

"Something Stellar".

“Certainly is!”

And that was all he had.

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Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black

Walking like he said he would, (although not fast) Declan thought about the question being asked and shouted out, "PLANETS?? STARS??"

Well, technically speaking, the Hufflepuff wasn’t wrong...but in the context of the term he wasn’t correct. The astronomer simply shook his head in response since someone else was shouting out an answer at approximately the same time.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

Then it was question time, and the first thing that came to her mind was blurted out. "Balloons." What was the question again? Errr... Just keep jogging. Maybe he didn't hear her over everybody else's shouts.

“Yes! We will be using balloons today! A little more patience!” he shouted for clarification. That had been what she had meant by balloons, right?

SPOILER!!: the FART answer and the misinterpretated FART answer :3

He couldn’t tell who had shouted out the answers involving bodily functions - probably a pair of first years who were vertically challenged and therefore he couldn’t see them - but he wasn’t amused.

“I am not amused!” he called out to the general crowd. “We will not be discussing flatulences today or any day.”

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Originally Posted by HOPEendures

"Climate!" Yep. Awesome. And she kept jogging.

“Yes and no, Miss Evans!” he replied, having spotting the Ravenclaw as she answered. “We need to be careful with terminology. Climate refers to the weather of a place averaged over a period of time, usually around 30 years, and something a bit too long term than what we are discussing today.”

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Pressure... temperature... volume... density... ???? "Fun," Sophie added to the chorus of answers. Out-of-the-box sort of answers were always safe kinds of answers with Flamsteed, weren't they? Probably? Heh.

He couldn’t entire see who had shouted out this answer as several entered his ears at the same time, but he did like it. So he raised both of his arms high into the air and gave two very enthusiastic thumbs up.

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Zander had absolutely no clue. Hearing Sophie's answer he snorted. If anything none of this was fun. It was tiring. "Uh not cauldron cakes, that's for sure."

Someone had cauldron cakes? That was really all he could hear over the chorus of responses. “NO FOOD IN THE ASTRONOMY TOWER!”

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

But then the tricky part came, answering questions while they were jogging? Kevin groaned but still listened to the question and his mind went blank after it was asked. Pressure, temperature and volume what? "SOMETHING!" He suddenly blurted out. He had no idea what the answer to the question was but everyone was shouting things and Kevin didn't want to be left out.

Well, yes, obviously. Everything had to do with something. So not exactly an incorrect answer, although it was a rather obvious and vague one. Still, brief and flaily thumbs up to whoever that response had been.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

"A hot air balloon ride?"

“IF ONLY THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD ALL FOR IT!”

Because what better way to study the atmosphere than to go up into it?

“Will certainly keep that in mind for the future!”

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Originally Posted by HogwartsStudent11

Marisol thought. And then she thought some more. Maybe she knew the answer. And maybe she didn't. But her best friend (back in Spain) Sara's father was a muggle physicist. Before she had thought it to be the dullest profession So she could be on the right track.

"The Law of Ideal Gases?" If that was even a thing. Her memory could be a liar.

Oooooooh! There was a stellar term being thrown about! “There is some correlation, yes!” Although not the answer that he was looking for.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

"Volcano!" Runrunrunfromthelava.

Mr. Hirase? Airey couldn’t tell who had shouted this answer, but he was brought back to the conversation in his office about Spock and how the Gryffindor had misheard the name of the Vulcan’s home planet.

So instead of answering, he lifted up his one hand and did the Vulcan salute as he continued to lead the group around the classroom at a brisk jog.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

The question could have had severeal answers if you really thought about it and given she didn't know which he was looking for she went with the most obvious response. Those were all the basic ingredients for, "This lesson today."

A very awe inspiring response from Miss Cambridge. Shaking his head in mild amusement, he gave the prefect a slightly unamused look before nearly tripping over his own feet as he sped forward.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

But that question, though... that question had him totally stumped. Mo jogged silently for a few seconds before offering a very unlikely, "Thermodynamics?" Because sure... why not?

Picking up his pace a bit more, his already eager smile widened a bit further with Mr. Branxton’s response. “Actually, yes, Mr. Branxton. Specifically atmospheric thermodynamic. Stellar. Very good!” Although they would not be going into the nitty gritty of the topic and had been looking for a slightly more general answer.

SPOILER!!: ATMOSPHERE PEOPLE!

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

There was singing.

Of course there was singing.

There was a popping too, which caused Grayson -- who was looking around the classroom -- to jump and turn his attention back to the front. JEEZ. If that sound didn't jolt people awake, he didn't know what would. Really. He was even sitting up a little straighter and his blue eyes were wide, thanks to it. Nope. No sleeping was going to happen here.

They were meant to get up and start jogging, too. WELL. Due to the cold weather, Grayson had been feeling quite lazy. Warm fires and hot chocolate sounded much better and exercising sounded like it required too much effort, given what the condition was like outside. Letting out a small groan, Grayson stood up and streeeeeeeetched. Stretch his arms and his legs and his whole body.

Andddddddd jogging. It was happening.

Did he think that the jogging part would be the hardest? Lol. LOOOOOL. What kind of hard question had Flamsteed just picked out from his brain? Boy was confused, and for good reason, too. He didn't know how they linked but he that didn't stop him from making a smart guess. Nuh uh. The hand went up in the air and he shouted, "IS IT SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ATMOSPHERE?"

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Huh...they were not doing balloon animals today. That was a little depressing. He shrugged it off and how the professor was singing to them? It sounded like 99 Red Balloons. He actually knew that song and smirked. But now onto the lesson. Wait...they were going jogging? Well it did seem quite cold in here. He got up and warmed his hands. He was rubbing them together. But as he went with his other classmates, he could barely hear the question. But as he shouted louder he could hear it.

He thought about it and said, "THE ATMOSPHERE!" That was the only thing he could think of! I think Grayson was thinking along on the same lines as him.

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Originally Posted by Grrr...Meow

Bay smiled when the balloon popped, he he he. ohhh they needed to be doing some running.. jumping up he followed everyone else in the room… doing laps.. and what he had to answer questions while he was running… talk about multitasking.. Almost out of breath he said "the atmosphere?" he really wished he could stop and take a drink right now.

panting and sweating he wondered when they were going to stop all the running.. because he was plenty warm now.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, WE’RE HALF WAY THEEEEEEEEEEERE!” he sang. Because they were sort of half way there. Well, more like one fifth of the way there, but anyway.

So yes, it did have something to do with the atmosphere, but only with a specific part of it. More on that later though.

SPOILER!!: STORM (NOT THE X-MEN) SORT OF ANSWERS!

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Caleb had to RUN now? Even though he wasn't looking forward to physical activity, Flamsteed had a good point - exercise made you WARMER. Plus if he got a workout, was he really supposed to be complaining?

He got up and started jogging, mulling over the answer to his question. What were those ingredients for? Hmmm...hmmm...

"Are those what make up storms?" he answered.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

There was not one time Adi was never amused in Professor Flamsteed's class. He doubted the man could make a poodle because if he could then he wouldn't be having trouble with the balloon, right?

Anyway...Jogging? Sure! At least Adi would be warm. He jumped up from his seat and eagerly took off. Warmth. He needed warmth. As he jogged, the boy pondered on the posed question. Hmm... "A hurricane, Professor.'' It was all he could think of. No, actually he he could think of more stuff but he just wanted to blurt out that answer. Heh.

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

...this was interesting. And PROMISING. Marigold eagerly got up and jogged. It was the promise of further warmth that made her actually run. As for the feeling of running in circles? Not so fun. She accidentally ran into the wall when she raised her hand to answer the question. "Storms?" was her guess. And her shoulder hurt from running into the wall.

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Originally Posted by Mordred

Ethan watched the professor sing, and wasn’t bothered by it at all. Free entertainment, you guys! The third year even had both of his hands in front and conducted for Airey. Such a good conductor he was. But then, class was starting! Ethan was more than glad to be up and moving because, horrible weather outside…and they were in a higher altitude and all that.

Anyway. Jogging.

Jog, jog, jog.

The Slytherin’s thoughts were at a loss because the other students started to throw answers from left to right. They sure are quick to answer, no? And such smarty pants! Ethan concentrated on his jogging and simply tied his classmates’ answer with Airey’s question. “STORM!” Because…snowstorm? This class should be somehow relevant to what’s going on outside? Uh-huh.

Jog, jog, jog.

Yes! YES! They were getting closer now! Although thus far Mr. Branxton had come the closest to the response he was looking for. “YES! And storms are a part oooooooooooooooof…” he called as he frolicked forward.

SPOILER!!: THE SILENT JOGGERS!

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Originally Posted by Shanners

Jogging? Heck no.

She was NOT jogging.

She would walk.

And so she did. She weaved between a couple of students to avoid being caught out not being at the same speed as the others and the look on her face said that she had no intention of matching them all. Stuff jogging where the sun didn't shine. And that was Hogwarts, by the way. It was cold. She wanted to be in her bed with extra blankets and not here looking at people jog in situations that they weren't in shorts for.

Shorts = legs = happy Elodie.

Jogging + cold + no SHORTS = not so happy Elodie.

And no. She had no answer. Not one. Weirdos.

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

Ian grinned as he enjoyed the professor's singing. It was rather an entertaining song. He was excited to see what was up with the class...that was until the professor popped the balloon. It startled him some and he almost dove for the floor. He'd heard the noises like that some on the boat with his dad and usually it meant one of the traps were loose and he was supposed to hit the ground, or deck in this matter.

The professor got up and greeted the class as a whole and then something rather unexpected. He told them to get up and run. Ian hadn't really expected a physical lesson and so was wearing his ankle high boots rather than his trainers. This should be interesting...he hoped he didn't get any blisters. Dress socks weren't exactly well suited to athletics. He began shuffling his feet in a semi-joggishness manner not really wanted to build up too much of a sweat. With his thick woolen sweater and robe on...he feared he would pass out. He'd see how long he could maintain this glacial pace.

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

Ian wasn't particularly enjoying this part of the lesson. He wasn't much for running normally. He liked to take things at a bit of a more leisurely pace. It didn't help that with his robe and woolen sweater things were starting to get a little too warm for his comfort. He looked at the professor, hoping the running part was going to be over soon. It didn't take much for Ian's breathing to become labored and ragged as he panted. I really am in poor physical condition Ian thought to himself in between thoughts of how much fun he was NOT having.

“Keep it up!” he called to everyone, but mostly to be encouragement for those who did not answer. Not everyone was gifted with the talent of multitasking. At least he wasn’t asking them to jog and chew gum at the same time, right? Heh.

He was actually starting to get a bit out of breath from all the talking, failing, and jogging. Not to mention the whole brief burst into song.

SPOILER!!: WEATHER PEOPLE!

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Ohh, so she was really going to get that poodle?! "Cool!" she said, as she watched the professor twist the balloon this way and that. She was really starting to anticipate what her new poodle would look like, when...

BAM!

Sophie jumped back and stared wide-eyed at the balloon mess. Glancing back up at the professor, she said, "I think the poodle died..." Surely he could tell that. He was wearing pieces of it, after all.

Anyway...

Apparently, they were meant to start jogging. Between this and the yoga they sometimes did in Defense class, they should be in shape now, despite the Quidditch lull. Sophie stood up but didn't start moving right away. She didn't want to be the first to try it. There was a question, though, so...

"WEATHER!" she shouted. Well, he had said to shout. Hopefully she was right and hadn't just yelled out the wrong answer...

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

First the balloons and now singing. Was this professor some kind of performer? That explanation made quite a lot of sense to Hayden, she thought it was a very logical assessment of all the facts and so she was sticking with it. In his spare time Professor Flamsteed traveled around and performed at different venues such as restaurants and children's birthday parties. He must.

What? Now jogging? She had not signed up for that. This was Astronomy not physical education. But Hayden was forced to get out of her chair and start jogging around the room. At least there were so many of them they basically covered the whole room around the outside, and no one could really tell who was the slowest. She jogged at a very slow pace. If the professor wanted her to jog, that was as good as he was going to get.

And now there was a question? Oh boy, what didn't she have to do? Hayden had to think about the answer while keeping herself from running into anything while she jogged. She thought she knew it so she said "Weather." But it wasn't very loud, and didn't sound extremely confident. Oh well, it sounded right. They were talking about weather, sort of, so it made sense. Right? Right. Now could they be done running, please?

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Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn

Mackenzie was up, and jogging but also pulling her jacket and scarf tighter around her. SERIOUSLY AIREY THIS ISN'T COOL ITS COLD!!!! The Gryffindor mentally yelled at her favorite professor, as she continued to jog laps around the room. And what's with the physical education and thinking

Pressure, temperature, volume, and density... her brow furrowed as she thought, suddenly she came to a halt as she grinned "WEATHER!!!" and then realized if she didn't continue someone would run into her and she sprinted around the room a few times.

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Originally Posted by griffin

Professor Flamsteed was singing something about balloons. He did manage to say hello to Penelope, in between lines of the song. The balloon was really squeaky, so when the professor was twisting the balloon again, she covered her ears.

POP! Penelope covered her ears tighter and ducked under the desk as pieces of balloon fell on the professors head and on the floor around him. She would just stay here under the desk where she would be safe.

Oh, class was starting? Looking around to make sure that there were not any more balloons that might pop, Penelope uncovered her ears and crawled out from under the desk.

They were jogging laps around the room? Helping her mind think quicker and more efficiently sounded like a good reason to get up and jog. Flamsteed probably had some other astronomy activity related reason for everyone running laps around the room. She got up and started jogging around the room with everyone.

Pressure, temperature, volume, and density are the basic ingredients for what? "Weather!" Penelope shouted out her answer as loud as she could so the professor would be able to hear her. Were they going to get any questions that they actually needed to think about? That one seemed too easy.

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

Agatha probably smiled a bit wider than planned as she waved at Simon and she told him she was very well, thank you. Airey's balloon popped before they could engage in a proper conversation, which made her turn her attention from her housemate to the teacher. He had some balloon bits on his head. Agatha stared. "Professor, there's something on your head." See, she called him 'professor'. She could do it.

She was expecting the lesson to start, but the man was telling them all to get up and jog. Well, Agatha was a very healthy lady, and she was totally up for that. Her uncle Orsy and ballet always made sure she was fit and she could jog for an entire day if she wanted. Mhm.

And she was off. Jogging around the room. She should have brought a hair bobble with her... she always forgot to bring them to classes and she had noticed they were needed in many lessons. The Slytherin hoped she would remember it the next time.

So her hair was waving behind her as she jogged. Faster than some kids, for that matter. She was totally fit, alright. But she didn't have a clue what professor Flamsteed was going on about when he mentioned all that crazy stuff. And her classmates started to yell answers. Most people were saying weather, so that was probably right. "WEATHER."

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

The Professor wanted them to jog? Jasmine supposed that jogging was one way to get warm. Normally she would have been all in, but right now not so much. Dragging herself up from her chair, Jasmine started to slowly run around the classroom. Maybe some endorphins would help her?

Then Professor Flamsteed asked a question. Jasmine knew that the answer was weather, but it had already been said several times. She knew that she should just stay quiet, but she didn't. At the risk of being super redundant, Jasmine said, "Weather". .........And still jogging........

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Originally Posted by Emms

So he was sitting around with the other students when all of a sudden a large noise came from over near where Professor Airey was. He squinted his eyes and scrunched his nose at the sound of the balloon bursting. Thank Merlin that the balloon was gone. Now he didn't have to get so worried. Well at least the balloon hadn't flown at his face. Phew. A little bit of tension left from his shoulders.

Oh good idea. They would keep moving so that they would all stay warm and not freeze their butts off. Simon got to his feet rather energetically. Then Airey joined them and led them on the jog. He asked them to think about what pressure, temperature, volume, and density. He blinked his blue eyes a couple of times and then began to raise his hand. Wait. They could just shout it out. "Weather!" he cried, beaming. Oh yes, he knew that answer and felt very proud because of it.

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Originally Posted by Squishy

Why was he laughing? O_O

Had she told a joke without realizing it? Shaking her head in amusement, Lux was glad that he at least was doing well even if he was as odd as ever. But hey, that was part of what made him her favourite Professor. Never change, Airey.

On and on the squeaking went until he decided to break into a loud song to drown it out. What a considerate man! AND the song was about RED balloons, which worked because he was playing with a RED balloon! Awesome! Grooving along in her seat, she pouted when there was a loud POPing sound and then a shower of red rubber. Shame, that was.

Fortunately she remembered everything that they had learned in the last lesson, so Lux eagerly got to her feet. Exercising was always a good thing, and jogging seemed like an excellent way to warm them all up when it was so cold inside. Making her way around the classroom, she thought of the question that he had asked. Like almost everyone else, she called out, "WEATHER!" Maybe it wasn't creative, but she couldn't think of anything else that it could be.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel smiled as she listened to what the Professor was saying, this was going to be awesome, though well maybe not because she was going to get all sweaty and ewwwwwwwwwwwwwy like and Angel had only just done her hair.

Angel stood up and started to jog around the classroom with the Professor, she wondered if the Professor was training for a marathon or something because if he was then she would totally support him and might actually join in with him as long as it was worth it.

"Weather?" Angel wasn't sure why she shouted that out but she had a feeling that was the answer she wanted to give, so whilst she was still jogging as she was saying the answer.

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Okay. They were jogging. Couldn't they just light a fire instead...?

But Mitchell did get up and join them. ~~Mostly because Marigold got up.~~ And quickly joined Goldilocks after she ran into the wall. He gave a 'Are you alright?' look while saying "Weather." Which sort of made weather seem like a question.

DING DING DING! WE HAVE THE WINNERS!

Although all the answers were stellar in their own way. Save for the ones about flatulence. That was just plain wrong.

"Weather! YES! That was the answer I was looking for!" he exclaimed as he leaped a few times to show his excitement. "When you combine all of these ingredients in the Earth's thermosphere you get the weather. Now, we think of temperature as how warm or cold something is. But the reality is that temperature is caused by molecules zooming around. The faster they zoom, the warmer it gets, just like how you are all zooming around and getting warmer." See? Method to his madness. And he wasn't done just yet. "Now, Miss McAlistor demonstrated something just a few moments ago when she gave the wall a whack with her hand." Very good, by the way. She was clearly on the same page with him in terms of demonstrations. "These molecules in the Earth's atmosphere are constantly bouncing each other and everything else around them - your arm, the ground, a tree....just for some examples - and they exert a force on those surfaces. The force exerted by these air molecules bouncing off things is called air pressure. Now, I want you all to try this out by GENTLY bumping into one another. BE THE MOLECULE! THINK LIKE A MOLECULE! We already know that as air molecules move faster that the temperature rises, but what happens to air pressure when the temperature goes up?"

How did it feeeeeeel when someone bumped into them? Hmmmmmm?

OOC: please do not have your character cause any serious injury while they are bumping into others :3

This lesson will continue approximately 12 hours from the time of this post

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,102 Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf Airey varied his pace a bit as he took off jogging around the classroom and even turned about so he was jogging backwards to look at the pack of students following behind him. Oh yes, he was going to stay in front of the class even during their jogging. He was the professor after all, and contrary to what appearances may imply, rather fit. Clearing the occasional obstacle with his wand as he lead the way, he turned back around after giving students a few moments of thinking time and was greeted by a chorus of answers. STELLAR! Although it may be a bit difficult to differentiate between them all. He hadn’t entirely thought this through. Oops. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner "Something Stellar". “Certainly is!” And that was all he had. Quote: Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black Walking like he said he would, (although not fast) Declan thought about the question being asked and shouted out, "PLANETS?? STARS??" Well, technically speaking, the Hufflepuff wasn’t wrong...but in the context of the term he wasn’t correct. The astronomer simply shook his head in response since someone else was shouting out an answer at approximately the same time. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar Then it was question time, and the first thing that came to her mind was blurted out. "Balloons." What was the question again? Errr... Just keep jogging. Maybe he didn't hear her over everybody else's shouts. “Yes! We will be using balloons today! A little more patience!” he shouted for clarification. That had been what she had meant by balloons, right? SPOILER!!: the FART answer and the misinterpretated FART answer :3 Quote: Originally Posted by lemon Shouting after a cluster of answers had already been given, Dima tried to make his contribution original. "GAS?" Quote: Originally Posted by Talikins Running. OH YEAH! This lesson just got a lil better. The third year zoomed about as the classroom completing a good lap or two as she tried to think about those words Professor Flamsteed had just blurted out. To her they were really all random but then she could understand why people were associating that with gas and weather and the atmosphere. It all made sense, but it was all a bit of a bore like come on, could they not all come up with different things? ~~Never mind that she copied people's answers too sometimes.~~ HEH. Brilliant answer. HEHEHE. "Farts!" Bart inspired answer and all. He couldn’t tell who had shouted out the answers involving bodily functions - probably a pair of first years who were vertically challenged and therefore he couldn’t see them - but he wasn’t amused. “I am not amused!” he called out to the general crowd. “We will not be discussing flatulences today or any day.” Quote: Originally Posted by HOPEendures "Climate!" Yep. Awesome. And she kept jogging. “Yes and no, Miss Evans!” he replied, having spotting the Ravenclaw as she answered. “We need to be careful with terminology. Climate refers to the weather of a place averaged over a period of time, usually around 30 years, and something a bit too long term than what we are discussing today.” Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Pressure... temperature... volume... density... ???? "Fun," Sophie added to the chorus of answers. Out-of-the-box sort of answers were always safe kinds of answers with Flamsteed, weren't they? Probably? Heh. He couldn’t entire see who had shouted out this answer as several entered his ears at the same time, but he did like it. So he raised both of his arms high into the air and gave two very enthusiastic thumbs up. Quote: Originally Posted by ArianaBlack Zander had absolutely no clue. Hearing Sophie's answer he snorted. If anything none of this was fun. It was tiring. "Uh not cauldron cakes, that's for sure." Someone had cauldron cakes? That was really all he could hear over the chorus of responses. “NO FOOD IN THE ASTRONOMY TOWER!” Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi But then the tricky part came, answering questions while they were jogging? Kevin groaned but still listened to the question and his mind went blank after it was asked. Pressure, temperature and volume what? "SOMETHING!" He suddenly blurted out. He had no idea what the answer to the question was but everyone was shouting things and Kevin didn't want to be left out. Well, yes, obviously. Everything had to do with something. So not exactly an incorrect answer, although it was a rather obvious and vague one. Still, brief and flaily thumbs up to whoever that response had been. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow "A hot air balloon ride?" “IF ONLY THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD ALL FOR IT!” Because what better way to study the atmosphere than to go up into it? “Will certainly keep that in mind for the future!” Quote: Originally Posted by HogwartsStudent11 Marisol thought. And then she thought some more. Maybe she knew the answer. And maybe she didn't. But her best friend (back in Spain) Sara's father was a muggle physicist. Before she had thought it to be the dullest profession So she could be on the right track. "The Law of Ideal Gases?" If that was even a thing. Her memory could be a liar. Oooooooh! There was a stellar term being thrown about! “There is some correlation, yes!” Although not the answer that he was looking for. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir "Volcano!" Runrunrunfromthelava. Mr. Hirase? Airey couldn’t tell who had shouted this answer, but he was brought back to the conversation in his office about Spock and how the Gryffindor had misheard the name of the Vulcan’s home planet. So instead of answering, he lifted up his one hand and did the Vulcan salute as he continued to lead the group around the classroom at a brisk jog. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo The question could have had severeal answers if you really thought about it and given she didn't know which he was looking for she went with the most obvious response. Those were all the basic ingredients for, "This lesson today." A very awe inspiring response from Miss Cambridge. Shaking his head in mild amusement, he gave the prefect a slightly unamused look before nearly tripping over his own feet as he sped forward. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin But that question, though... that question had him totally stumped. Mo jogged silently for a few seconds before offering a very unlikely, "Thermodynamics?" Because sure... why not? Picking up his pace a bit more, his already eager smile widened a bit further with Mr. Branxton’s response. “Actually, yes, Mr. Branxton. Specifically atmospheric thermodynamic. Stellar. Very good!” Although they would not be going into the nitty gritty of the topic and had been looking for a slightly more general answer. SPOILER!!: ATMOSPHERE PEOPLE! Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone There was singing. Of course there was singing. There was a popping too, which caused Grayson -- who was looking around the classroom -- to jump and turn his attention back to the front. JEEZ. If that sound didn't jolt people awake, he didn't know what would. Really. He was even sitting up a little straighter and his blue eyes were wide, thanks to it. Nope. No sleeping was going to happen here. They were meant to get up and start jogging, too. WELL. Due to the cold weather, Grayson had been feeling quite lazy. Warm fires and hot chocolate sounded much better and exercising sounded like it required too much effort, given what the condition was like outside. Letting out a small groan, Grayson stood up and streeeeeeeetched. Stretch his arms and his legs and his whole body. Andddddddd jogging. It was happening. Did he think that the jogging part would be the hardest? Lol. LOOOOOL. What kind of hard question had Flamsteed just picked out from his brain? Boy was confused, and for good reason, too. He didn't know how they linked but he that didn't stop him from making a smart guess. Nuh uh. The hand went up in the air and he shouted, "IS IT SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ATMOSPHERE?" Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Huh...they were not doing balloon animals today. That was a little depressing. He shrugged it off and how the professor was singing to them? It sounded like 99 Red Balloons. He actually knew that song and smirked. But now onto the lesson. Wait...they were going jogging? Well it did seem quite cold in here. He got up and warmed his hands. He was rubbing them together. But as he went with his other classmates, he could barely hear the question. But as he shouted louder he could hear it. He thought about it and said, "THE ATMOSPHERE!" That was the only thing he could think of! I think Grayson was thinking along on the same lines as him. Quote: Originally Posted by Grrr...Meow Bay smiled when the balloon popped, he he he. ohhh they needed to be doing some running.. jumping up he followed everyone else in the room… doing laps.. and what he had to answer questions while he was running… talk about multitasking.. Almost out of breath he said "the atmosphere?" he really wished he could stop and take a drink right now. panting and sweating he wondered when they were going to stop all the running.. because he was plenty warm now. “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, WE’RE HALF WAY THEEEEEEEEEEERE!” he sang. Because they were sort of half way there. Well, more like one fifth of the way there, but anyway. So yes, it did have something to do with the atmosphere, but only with a specific part of it. More on that later though. SPOILER!!: STORM (NOT THE X-MEN) SORT OF ANSWERS! Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom Caleb had to RUN now? Even though he wasn't looking forward to physical activity, Flamsteed had a good point - exercise made you WARMER. Plus if he got a workout, was he really supposed to be complaining? He got up and started jogging, mulling over the answer to his question. What were those ingredients for? Hmmm...hmmm... "Are those what make up storms?" he answered. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 There was not one time Adi was never amused in Professor Flamsteed's class. He doubted the man could make a poodle because if he could then he wouldn't be having trouble with the balloon, right? Anyway...Jogging? Sure! At least Adi would be warm. He jumped up from his seat and eagerly took off. Warmth. He needed warmth. As he jogged, the boy pondered on the posed question. Hmm... "A hurricane, Professor.'' It was all he could think of. No, actually he he could think of more stuff but he just wanted to blurt out that answer. Heh. Quote: Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 ...this was interesting. And PROMISING. Marigold eagerly got up and jogged. It was the promise of further warmth that made her actually run. As for the feeling of running in circles? Not so fun. She accidentally ran into the wall when she raised her hand to answer the question. "Storms?" was her guess. And her shoulder hurt from running into the wall. Quote: Originally Posted by Mordred Ethan watched the professor sing, and wasn’t bothered by it at all. Free entertainment, you guys! The third year even had both of his hands in front and conducted for Airey. Such a good conductor he was. But then, class was starting! Ethan was more than glad to be up and moving because, horrible weather outside…and they were in a higher altitude and all that. Anyway. Jogging. Jog, jog, jog. The Slytherin’s thoughts were at a loss because the other students started to throw answers from left to right. They sure are quick to answer, no? And such smarty pants! Ethan concentrated on his jogging and simply tied his classmates’ answer with Airey’s question. “STORM!” Because…snowstorm? This class should be somehow relevant to what’s going on outside? Uh-huh. Jog, jog, jog. Yes! YES! They were getting closer now! Although thus far Mr. Branxton had come the closest to the response he was looking for. “YES! And storms are a part oooooooooooooooof…” he called as he frolicked forward. SPOILER!!: THE SILENT JOGGERS! Quote: Originally Posted by Shanners Jogging? Heck no. She was NOT jogging. She would walk. And so she did. She weaved between a couple of students to avoid being caught out not being at the same speed as the others and the look on her face said that she had no intention of matching them all. Stuff jogging where the sun didn't shine. And that was Hogwarts, by the way. It was cold. She wanted to be in her bed with extra blankets and not here looking at people jog in situations that they weren't in shorts for. Shorts = legs = happy Elodie. Jogging + cold + no SHORTS = not so happy Elodie. And no. She had no answer. Not one. Weirdos. Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin Ian grinned as he enjoyed the professor's singing. It was rather an entertaining song. He was excited to see what was up with the class...that was until the professor popped the balloon. It startled him some and he almost dove for the floor. He'd heard the noises like that some on the boat with his dad and usually it meant one of the traps were loose and he was supposed to hit the ground, or deck in this matter. The professor got up and greeted the class as a whole and then something rather unexpected. He told them to get up and run. Ian hadn't really expected a physical lesson and so was wearing his ankle high boots rather than his trainers. This should be interesting...he hoped he didn't get any blisters. Dress socks weren't exactly well suited to athletics. He began shuffling his feet in a semi-joggishness manner not really wanted to build up too much of a sweat. With his thick woolen sweater and robe on...he feared he would pass out. He'd see how long he could maintain this glacial pace. Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin Ian wasn't particularly enjoying this part of the lesson. He wasn't much for running normally. He liked to take things at a bit of a more leisurely pace. It didn't help that with his robe and woolen sweater things were starting to get a little too warm for his comfort. He looked at the professor, hoping the running part was going to be over soon. It didn't take much for Ian's breathing to become labored and ragged as he panted. I really am in poor physical condition Ian thought to himself in between thoughts of how much fun he was NOT having. “Keep it up!” he called to everyone, but mostly to be encouragement for those who did not answer. Not everyone was gifted with the talent of multitasking. At least he wasn’t asking them to jog and chew gum at the same time, right? Heh. He was actually starting to get a bit out of breath from all the talking, failing, and jogging. Not to mention the whole brief burst into song. SPOILER!!: WEATHER PEOPLE! Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Ohh, so she was really going to get that poodle?! "Cool!" she said, as she watched the professor twist the balloon this way and that. She was really starting to anticipate what her new poodle would look like, when... BAM! Sophie jumped back and stared wide-eyed at the balloon mess. Glancing back up at the professor, she said, "I think the poodle died..." Surely he could tell that. He was wearing pieces of it, after all. Anyway... Apparently, they were meant to start jogging. Between this and the yoga they sometimes did in Defense class, they should be in shape now, despite the Quidditch lull. Sophie stood up but didn't start moving right away. She didn't want to be the first to try it. There was a question, though, so... "WEATHER!" she shouted. Well, he had said to shout. Hopefully she was right and hadn't just yelled out the wrong answer... Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir First the balloons and now singing. Was this professor some kind of performer? That explanation made quite a lot of sense to Hayden, she thought it was a very logical assessment of all the facts and so she was sticking with it. In his spare time Professor Flamsteed traveled around and performed at different venues such as restaurants and children's birthday parties. He must. What? Now jogging? She had not signed up for that. This was Astronomy not physical education. But Hayden was forced to get out of her chair and start jogging around the room. At least there were so many of them they basically covered the whole room around the outside, and no one could really tell who was the slowest. She jogged at a very slow pace. If the professor wanted her to jog, that was as good as he was going to get. And now there was a question? Oh boy, what didn't she have to do? Hayden had to think about the answer while keeping herself from running into anything while she jogged. She thought she knew it so she said "Weather." But it wasn't very loud, and didn't sound extremely confident. Oh well, it sounded right. They were talking about weather, sort of, so it made sense. Right? Right. Now could they be done running, please? Quote: Originally Posted by Danielle_Daughn Mackenzie was up, and jogging but also pulling her jacket and scarf tighter around her. SERIOUSLY AIREY THIS ISN'T COOL ITS COLD!!!! The Gryffindor mentally yelled at her favorite professor, as she continued to jog laps around the room. And what's with the physical education and thinking Pressure, temperature, volume, and density... her brow furrowed as she thought, suddenly she came to a halt as she grinned "WEATHER!!!" and then realized if she didn't continue someone would run into her and she sprinted around the room a few times. Quote: Originally Posted by griffin Professor Flamsteed was singing something about balloons. He did manage to say hello to Penelope, in between lines of the song. The balloon was really squeaky, so when the professor was twisting the balloon again, she covered her ears. POP! Penelope covered her ears tighter and ducked under the desk as pieces of balloon fell on the professors head and on the floor around him. She would just stay here under the desk where she would be safe. Oh, class was starting? Looking around to make sure that there were not any more balloons that might pop, Penelope uncovered her ears and crawled out from under the desk. They were jogging laps around the room? Helping her mind think quicker and more efficiently sounded like a good reason to get up and jog. Flamsteed probably had some other astronomy activity related reason for everyone running laps around the room. She got up and started jogging around the room with everyone. Pressure, temperature, volume, and density are the basic ingredients for what? "Weather!" Penelope shouted out her answer as loud as she could so the professor would be able to hear her. Were they going to get any questions that they actually needed to think about? That one seemed too easy. Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju Agatha probably smiled a bit wider than planned as she waved at Simon and she told him she was very well, thank you. Airey's balloon popped before they could engage in a proper conversation, which made her turn her attention from her housemate to the teacher. He had some balloon bits on his head. Agatha stared. *"Professor,* there's something on your head."** See, she called him 'professor'. She could do it. She was expecting the lesson to start, but the man was telling them all to get up and jog. Well, Agatha was a very healthy lady, and she was totally up for that. Her uncle Orsy and ballet always made sure she was fit and she could jog for an entire day if she wanted. Mhm. And she was off. Jogging around the room. She should have brought a hair bobble with her... she always forgot to bring them to classes and she had noticed they were needed in many lessons. The Slytherin hoped she would remember it the next time. So her hair was waving behind her as she jogged. Faster than some kids, for that matter. She was totally fit, alright. But she didn't have a clue what professor Flamsteed was going on about when he mentioned all that crazy stuff. And her classmates started to yell answers. Most people were saying weather, so that was probably right. "WEATHER." Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 The Professor wanted them to jog? Jasmine supposed that jogging was one way to get warm. Normally she would have been all in, but right now not so much. Dragging herself up from her chair, Jasmine started to slowly run around the classroom. Maybe some endorphins would help her? Then Professor Flamsteed asked a question. Jasmine knew that the answer was weather, but it had already been said several times. She knew that she should just stay quiet, but she didn't. At the risk of being super redundant, Jasmine said, "Weather". .........And still jogging........ Quote: Originally Posted by Emms So he was sitting around with the other students when all of a sudden a large noise came from over near where Professor Airey was. He squinted his eyes and scrunched his nose at the sound of the balloon bursting. Thank Merlin that the balloon was gone. Now he didn't have to get so worried. Well at least the balloon hadn't flown at his face. Phew. A little bit of tension left from his shoulders. Oh good idea. They would keep moving so that they would all stay warm and not freeze their butts off. Simon got to his feet rather energetically. Then Airey joined them and led them on the jog. He asked them to think about what pressure, temperature, volume, and density. He blinked his blue eyes a couple of times and then began to raise his hand. Wait. They could just shout it out. "Weather!" he cried, beaming. Oh yes, he knew that answer and felt very proud because of it. Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy Why was he laughing? O_O Had she told a joke without realizing it? Shaking her head in amusement, Lux was glad that he at least was doing well even if he was as odd as ever. But hey, that was part of what made him her favourite Professor. Never change, Airey. On and on the squeaking went until he decided to break into a loud song to drown it out. What a considerate man! AND the song was about RED balloons, which worked because he was playing with a RED balloon! Awesome! Grooving along in her seat, she pouted when there was a loud POPing sound and then a shower of red rubber. Shame, that was. Fortunately she remembered everything that they had learned in the last lesson, so Lux eagerly got to her feet. Exercising was always a good thing, and jogging seemed like an excellent way to warm them all up when it was so cold inside. Making her way around the classroom, she thought of the question that he had asked. Like almost everyone else, she called out, "WEATHER!" Maybe it wasn't creative, but she couldn't think of anything else that it could be. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel smiled as she listened to what the Professor was saying, this was going to be awesome, though well maybe not because she was going to get all sweaty and ewwwwwwwwwwwwwy like and Angel had only just done her hair. Angel stood up and started to jog around the classroom with the Professor, she wondered if the Professor was training for a marathon or something because if he was then she would totally support him and might actually join in with him as long as it was worth it. "Weather?" Angel wasn't sure why she shouted that out but she had a feeling that was the answer she wanted to give, so whilst she was still jogging as she was saying the answer. Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Okay. They were jogging. Couldn't they just light a fire instead...? But Mitchell did get up and join them. ~~Mostly because Marigold got up.~~ And quickly joined Goldilocks after she ran into the wall. He gave a 'Are you alright?' look while saying "Weather." Which sort of made weather seem like a question. DING DING DING! WE HAVE THE WINNERS! Although all the answers were stellar in their own way. Save for the ones about flatulence. That was just plain wrong. "Weather! YES! That was the answer I was looking for!" he exclaimed as he leaped a few times to show his excitement. "When you combine all of these ingredients in the Earth's thermosphere you get the weather. Now, we think of temperature as how warm or cold something is. But the reality is that temperature is caused by molecules zooming around. The faster they zoom, the warmer it gets, just like how you are all zooming around and getting warmer." See? Method to his madness. And he wasn't done just yet. "Now, Miss McAlistor demonstrated something just a few moments ago when she gave the wall a whack with her hand." Very good, by the way. She was clearly on the same page with him in terms of demonstrations. "These molecules in the Earth's atmosphere are constantly bouncing each other and everything else around them - your arm, the ground, a tree....just for some examples - and they exert a force on those surfaces. The force exerted by these air molecules bouncing off things is called air pressure. Now, I want you all to try this out by GENTLY bumping into one another. BE THE MOLECULE! THINK LIKE A MOLECULE! We already know that as air molecules move faster that the temperature rises, but what happens to air pressure when the temperature goes up?" How did it feeeeeeel when someone bumped into them? Hmmmmmm? 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