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sweetpinkpixie · 07-07-2014, 04:11 PM

No longer wheezing, Airey began to perform a few spirited hip twists while still catching his breath. Maybe he should pull a page from Medea's book and make them all do some yoga as part of the cool down...Hmmm...

Although he was hardly qualified to instruct students in yoga, so he was going pass that opportunity up.

SPOILER!!: quiet peeps

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Finallllly they were stopping. This was good. Mitchell looked at the formulas for a second. They weren't seriously going to do math while jogging, right?

... and they weren't going to be doing a 10k. Right? That was a marathon! And apparently also something significant to weather...?

Weird.

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Originally Posted by Deezerz

That was a whole lot of information right there. Beverly processed everything Airey was saying. Would have been nice if she was at her desk taking notes, but retaining this in her head would have to do for now.

She almost groaned when he told them to stop. She was barely warming up. Bev could run for miles and miles, but oh well. At least they got to move around. Gathering her hair up into a ponytail before she started stretching, Beverly thought about the question. Why is 10 kilometers significant? She blinked thoughtfully. Inner groan. She needed her text book. Why isn't Astronomy her strong suit? Hmm? Then she'd be able ~~super to impress Airey~~ get the best marks.

But she was listening to everyone's answers. Some making more sense than others.

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Originally Posted by nanyjj

To tell the truth, Leah had stopped before the professor told them too, but she hoped that she was short enough to hide behind all those tall students. She was still relieved however, when everyone else had stopped and she did not feel guilty anymore. Instead of feeling warmer, the Hufflepuff was distracted. Very distracted. She could not take in any of the information given and was frustrated.

And the next question was just weird. What about 10 kilometers? Some answers were making sense, ~~most~~ some were not. Leah was not running 10 kilometers, that was definitely true. She stayed quiet and waited for Professor Flamsteed to speak.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Aww lookit the Professor all out of breath and stuff. The man surely needed some time to get in shape. Hehe. Not that Adi himself wasn't feeling the effects of that jog.

So what was the significance of this 10 km? Adi hadn't the slightest clue. Obviously it had something to do with the weather. Maybe it was the distance weather clouds too to form or something? Ah well. He'd wait for the answer from Flamsteed.

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Originally Posted by feeheeheeny

Merlin, Flamsteed was spewing a whole lot of information at once. She hadn't thought to bring a piece of parchment and quill along to take notes as they went around in their big circle, but she wasn't sure that she could've even written any legible notes while jogging anyway. How did he expect them to remember everything?

At least there was one boy who was trying to take notes while they were jogging. That was funny of him, but she doubted they were very neat notes anyway.

Then they were stopping, though, and Sophie came to a halt, breathing slowly and lowering her heart rate fairly quickly. She gave funny looks to those who seemed out of breath and, for a moment, she considered starting a Hogwarts Running Club next term to encourage people to get into proper shape, but she lost the thought as Flamsteed continued the lesson with such great enthusiasm. Their goal was ten kilometers? She could've run that whole thing, she bet. She usually did about half of that around the grounds on a normal day, but she was certain she was up to that kind of challenge.

Why was it significant? She didn't know until Mo answered with lots of detail and certainty. Yeah. He had to have been right, the big ol' nerd.

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Originally Posted by OwlEcho63

Hazel stopped running to catch her breath. Did the professor say they had only jogged a third or fourth of 10 kilometers? That was almost 3 kilometers! She didn't know whether to say that was a lot or a little, so she tried to answer his question... but she couldn't. What was so special about 10 kilometers? Considering the class she was in, Hazel decided it had something to do with air or weather or something like that. Not a bit clue. She kept her hand down and waited for the professor to tell them the answer.

The boy unceremoniously flopped on the floor and streeeetched his tired legs.

They're supposed to do warm ups first, 'fessor Flame-o. Not the other way around. Mhm.[/QUOTE]

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Originally Posted by Squishy

This running was starting to tire Lux out, so she was rather happy when they got to take a break. Not only were her legs and lungs starting to feel it, but so was her brain. There was a lot of information coming at her, and it had been a while since she had read up on this stuff in the textbook.

Trying to catch her breath, Lux wasn't sure how to answer the next question. What she really wanted to know was if he actually expected them to run 10 kilometers, because if so she didn't think she would make it.

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Jasmine kept jogging and wondered just how far the Professor would have them run. She wasn't bothered by it yet because she liked to run and running made her numb.....numb was good. Trying to focus on the information being presented, however, was a challenge. Jasmine was not upset when the Professor finally told the class to stop running.

Then there was a question. What was significant about 10 kilometers? That's how far away Jasmine's mind was from Astronomy right then? Really, she had no idea what the significance of 10 kilometers was and she couldn't seem to come up with a plausible answer. Sooooo until she thought of one, Jasmine would stand quietly, stretch and try to be invisible.

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Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black

OH, GEEZ. Declan ran a hand across his forehead. The professor nearly gave him a heart attack there. The sight of the equation almost sent him jogging out of the classroom. Math is not something he's fond of. Horrible thing, math is.

Oh, thank Merlin they could stop jogging. Not that he really was, but still that's his exercise for the week. 10 kilometers...10 kilometers?!! Nope. Doesn't ring a bell.

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Oh, they were stopping now? But...but they were just starting to warm up. Lex felt like she was burning some real sugar just now, did you know that Professor? Being winded didn't matter. Lex never thought she'd missed a feeling more than this one. Being tired and getting extra air into your lungs if you want to breath. No quidditch was bad enough but then you add not going outside and you might as well had made her old again.

Lex leaned against a section of the wall trying to catch her breath. You think she'd be trying to internalize all that was said but no, she was effectively clearing her mind and taking deep breaths.

Could they do this again? Almost hitting 10 km sounded impressive and like it was actually worth something in this castle. If only they'd done this distance in laps around the Quidditch Pitch. She would have loved Airey forever--not that she didn't already but you got the idea.

Like most of the class as it would seem, the Gryffindor was lost on this 10 km thing and it's significance but that might have been because of all the deep breathing and just winding down from the job she was doing.

Giving his students a glance over and quick nod of encouragement, he took a step forward with his left leg. "Alright everyone, hip flexor stretch. Hold it 20 seconds with either leg. Really lean into it. You wouldn't want to be sore tomorrow." You know, and be even less mobile about the castle than they already were considering they were all snowed in.

And, as always, attentive listening was appreciated. Mental double thumbs up to all you guys!

SPOILER!!: Sophie N & Dima

Chuckling softly, Airey flashed Miss Newell an encouraging smile before his attention was drawn to Mr. Toussaint and his response. "As Mr. Toussaint implies, a light year is an incredibly far distance. Much much MUCH farther than 10 km. In fact...take 10 km and multiply it by 946,100,000,000 km and you'll be at a light year."

Would be quite the impossible feat to jog 9,461,000,000,000 km in the span of one lesson. Sweet solstice though...if anyone were to accomplish that safely, well, there would be a sturdy reward in for them.

Or perhaps there was a project to be had next term. Yes, the wheels in Airey Flamsteed's head were turning. BWAHAHA!

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Originally Posted by Talikins

HEH. Anyways this new questions, well she totally knew the answer and maybe it was just about time she answered something. "Well Professor, 10 km is important because that's where clouds usually begin to form at their dew point, no?" Was she right then??

"It is indeed!" he nodded. Although they would not be going into the details of dew point and everything else. Not enough time and there had already been far too much lecture already. Hands on lecture, but still too much listening for already restless students. "Excellent points, Miss Campbell."

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Originally Posted by Mordred

Merlin, he needs to take down notes pronto. Or maybe not? Maybe Simon's got that skill too? Taking down notes while jogging, and not poking his eye in the process? Yeah...skillful Watson. Ethan's impressed. Well, back to the question though. 10 kilometers? "Is it part of an equation?" No need to confirm if he got this right, because he was too tired to even stand up.

"I am sure it is somewhere," he chuckled, amused at his own reply. Somewhere in the world 10 km played a critical role, but it was not for them at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

Nigel was already stopped and could not stop running when he already was not. Just the thing you ponder while watching people run. And there he goes again. Does he ever stop for drink of water or even a break. Not that Nigel has seen. Even after getting run over. Flameo was superman or something. Maybe he was making us do this in preperation for an iron man or 10km Run. That must be it. Preparing a class for your own personal agenda did sound pretty awesome.

"Because you are practicing for a 10 kilometer run."

Though he did like Dima's answer.

Truth be told, he had only participated in such a run once in his life thus far. Part of a fundraising event sponsored by NASA. Pre accident, of course. "Not this year, Mr. Barrington," he winked.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

So, up went his hand in the air. "Does it have something to do with the atmosphere again? Or the stratosphere?" What was the difference?

"Atmosphere, yes. Stratosphere, no. Although the statosphere is another important layer to the Earth's atmosphere and contains the ozone layer which blocks out ultaviolet light." GRIN.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel was totally loving this lesson and now it was time to have a guess, though she wasn't sure of the answer. "Is it something to do with how fast the weather travels?" Angel was totally lost about what 10km had to do with Astronomy, she knew that people did 10k races but that was about it.

"Good guess, but no," he replied with a slight shake of the head.

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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin

Kace was glad they were stopping. He felt a little tightness in his chest. He was breathing in and out. He had his hands on top of his head to help the air flow. He was winded from the winter that is for sure. He was usually like this in sports camps. He heard the professor ask a question and 10 kilometers? Hmmm what did that have to do with the class? He grinned and raised his hand. "Professor is that how much we are going to run? Are you training for a 10 kilometer run?" It mean it seemed logical to him. He was working up a sweat.

"Well, it was the goal," he chuckled as he switched to stretching his right leg. "But as I told Mr. Barrington, no 10 km runs for me this term." Besides running that far being extremely unappealing to begin with, the thought of running it through the corridors and having to deal with the moving staircases was incredibly ......... gross.

For lack of a better word.

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Marigold finally stopped running. She had been too out of breath to answer the questions, so she stopped and just breathed for a while before actually thinking of an answer. They had run a lot, okay, especially for someone who didn't really exercise other than climbing the Hogwarts stairs.

"Maybe that's how big a storm is." Was that her answer? Merlin, she needed more oxygen in her brain.

"Storms vary in size. Some can be incredibly massive to comparatively small," he replied. His own weather experimentation had been trying to figure out just how big the blizzard was, but so far his instruments were proving useless. Freezing up and breaking due to the extreme subzero temperatures.

He was hoping that perhaps today that could change.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

"That's the length of a foot race, right? I have no idea what it has to do with weather, though," he said. Did Flamsteed have any water bottles or anything around? He was thirsty!

"Um........yes?" he questioned in return. He honestly hadn't the foggiest (hehe, fog) idea how long a foot race was, but seemed legit.

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Originally Posted by littledhampir

"People run 10 kilometer runs but I don't know why." All she knew is that they got organized like they would for a marathon and then ran 10 kilometers. Why that amount? And why would people want to run that much? She hoped they didn't actually have to do that. Running really was not her thing. Weren't they sometimes called 10K run/walks? If that was the case, she would choose to walk thank you very much..

"Suppose for the challenge and it is a rather nice round number," he speculated. Perhaps there was some historical context having to do with the number 10...and maybe even some Arithmancy related meaning to it.

But students could look into that on their own time.

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Originally Posted by PhoenixStar

AJ stopped jogging as soon as the professor said the word. She had no idea why 10 kilometers was important. "Because 10 is your favorite number." 10 was a nice number.

"My favorite number is actually 42," he winked. You know, for future reference should that knowledge be necessary somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Chiara

What was the meaning of this 10 Km?
Lucy said:"Maybe this number can be a distance to the entry level?!?!"

Entry level? He felt like the Gryffindor was on the brink of something, but he wasn't quite following her train of thought just yet. "In a sense, it is the distance to the beginning of something, yes."

SPOILER!!: Simon, Mo, & Ian!!!

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Originally Posted by Emms

They could FINALY stop jogging. YES. It was right on time. Phew. Simon felt if he had been jogging any longer his legs would have crumbled and he'd have his face hit the floor. Eh. That was probably a bit too extreme a thought; however, the boy definitely felt that way. His muscles were starting to cramp up so he started stretching out his legs. Ahhh... Much better.

Simon stopped jogging and took several moments to catch his breath. As Airey spoke, he continued writing down notes in his handy dandy notebook.

SPOILER!!: more notes!

Ah question time.

Simon blinked, utterly baffled by Airey's question about the signifigance of 10 kilometres. Wait. What? Uhh... Did it have something to do with the atmosphere? "Does the 10 kilometres have something to do where weather takes place? Somewhere up in the atmosphere? The Trophos-something-sphere?" he guessed. Yeah that was totally it. The Trophos-something-something- sphere.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

So Mo was feeling a little dense. He'd read up on the chapters about... those two laws, but he hadn't been nearly as fast with an answer as the younger students. The running felt good, though, and maybe he was just enjoying some physical activity and had been completely distracted. Maybe. Or maybe he was so deep in the NEWT dregs that he could barely function in normal classwork.

He wanted to participate, though, so when the professor had them stop running and threw another question their way, Mo was in full show-off mode. "The first 10 km, on average, of the atmosphere is known as the troposphere, Professor. That's where weather generally occurs, because that's where most of the mass and water vapor resides." Or... was that right? Where was his book?

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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin

He sucked in a deep breath and posited 10 km is the distance at which the weather systems that impact our daily lives are formed?

OH! Here was someone else on the brink of brilliance. Ooooh, that was a nice little catchphrase for something. On the brink of brilliance.

Anyway. Back to Mr. Simon's response.

"Yes....YES, Mr. Simon. YES!" he said while hopping in place. He was just about to correct his trophos-something-sphere to the correct term when Mr. Branxton did so himself. "STELLAR, MR. BRANXTON! ABSOLUTELY STELLAR!" he exclaimed with the widest of grins on his face. "If only you all were sitting at your desks now. I would have jumped on yours." Pity. Now he had missed his chance to jump on Mr. Branxton's desk for his brilliant answer.

EVEN MORE STELLAR ANSWERS BEING HEARD!

"EXCELLENT, MR. TINKER! EXCELLENT. I hope you all have been paying attention to your classmates, because Mr. Simon, Mr. Branxton, and Mr. Tinker are right on the galleon," he beamed towards everyone as he began to do some shoulder rolls. "The Earth's atmosphere is divided up into five layers. I used to refer to them as the Fantastic Five when I was a child and designed super heroes based on my scientific knowledge of what each layer did. Even wrote my own comic book series." He was, of course, assuming that his students were somewhat familiar with the Fantastic Four, yes? If not, well, he was sounding even more insane. Nothing out of the ordinary there. BUT OH HOMEWORK IDEA! "These layers act like warm blankets and keep the Earth warm. Without these layers of the atmosphere, it would be MUCH colder and life would be impossible Now, atmosphere is really just a fancy word for air, and just as air is what keeps the Earth warm, the blankets and jackets you use are designed with fibers to hold air against your body and THIS is what keeps you warm."

BLOODY FASCINATING STUFF, NO?!

"Of these five layers, we will just be focusing on the troposphere today. As Mr. Branxton and Mr. Tinker reiterated, and Miss Campbell alluded to, this is the layer of the atmosphere where the Earth's weather takes place. It is very thin, having a thickness from about 7 to 8 km at the poles to about 16 to 18 km at the Equator. If we were to complete our 10 km run and could somehow run vertically towards space from where we stand now, we would reach the edge of the troposphere." Chew on that! Every person who completed a 10 km marathon had run to the edge of the first layer of the Earth's atmosphere. CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT, YEAH?!

"Meteorologists primarily analyze conditions in the troposphere to predict the weather, although data from the other layers is useful as well. So, today, you are all going to try your hand at meteorology," he continued, gesturing towards their desks to indicate that they should all take their seats once more. "Many of you are most likely unfamiliar with how this is accomplished." Muggle devices and unfamiliarity with meteorology and all. "And while there are many methods used, we are going to do something that utilizes these," he explained as he returned to his own desk and removed a balloon from the package on his desk. "Any one care to venture a guess?"

OOC: class will resume approximately 12 hours from the time of this post after which we will officially move on to the activity portion of the lesson

I am so sorry that he talks so much T_____________T

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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 No longer wheezing, Airey began to perform a few spirited hip twists while still catching his breath. Maybe he should pull a page from Medea's book and make them all do some yoga as part of the cool down...Hmmm... Although he was hardly qualified to instruct students in yoga, so he was going pass that opportunity up. SPOILER!!: quiet peeps Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Finallllly they were stopping. This was good. Mitchell looked at the formulas for a second. They weren't seriously going to do math while jogging, right? ... and they weren't going to be doing a 10k. Right? That was a marathon! And apparently also something significant to weather...? Weird. Quote: Originally Posted by Deezerz That was a whole lot of information right there. Beverly processed everything Airey was saying. Would have been nice if she was at her desk taking notes, but retaining this in her head would have to do for now. She almost groaned when he told them to stop. She was barely warming up. Bev could run for miles and miles, but oh well. At least they got to move around. Gathering her hair up into a ponytail before she started stretching, Beverly thought about the question. Why is 10 kilometers significant? She blinked thoughtfully. Inner groan. She needed her text book. Why isn't Astronomy her strong suit? Hmm? Then she'd be able ~~super to impress Airey~~ get the best marks. But she was listening to everyone's answers. Some making more sense than others. Quote: Originally Posted by nanyjj To tell the truth, Leah had stopped before the professor told them too, but she hoped that she was short enough to hide behind all those tall students. She was still relieved however, when everyone else had stopped and she did not feel guilty anymore. Instead of feeling warmer, the Hufflepuff was distracted. Very distracted. She could not take in any of the information given and was frustrated. And the next question was just weird. What about 10 kilometers? Some answers were making sense, ~~most~~ some were not. Leah was not running 10 kilometers, that was definitely true. She stayed quiet and waited for Professor Flamsteed to speak. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Aww lookit the Professor all out of breath and stuff. The man surely needed some time to get in shape. Hehe. Not that Adi himself wasn't feeling the effects of that jog. So what was the significance of this 10 km? Adi hadn't the slightest clue. Obviously it had something to do with the weather. Maybe it was the distance weather clouds too to form or something? Ah well. He'd wait for the answer from Flamsteed. Quote: Originally Posted by feeheeheeny Merlin, Flamsteed was spewing a whole lot of information at once. She hadn't thought to bring a piece of parchment and quill along to take notes as they went around in their big circle, but she wasn't sure that she could've even written any legible notes while jogging anyway. How did he expect them to remember everything? At least there was one boy who was trying to take notes while they were jogging. That was funny of him, but she doubted they were very neat notes anyway. Then they were stopping, though, and Sophie came to a halt, breathing slowly and lowering her heart rate fairly quickly. She gave funny looks to those who seemed out of breath and, for a moment, she considered starting a Hogwarts Running Club next term to encourage people to get into proper shape, but she lost the thought as Flamsteed continued the lesson with such great enthusiasm. Their goal was ten kilometers? She could've run that whole thing, she bet. She usually did about half of that around the grounds on a normal day, but she was certain she was up to that kind of challenge. Why was it significant? She didn't know until Mo answered with lots of detail and certainty. Yeah. He had to have been right, the big ol' nerd. Quote: Originally Posted by OwlEcho63 Hazel stopped running to catch her breath. Did the professor say they had only jogged a third or fourth of 10 kilometers? That was almost 3 kilometers! She didn't know whether to say that was a lot or a little, so she tried to answer his question... but she couldn't. What was so special about 10 kilometers? Considering the class she was in, Hazel decided it had something to do with air or weather or something like that. Not a bit clue. She kept her hand down and waited for the professor to tell them the answer. The boy unceremoniously flopped on the floor and streeeetched his tired legs. They're supposed to do warm ups first, 'fessor Flame-o. Not the other way around. Mhm.[/QUOTE] Quote: Originally Posted by Squishy This running was starting to tire Lux out, so she was rather happy when they got to take a break. Not only were her legs and lungs starting to feel it, but so was her brain. There was a lot of information coming at her, and it had been a while since she had read up on this stuff in the textbook. Trying to catch her breath, Lux wasn't sure how to answer the next question. What she really wanted to know was if he actually expected them to run 10 kilometers, because if so she didn't think she would make it. Quote: Originally Posted by Daydreamer11 Jasmine kept jogging and wondered just how far the Professor would have them run. She wasn't bothered by it yet because she liked to run and running made her numb.....numb was good. Trying to focus on the information being presented, however, was a challenge. Jasmine was not upset when the Professor finally told the class to stop running. Then there was a question. What was significant about 10 kilometers? That's how far away Jasmine's mind was from Astronomy right then? Really, she had no idea what the significance of 10 kilometers was and she couldn't seem to come up with a plausible answer. Sooooo until she thought of one, Jasmine would stand quietly, stretch and try to be invisible. Quote: Originally Posted by Awarlesta Black OH, GEEZ. Declan ran a hand across his forehead. The professor nearly gave him a heart attack there. The sight of the equation almost sent him jogging out of the classroom. Math is not something he's fond of. Horrible thing, math is. Oh, thank Merlin they could stop jogging. Not that he really was, but still that's his exercise for the week. 10 kilometers...10 kilometers?!! Nope. Doesn't ring a bell. Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Oh, they were stopping now? But...but they were just starting to warm up. Lex felt like she was burning some real sugar just now, did you know that Professor? Being winded didn't matter. Lex never thought she'd missed a feeling more than this one. Being tired and getting extra air into your lungs if you want to breath. No quidditch was bad enough but then you add not going outside and you might as well had made her old again. Lex leaned against a section of the wall trying to catch her breath. You think she'd be trying to internalize all that was said but no, she was effectively clearing her mind and taking deep breaths. Could they do this again? Almost hitting 10 km sounded impressive and like it was actually worth something in this castle. If only they'd done this distance in laps around the Quidditch Pitch. She would have loved Airey forever--not that she didn't already but you got the idea. Like most of the class as it would seem, the Gryffindor was lost on this 10 km thing and it's significance but that might have been because of all the deep breathing and just winding down from the job she was doing. Giving his students a glance over and quick nod of encouragement, he took a step forward with his left leg. "Alright everyone, hip flexor stretch. Hold it 20 seconds with either leg. Really lean into it. You wouldn't want to be sore tomorrow." You know, and be even less mobile about the castle than they already were considering they were all snowed in. And, as always, attentive listening was appreciated. Mental double thumbs up to all you guys! SPOILER!!: Sophie N & Dima Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Sophie could hear something about an equation, but that went over her head. So she just kept on moving--that is, until she heard the word STOP. She stopped in place and turned to face the professor. They were only a third or fourth of the way to their goal? What goal, and why was it taking so long to get there? Now the professor was talking about ten kilometers and why it was so significant. Could Sophie tell him why? Uhh, no. Then it occurred to her. What in Astronomy took a really, really long time? A lot of things did, but they were traveling, which meant the answer might have something to do with--"Is it a light year?" she asked, raising her hand. "Or, does it take a whole bunch of those kilometers to equal light year?" Quote: Originally Posted by lemon He wasn't going to PRETEND like he understood anything Professor Top hat was saying because, really, Dima had no clue. Could he hear himself talking? Did he know what he was saying? Why could he not see that it was total gibberish? Something something something popping balloons. That was literally all he got from that. But he DID know something about the next question. Maybe. "A TRILLION of those are!" Yeah! He knew! Him! Dima Toussaint! Him! HIM. Did he get a sticker? If not, he'd just get Kyroh to give him one later. Chuckling softly, Airey flashed Miss Newell an encouraging smile before his attention was drawn to Mr. Toussaint and his response. "As Mr. Toussaint implies, a light year is an incredibly far distance. Much much MUCH farther than 10 km. In fact...take 10 km and multiply it by 946,100,000,000 km and you'll be at a light year." Would be quite the impossible feat to jog 9,461,000,000,000 km in the span of one lesson. Sweet solstice though...if anyone were to accomplish that safely, well, there would be a sturdy reward in for them. Or perhaps there was a project to be had next term. Yes, the wheels in Airey Flamsteed's head were turning. BWAHAHA! Quote: Originally Posted by Talikins HEH. Anyways this new questions, well she totally knew the answer and maybe it was just about time she answered something. "Well Professor, 10 km is important because that's where clouds usually begin to form at their dew point, no?" Was she right then?? "It is indeed!" he nodded. Although they would not be going into the details of dew point and everything else. Not enough time and there had already been far too much lecture already. Hands on lecture, but still too much listening for already restless students. "Excellent points, Miss Campbell." Quote: Originally Posted by Mordred Merlin, he needs to take down notes pronto. Or maybe not? Maybe Simon's got that skill too? Taking down notes while jogging, and not poking his eye in the process? Yeah...skillful Watson. Ethan's impressed. Well, back to the question though. 10 kilometers? "Is it part of an equation?" No need to confirm if he got this right, because he was too tired to even stand up. "I am sure it is somewhere," he chuckled, amused at his own reply. Somewhere in the world 10 km played a critical role, but it was not for them at the moment. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner Nigel was already stopped and could not stop running when he already was not. Just the thing you ponder while watching people run. And there he goes again. Does he ever stop for drink of water or even a break. Not that Nigel has seen. Even after getting run over. Flameo was superman or something. Maybe he was making us do this in preperation for an iron man or 10km Run. That must be it. Preparing a class for your own personal agenda did sound pretty awesome. "Because you are practicing for a 10 kilometer run." Though he did like Dima's answer. Truth be told, he had only participated in such a run once in his life thus far. Part of a fundraising event sponsored by NASA. Pre accident, of course. "Not this year, Mr. Barrington," he winked. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone So, up went his hand in the air. "Does it have something to do with the atmosphere again? Or the stratosphere?" What was the difference? "Atmosphere, yes. Stratosphere, no. Although the statosphere is another important layer to the Earth's atmosphere and contains the ozone layer which blocks out ultaviolet light." GRIN. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel was totally loving this lesson and now it was time to have a guess, though she wasn't sure of the answer. "Is it something to do with how fast the weather travels?" Angel was totally lost about what 10km had to do with Astronomy, she knew that people did 10k races but that was about it. "Good guess, but no," he replied with a slight shake of the head. Quote: Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin Kace was glad they were stopping. He felt a little tightness in his chest. He was breathing in and out. He had his hands on top of his head to help the air flow. He was winded from the winter that is for sure. He was usually like this in sports camps. He heard the professor ask a question and 10 kilometers? Hmmm what did that have to do with the class? He grinned and raised his hand. "Professor is that how much we are going to run? Are you training for a 10 kilometer run?" It mean it seemed logical to him. He was working up a sweat. "Well, it was the goal," he chuckled as he switched to stretching his right leg. "But as I told Mr. Barrington, no 10 km runs for me this term." Besides running that far being extremely unappealing to begin with, the thought of running it through the corridors and having to deal with the moving staircases was incredibly ......... gross. For lack of a better word. Quote: Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 Marigold finally stopped running. She had been too out of breath to answer the questions, so she stopped and just breathed for a while before actually thinking of an answer. They had run a lot, okay, especially for someone who didn't really exercise other than climbing the Hogwarts stairs. "Maybe that's how big a storm is." Was that her answer? Merlin, she needed more oxygen in her brain. "Storms vary in size. Some can be incredibly massive to comparatively small," he replied. His own weather experimentation had been trying to figure out just how big the blizzard was, but so far his instruments were proving useless. Freezing up and breaking due to the extreme subzero temperatures. He was hoping that perhaps today that could change. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom "That's the length of a foot race, right? I have no idea what it has to do with weather, though," he said. Did Flamsteed have any water bottles or anything around? He was thirsty! "Um........yes?" he questioned in return. He honestly hadn't the foggiest (hehe, fog) idea how long a foot race was, but seemed legit. Quote: Originally Posted by littledhampir "People run 10 kilometer runs but I don't know why." All she knew is that they got organized like they would for a marathon and then ran 10 kilometers. Why that amount? And why would people want to run that much? She hoped they didn't actually have to do that. Running really was not her thing. Weren't they sometimes called 10K run/walks? If that was the case, she would choose to walk thank you very much.. "Suppose for the challenge and it is a rather nice round number," he speculated. Perhaps there was some historical context having to do with the number 10...and maybe even some Arithmancy related meaning to it. But students could look into that on their own time. Quote: Originally Posted by PhoenixStar AJ stopped jogging as soon as the professor said the word. She had no idea why 10 kilometers was important. "Because 10 is your favorite number." 10 was a nice number. "My favorite number is actually 42," he winked. You know, for future reference should that knowledge be necessary somewhere. Quote: Originally Posted by Chiara What was the meaning of this 10 Km? Lucy said:"Maybe this number can be a distance to the entry level?!?!" Entry level? He felt like the Gryffindor was on the brink of something, but he wasn't quite following her train of thought just yet. "In a sense, it is the distance to the beginning of something, yes." SPOILER!!: Simon, Mo, & Ian!!! Quote: Originally Posted by Emms They could FINALY stop jogging. YES. It was right on time. Phew. Simon felt if he had been jogging any longer his legs would have crumbled and he'd have his face hit the floor. Eh. That was probably a bit too extreme a thought; however, the boy definitely felt that way. His muscles were starting to cramp up so he started stretching out his legs. Ahhh... Much better. Simon stopped jogging and took several moments to catch his breath. As Airey spoke, he continued writing down notes in his handy dandy notebook. SPOILER!!: more notes! Equation of State/Ideal Gas Law Pressure = Temperature x Density x Constant Pressure x Volume = Temperature x Constant Ah question time. Simon blinked, utterly baffled by Airey's question about the signifigance of 10 kilometres. Wait. What? Uhh... Did it have something to do with the atmosphere? "Does the 10 kilometres have something to do where weather takes place? Somewhere up in the atmosphere? The Trophos-something-sphere?" he guessed. Yeah that was totally it. The Trophos-something-something- sphere. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin So Mo was feeling a little dense. He'd read up on the chapters about... those two laws, but he hadn't been nearly as fast with an answer as the younger students. The running felt good, though, and maybe he was just enjoying some physical activity and had been completely distracted. Maybe. Or maybe he was so deep in the NEWT dregs that he could barely function in normal classwork. He wanted to participate, though, so when the professor had them stop running and threw another question their way, Mo was in full show-off mode. "The first 10 km, on average, of the atmosphere is known as the troposphere, Professor. That's where weather generally occurs, because that's where most of the mass and water vapor resides." Or... was that right? Where was his book? Quote: Originally Posted by Edward Penguin He sucked in a deep breath and posited 10 km is the distance at which the weather systems that impact our daily lives are formed? OH! Here was someone else on the brink of brilliance. Ooooh, that was a nice little catchphrase for something. On the brink of brilliance. Anyway. Back to Mr. Simon's response. "Yes....YES, Mr. Simon. YES!" he said while hopping in place. He was just about to correct his trophos-something-sphere to the correct term when Mr. Branxton did so himself. "STELLAR, MR. BRANXTON! ABSOLUTELY STELLAR!" he exclaimed with the widest of grins on his face. "If only you all were sitting at your desks now. I would have jumped on yours." Pity. Now he had missed his chance to jump on Mr. Branxton's desk for his brilliant answer. EVEN MORE STELLAR ANSWERS BEING HEARD! "EXCELLENT, MR. TINKER! EXCELLENT. I hope you all have been paying attention to your classmates, because Mr. Simon, Mr. Branxton, and Mr. Tinker are right on the galleon," he beamed towards everyone as he began to do some shoulder rolls. "The Earth's atmosphere is divided up into five layers. I used to refer to them as the Fantastic Five when I was a child and designed super heroes based on my scientific knowledge of what each layer did. Even wrote my own comic book series." He was, of course, assuming that his students were somewhat familiar with the Fantastic Four, yes? If not, well, he was sounding even more insane. Nothing out of the ordinary there. BUT OH HOMEWORK IDEA! "These layers act like warm blankets and keep the Earth warm. Without these layers of the atmosphere, it would be MUCH colder and life would be impossible Now, atmosphere is really just a fancy word for air, and just as air is what keeps the Earth warm, the blankets and jackets you use are designed with fibers to hold air against your body and THIS is what keeps you warm." BLOODY FASCINATING STUFF, NO?! "Of these five layers, we will just be focusing on the troposphere today. As Mr. Branxton and Mr. Tinker reiterated, and Miss Campbell alluded to, this is the layer of the atmosphere where the Earth's weather takes place. It is very thin, having a thickness from about 7 to 8 km at the poles to about 16 to 18 km at the Equator. If we were to complete our 10 km run and could somehow run vertically towards space from where we stand now, we would reach the edge of the troposphere." Chew on that! Every person who completed a 10 km marathon had run to the edge of the first layer of the Earth's atmosphere. CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT, YEAH?! "Meteorologists primarily analyze conditions in the troposphere to predict the weather, although data from the other layers is useful as well. So, today, you are all going to try your hand at meteorology," he continued, gesturing towards their desks to indicate that they should all take their seats once more. "Many of you are most likely unfamiliar with how this is accomplished." Muggle devices and unfamiliarity with meteorology and all. "And while there are many methods used, we are going to do something that utilizes these," he explained as he returned to his own desk and removed a balloon from the package on his desk. "Any one care to venture a guess?" OOC: class will resume approximately 12 hours from the time of this post after which we will officially move on to the activity portion of the lesson I am so sorry that he talks so much T_____________T __________________ When you're stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with fire and gold in our eyes