"On March 4th in 1920, during a thunderstorm a stone fell from the sky and after several tests the stone was determined to not be of meteorite origins." Sakura said with her hand raised. "Therefore it is a possibility that Thunderstones exist."

Dominic raised his hand again about the thunderstones, "During a heavy thunderstorm which ensued on Monday, March 4, between 2:30 p.m. and 4.15 p.m., an aerolite was observed to fall at Conleny Heath, near St. Albans. The observed who has placed the specimen in my hands for examination, stated that the stone fell within a few feet from where he wasstanding, and that it entered the ground for a distance of about 3 feet. Its fall was accompanied by an unusually heavy clap of thunder. The example weighs 5 pounds 14 1/2 ounces and measures 6 3/4 inches by 5-5/8 inches at its great length and breadth respectively. The mass is irregularly ovate on the one side, and broken in outline on the other. The actual surface throughout is fairly deeply pitted, and under magnification exhibits the usual chondritic structure of the crystalline matter with interspersed particles of what appears to be nickeliferous iron."

Anna raised her hand once again. "Even in recent times, reports of stones
falling to the ground during heavy thunderstorms still occasionally occur as reported in an old issue of [I]Nature magazine[/I," she said. "The magazine says....

During a heavy thunderstorm which ensued on
Monday, March 4, between 2:30 p.m. and 4.15 p.m., an aerolite
was observed to fall at Conleny Heath, near St. Albans. The
observed who has placed the specimen in my hands for examination,
stated that the stone fell within a few feet from where he was
standing, and that it entered the ground for a distance of about
3 feet. Its fall was accompanied by an unusually heavy clap
of thunder. The example weighs 5 pounds 14 1/2 ounces and measures
6 3/4 inches by 5-5/8 inches at its great length and breadth
respectively. The mass is irregularly ovate on the one side,
and broken in outline on the other. The actual surface throughout
is fairly deeply pitted, and under magnification exhibits the
usual chondritic structure of the crystalline matter with interspersed
particles of what appears to be nickeliferous iron," she read.

"Okay....1 point.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esme

"On March 4th in 1920, during a thunderstorm a stone fell from the sky and after several tests the stone was determined to not be of meteorite origins." Sakura said with her hand raised. "Therefore it is a possibility that Thunderstones exist."

"Exactly right! 5 points!"


He tapped his wand on the wall and the homework appeared:

Quote:

Originally Posted by homework

What leads people to believe “thunderstones” exist?
What are thunderstones?

What was Aristotle’s theory on the “falling rocks”?
Why did he not believe meteorites came from the ‘heavens’?


Practical:
Take your telescope around school grounds and draw/sketch what the sky looks like from each angle.
Ooc: no actual sketches are necessary. For this portion, RP it out in 5 different locations and PM me a link to each post....IN ONE PM!

PM all homework to me no later than Friday, Feb 6th 12noon CST (GMT -6). Be sure to include name, user ID, and house. Be sure to abide by the Classroom rules on homework. There are reasons that I have them.

Valentine looked up at the board and the homework that appeared on it. She took out her black day planner, and wrote down her homework for the the night.

Dominic listened as some little first year slytherin, whom seemed to be slightly familiar from the welcoming feast, got the correct answer on the last question. Oh ... Well Astronomy wasn't exactly his strength anyway. Three points would have to suffice.

Slipping his notes into his bag, after copying the homework down, Dominic rose and nodded politely to the Professor. "Thank you and good day," he said briefly, before heading down from the Astronomy Tower. Time to start on this homework...

Cameron smiled after obtaining one single point for his house. He quickly dipped the quill inside of ink and started to write the homework down. There was however, one of the questions in the homework he did not get at all. "Professor, whaddya mean by the angle of the sky?"

Maddox sighed. At least he had gotten one point. He wrote down the homework, packed up his things, and stood up. "Thanks for the lesson professor." He smiled and turned. He walked straight out the door. To get to the common room as quick as he could. His homework was piling up. He had to get it done.

Sakura quickly jotted down the homework. She was pleased that she got five points for her answer, proving that even if you didn't recite the textbook you could earn more points. She was also pleased since that was the only question she answered yet she got it correct.

Packing away her things she stood up and after saying good-bye to the Professor she walked out the door, deciding to go to the Library and work on the theory part of her homework, before moving on to the practical.

"Good question," Forrester complimented the lad, "By 'angle of the sky' I mean that depending on where you are, things can look a little differently. This is to be practice for a harder practical I have planned for later in the year."

Okay, maybe not harder, but definitely time-consuming and not as much fun.

"Good evening Professor" said Damian tooking a seat.

Damian raised her hand. "Those two theories are the end of the dinosaurs theory and the life on Mars", theory."

"In the Temple of Apollo at Delphi." said Damian.

Again Damian raisded his Hand. "He declared that it must be a sign of the wrath of God against the French who were in a war with the Holy Roman Empire at that
time."

"Aristotle thought that rocks could not fall from the sky because the heavens were perfect and could not possibly have loose pieces floating around to fall to Earth" answered he.

Damian raised her hand and replied, "Aristotle took the position that strong winds had lifted an Earth rock into the sky, then dropped it. An alternate theory was developed to explain stones that fell from the sky. This theory held that meteorites somehow formed in the sky during violent thunderstorms. Proponents of this idea suggested that particles inside the clouds consolidated because of the heat during a lighting flash. For this reason the rocks were sometimes referred to as thunderstones."

"The fall of a rock from the sky was so rare that the chances of a scientist being there in person to observe it was very small. Also, reports of rocks falling from the sky had always been associated with evil omens or stories of disaster." said he while raising his hand.

Damian raised her hand again. "The theory said that rock falls were related to fireballs even if the fireballs were not observed. He also reached the conclusion that fireballs because of their very high-speeds, among other characteristics, had to be coming from outer space," she said.

"The thunderstorm on March 14, 1920, where there were reported stones falling from the sky." he said.

Then in the end of the Lesson Dmaina wrote down the homework

Forrester stared in shock as the Ravenclaw walked into class, after it was over, and proceeded to answer the questions.

"That's all fine and dandy, Damian, but 5 points from Ravenclaw for being late, and another 10 points for sitting outside the classroom to copy down the questions and answers to spout back at me. And another 5 for thinking you could get away with it."

Jayne wrote down the last of her notes then turned to her bag to take out her planner. Opening it up to the correct day, she wrote down the homework for the day. It wasn't too bad this time around. She just didn't personally want to bring her telescope around different parts of the school. Ah well.
Sliding the planner back in her bag, she stood and put the strap over her shoulder. As she exited the classroom a small smirk appeared on her lips at the ravenclaw boy.

Damian blinked. He wasen't late. He was in the classroom the whole time. He didn't understand what the Professor had.

Jude read over the homework, and didn't find anything he needed to question, for once. So he simply copied it down onto a piece of paper where he'd be sure to remember it for later, and hopped down off his chair. "G'day professah Fo'esstah!" he said with a smile, and nodded to the professor on his way out of the room.

cedric was on astronomy tower and he was listening on their discussion

As Forrester came out of the classroom, he frowned at the Hufflepuff boy, "You decided to skip class as well? What's to stop me from taking 10 points away from Hufflepuff for your lateness AND skipping class?"

"no,professor I'm here I'm not late the discussion was about thunderstorms right that happened about march 1920's?"cedric declared

Forrester glared at the lying student. "So you did the same as the other boy, show up, not actually be in class, and when discovered claim you've been here. Class has been over for quite some time and here you stand. 5 points from Hufflepuff for being late, 5 for lying, and 10 for thinking I'm stupid enough to believe you. Now, get out of here, and don't bother turning in homework, it won't be accepted as it's too late."

And with that, Forrester ushered the boy out of the classroom and locked the door.