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Text Cut: Derf and Professor Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie 
Whatever Derf HAD been about to say was out the window and to the Moon by now. And, well, since he sorta knew about space and some laws of motion with something about an object in motion will stay in motion...well...those thoughts just kept going further and further away from him. He barely heard Natalie to be honest, and it wasn't until Daisy had somewhat shouted his name that his mind came back into orbit.
"HUH?!" he heaved, rubbing his eyes as if he had been asleep for a bit and then blinking away all those dots that appeared whenever you rubbed your eyes too hard. "Wrong?" His eyes flew to Daisy first and then glanced over at Natalie. "Is there something on my face?"
What was wrong with him? What?
"I'm okay, Daisy..." Or he thought he was okay. Though that did he know. He was just a hindrance except when it came to Creatures it seemed.
Oh...there was another adult person in the room...somehow Derf did not recognize...which proooooobably meant they were a member of the Board. He had kinda forgotten that that was a thing this term...but there really was JUST CAUSE to observe this man right now. So Derf rubbed his eyes a bit more to make sure that the woman was not a figment of his imagination and leaned over to Natalie again. "You can see her too, right?" he whispered while pointing to the woman.
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Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles Meh, he had been content to leave the situation alone, but now he actually had to face it. “Miss Swann, Thank you for letting me know, but I would appreciate it if you would pay attention to the lesson and the question I asked of all of you.”
He said as he looked at her and then at Mr. Ashburry-Hawthorne and Miss McKinley. “If you need to go to the Healers wing, Mr. Ashburry-Hawthorne you may go and Miss McKinley may escort you. If not I would appreciate if you paid attention, and Miss McKinley, I would like an answer to my question please.” Normally he would have let them get away with one answer per team, but since they weren’t paying attention, he wanted an answer from them as well.
Kalen looked at the class and nodded after they had stopped giving their answers. “There were many good answers, thank you all for telling me what you knew about Nebulae.” He said with a smile as he moved to stand in front of his desk.
“Nebula, is Latin for the word cloud or fog. And Nebula are interstellar clouds of dust and gases, such as hydrogen and helium and it contains other ionized gases as well. They are often very large, several million light years across and they can be nurseries for new stars.” He said with a smile. “They are very beautiful, have many pretty colors and a few can be seen with the naked eye. The Orion Nebula for example can be seen as you look up to the constellation and notice that one of the stars in Orion’s sword looks fuzzy. That is the Orion Nebula.” He explained as he leaned back on his desk.
“Now way back when, Astronomers used to call any cloudy object they saw in the sky a Nebula, many galaxies were originally called a Nebula, Of course since then Scientists have narrowed down what Nebulae are. ” He paused for a moment, knowing he was hitting them with a lot of information and he still had several things to tell them.
“Now, there are many types of Nebulae, categories if you will. And some types have subcategories, but I’ll try to simplify it for you and give you the terms at least, as well as a simple explanation.”
Kalen moved to the board and started to write.
“We have H II regions, pronounced H 2, these are mostly Hydrogen based and are active star making regions.
Emission Nebulae, are made of ionized gasses and usually have a Star nearby, many of them appear red.
Dark Nebulae, which are clouds of dust so dense that they hide the light behind them.
Reflection Nebula which reflects the light of stars around them instead of creating their own.
Planetary, which have nothing to do with planets actually and are shells of gas that are emitted when stars die.
And finally,
Supernova remnants, which are created when a star dies in a massive explosion known as a supernova.”
Whew.. and now all what he had just said was written on the board for them to see and take notes if they wished.
“Now I know I just hit you all with a lot of information and there are a few more type of Nebula and some of the ones I mentioned are subtypes of others, but for this class, these are the ones I will be focusing on. If you want to know more, your textbook has a wealth of knowledge.”
Kalen moved back around to his desk and with a wave of his hand, the black cloths came off the desks that were around the room and revealed eight stations with moving pictures of what looked like a Nebula on each station. He was thankful he had found them.
“Now in your groups, I want you to go to at least four of the stations and see if you can figure out the name of the Nebula, if it is a Nebula, and what type of Nebula it is. Discuss with your groups what you think each Nebula is and write it down on your parchment.”
Kalen settled back on his desk. “Everyone up, and off to the stations. If you have any questions just let me know. I’ll be calling out to switch Stations in a little bit.” Quote:
Originally Posted by MunchyBubbles
OOC: Hey all! I know that was a lot of information! Okay we are onto the main activity! Which is just going to a Station in your group, naming the Nebula and saying what kind of Nebula is it. I have provided the names of the Nebulas in the spoiler for your OOC information, IC it’s just a picture. We will be moving on with the rest of the lesson in about 96 hours or so, but I’ll be posting about once a day telling them to switch stations if they haven’t already. Please visit at least TWO stations! Thanks! If you have any questions please let me know.
Natalie was STILL staring at Derf with her big blues, STILL concerned for his well-being when he seemed to come out of his trance-like state, unaware that he was acting odd. Well, that part was normally, really. Someone else had noticed it too, though, but Natalie didn't think calling it out loud in class was the best idea so Natalie shot the girl a LOOK.
"No, there's nothing on your face, and yes, I can see her too" she whispered, but that gIRL had the teacher involved now AND Natalie was getting in trouble for not paying attention but she didn't CARE because she was looking after her friend, so EXCUSE HER for not answering your question, professor. Despite her will, Natalie felt some heat rise to her cheeks from the spotlight they were under.
"Sorry professor, but I'm afraid I don't have anything to add," she said with a sliiiiight hint of 'TUDE.
And then the class was moving on and going to their stations.
As for escorting him to the healer's wing... Natalie looked back up at Derf. "Do you want to go?" she whispered at him, squeezing his arm, not really specifying that they would go to the healer's wing because maybe he just needed some fresh air or a hand to hold or something and MAYBE she was insinuating that they should skip class... Maybe.
She did wish she had a photographic memory, though because she DID want to learn about these NebuLAE and all the information looked very interesting, but... Derf, at the moment, was more important. She could steal her brother's notes later. |