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*Nordic Witch* · 09-21-2011, 04:19 PM

As you enter the astronomy classroom you'll notice that the room has been re arranged to make room in front of the windows for telescope gazing. The class is held at midnight. The desks are grouped two and two just like in the previous years. On each desk there is a piece of parchment.

Up at the front of the classroom Professor Roslund is sitting in his chair, and is lazily flipping through/ reading the latest issue of the daily prophet. Behind him on the blackboard a message is written.

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Please write your name, year and house on the parchment. Each parchment is charmed to turn into a name plate when you are finished.

OCC: Class has STARTED! Don't RP arriving late! Don't edit your posts.

Lesson track posts:
Start of class/first question
Mercury/testing telescopes
Focus charm/more mercury info

FireboltAvis88 · 09-22-2011, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

[Professor Roslund waited some more minutes to give the last stragglers time to assemble. Turning to face the class he cleared his throat and spoke to his student's "Good evening class! I'm Professor Edvard Roslund. I will be teaching you about outer-space during the year." Clapping his hands the writing on the board disappeared and new writing came in its place.

"Before we go deeper into the lesson. Let's create a common ground to stand on. In your opinions what is astronomy?" Edvard sat down on the edge off the desk and waited for the answer's to start pouring in.

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OCC: The lesson has started. Please don't edit your posts. Keep the chatting to a continued minimum. If you want to chat to your deskmate then do so about astronomy, nothing else! I will add greetings to more people when i have more time. Do not RP arriving late. It will cost point loss.

"What is astronomy?" Alyssa pondered over the question, wrote down what she thought it was and when she was confident that she may have the right answer, raised her hand and when acknowledged, answered, "Astronomy is basically the study of the universe and anything in it beyond the Earth's atmosphere. We study the movements and positions of each of the planets and all the stars, blackholes, supernovas. I'm don't think that satellites count because they are man made and have been strategically placed there up there."

Talikins · 09-22-2011, 07:58 PM

What is astronomy?Hmmm....Ness knew what Astronomy was, she just didn't know how to explain it. She raised her hand and waited her turn choosing to try and answer "Astronomy is..erm" she paused to think. "Is the study of everything outside planet earth" she continued hoping the Professsor understood her explanation.

FireboltAvis88 · 09-22-2011, 08:02 PM

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*Yawn* Telescope Gazing, as much as Ness loved to gaze at the sky she really did hate having to be up so late. Exhausted Ness walked into the Astronomy classroom and smiled at the new professor. "Good Morn..I mean Evening Professor" said Ness too tired to remember it was night time. She could only see now he was reading the Daily Prophet and she just hoped she hadn't disturbed him. The new Professor looked like a good teacher and Ness hoped his lessons were going to be interesting. Not wanting to take too much time she took a seat next to Alyssa and scribbled her name, year and house on a partchment.

Text Cut: Partchment

"Hey Alyssa" Ness said quietly not wanting to make too much noise, because she knew the lesson was about to start soon.

Alyssa heard Nessie the Professor's answer and turned to smile at her. She had heard Nessie say hello but before she could answer, class had begun. She hoped that Nessie didn't think that she was ignoring her. Alyssa turned back to listen to the Professor.

HazelStone101 · 09-22-2011, 08:14 PM

SPOILER!!: Professor Roslund(:

"What is astronomy?" Jayden mumbled to herself, contemplating her answer before she raised her hand.

"Astronomy is the study of the stars, constellations and planets, that we can observe by making charts and using telescopes... some people even include it in their divination and zodiac studies, and other people might use it for magical or scientific purposes." She answered, praying that she was right.

MadAlice · 09-22-2011, 08:18 PM

Violet had raised her hand when the professor first asked the question. When he called on her, she answered, "Astronomy is the study of outer space and the things that are in it--stars, comets, meteors, galaxies, and their movements...oh, and black holes, and strings, and things like that!" Her Muggle uncle had talked to her about weird stuff like that, when they were looking at that exhibit in the museum one time.

Divine Eagle · 09-22-2011, 08:40 PM

Scott raised his hand with more enthusiasm than he normally would, after all; he found astronomy exciting.

"Professor I believe that Astronomy is a part of science that studies celestial objects, space, and the physical universe" he smiled.
He cautiously continued, careful of what others had said already, as to not repeat them. "Furthermore, it studies the size, motion and position of these objects"

Maybe he was wrong, but who cares? They can't penalize you for not being entirely sure.

hpluvr037 · 09-22-2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

"Before we go deeper into the lesson. Let's create a common ground to stand on. In your opinions what is astronomy?" Edvard sat down on the edge off the desk and waited for the answer's to start pouring in.[/B]

Raising both fists into the air to show his enthusiasm, Keefer waited to be called on. He may not have swallowed a textbook, but he had a pretty shrewd idea. "Professor, when I think of Astronomy, I think of exploring the things in the universe beyond our atmosphere. Smaller things like asteroids or Saturn's rings along with larger things like stars, planets, even up to galaxies! But it's more than learning about their composition. It's about how it all interacts with each other, and how the motions of the heavenly bodies give us clues to past, present, and future."

Yup, that about summed up everything on the topic that was rattling around in his head. Whether or not the Professor agreed was a whole other story.

snelly0217 · 09-22-2011, 09:21 PM

Maybelle snapped back to reality. She loved learning about the stars. It was her favorite thing to do. Her hand shot up in the air. "Sir, Astronomy is the way we learn about stars and they're formation, but it is not just about stars." She said. "Astronomy is about the Earth's history. How it was made, why the stars are. And how the entire Universe was made." She grinned happily at her answer.

Govoni · 09-22-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

Professor Roslund waited some more minutes to give the last stragglers time to assemble. Turning to face the class he cleared his throat and spoke to his student's "Good evening class! I'm Professor Edvard Roslund. I will be teaching you about outer-space during the year." Clapping his hands the writing on the board dissappeared and new writing came in its place.

"Before we go deeper into the lesson. Let's create a common ground to stand on. In your opinions what is astronomy?" Edvard sat down on the edge off the desk and waited for the answer's to start pouring in.

What was Astronomy?

Tapping her chin for a moment, she raised her hand, "Astronomy is..." She remembered this was previous classes..."derived from the Greek words for star law, and is the scientific study of all objects beyond our world."

Why was it that they always opened classes with a question like this?

Anna Banana · 09-22-2011, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

"Before we go deeper into the lesson. Let's create a common ground to stand on. In your opinions what is astronomy?" Edvard sat down on the edge off the desk and waited for the answer's to start pouring in.

What was Astronomy? Ha!

How was she supposed to know?! She'd been here two and a half years and was just now having her first real Astronomy lesson. Sierra fidgeted with the hem of her jumper as she listened to her classmates answer. A little while later, she raised her hand, too.

"Astronomy is...," she said, trailing off slightly, "the study of anything outside the Earth's atmosphere. Like, other planets, stars, and things like that."

sweetpinkpixie · 09-22-2011, 10:13 PM

Well, at least this professor wasn't getting into complicated sound wave discussions or talk about aliens, right? Hopefully, but Kurumi was a bit tired of classes being kicked off with, 'What is blah blah.'

Slowly, she raised her hand. "Astronomy is a natural science, meaning that it attempts to explain the natural world. It is essentially a study of celestial objects and phenomena that exist outside of our atmosphere, our's meaning the Earth's. Astronomy also studies the physical laws and origins of our universe in attempt understand them. It is said to be one of the oldest sciences, practiced by ancient Egyptians and Babylonians. It shouldn't be confused with Astrology, which is also the study of celestial bodies, but places its emphasis on hoe the stars and planets affect a person's personality, human affairs, and natural events." And she was putting her hand down now.

BanaBatGirl · 09-22-2011, 10:19 PM

Merlin's beard, some of these kids spoke like they were real live astronauts or something! All this jibber jabber about 'celestial bodies' and whatnot. Wowza. Tori was lost already.

But she raised her hand to contribute anyway. "Astronomy is about studying the planets and moons and stars and comets and asteroids and space junk and how it all moves around and interacts and affects us here on Earth."

Good enough guess. She's done gone and used up all of her space knowledge right there in one sentence.

WeasleyGirl · 09-22-2011, 10:19 PM

Nikolas was going to try hard to not fall asleep during this class, so answering the first question was going to help him to stay awake. Soooo....what was astronomy? Nikolas raised his hand, ready to answer "Astronomy is the study of the stars, galaxies...you know the celestial objects and also studies the outerspace phenomena" he said. Astronomy was probably the easiest class, the most normal compared to other classes. In other words, the most muggle-like class minus the magic.

Starbreeze · 09-22-2011, 10:24 PM

Eh, Eino raised his hand. "Astronomy is the study of everything in the universe, like stars, galaxies, and planets." That was a rather simple answer, but he didn't know much about Astronomy, so better play it safe than to ramble and be incorrect. Plus, he always got Astronomy and Astrology confused, so he didn't want to make that publicly known.

Daemon · 09-22-2011, 10:37 PM

It was Astronomy time again, and Ryden was being VERY quiet. Yep. No need a repeat of last year. It had been quite embarrassing, looking back on it. Oh well - at least the professor wasn't the same... Though SHE was here. And she was a prefect now; wasn't that just fantastic. Psht.

NEVER MIND. She wasn't getting into that again. IGNORING the people who swallowed encyclopedias in their spare time - yes, YOU, Gryffindor prefect - Ryden raised her hand. "It's the study of everything outside planet Earth as well as anything beyond our physical grasp... Like the history of the universe, how its laws evolved, why it is the way it is - including Earth," she said, then lowered her hand again, straightening the name plate as she awaited the professor's answer.

This was one of the few classes she actually liked; the fifth year wasn't going to ruin it for herself by losing control.

Trish · 09-22-2011, 10:48 PM

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As a boy of what could only be of Asian heritage was the first to muster up the courage to say more than Hello to him. Edvard shoot the boy a friendly smile and also a girl from Hufflepuff "I'm very well Mister Katharos and? I didn't get your name dear (Trish) I hope you both are feeling good too?" He certainley didn't want to have to send a student to the hospital wing if he could help it.

From out of the blue the little girl whom he had met at the death day party showed up. "Good evening to you too Indiana! Sorry i didn't bring my superman outfit." Sending her a wink he turned to the blackboard.

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Professor Roslund waited some more minutes to give the last stragglers time to assemble. Turning to face the class he cleared his throat and spoke to his student's "Good evening class! I'm Professor Edvard Roslund. I will be teaching you about outer-space during the year." Clapping his hands the writing on the board dissappeared and new writing came in its place.

"Before we go deeper into the lesson. Let's create a common ground to stand on. In your opinions what is astronomy?" Edvard sat down on the edge off the desk and waited for the answer's to start pouring in.

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OCC: The lesson has started. Please don't edit your posts. Keep the chatting to a continued minimum. If you want to chat to your deskmate then do so about astronomy, nothing else! I will add greetings to more people when i have more time. Do not RP arriving late. It will cost point loss.

Penny blushed a little, she had nearly forgotten to fill out her name plate...

Then recovering quickly, she thought about the question...
What is Astronomy?

Putting her hand in the air, she said "Sir, I think Astronomy is about the study of the moons, planets and stars - and plotting their movements through the cosmos and then discovering the meanings behind the movements, like what it will mean to each of us personally"

Bazinga · 09-22-2011, 10:55 PM

"Professor. I think Astronomy is the study of the stars, planets, and moons. It studies the movements and the constellation as well."

feltonfan1317 · 09-22-2011, 11:05 PM

"Hello, sir. I think that Astronomy is studying anything beyond Earth."
Kaiya said to the proffessor.

HaRoHeGiNeLu · 09-22-2011, 11:37 PM

Max! Ellie grinned at him as he sat beside her. Maybe that was just her problem in previous attempts at Astronomy - that she didn't have a friend. Maybe Max could help her when she got uber confused.

Except the pretty Professor, Roslund, asked a pretty simple question. Thank Merlin. "It's a school subject." Easy peasy.

hjhm · 09-23-2011, 12:17 AM

Opinion on Astronomy...

Jonathan shrugged when the professor raised the first question. At least, that woke him up a bit. So his opinion on astronomy eh? Jonathan raised his hand to answer "Professor, Astronomy is the study of the universe. It studies the way the universe moves, the size, the behavior of such objects and the composition of an astronomical object."

MagicGlitter · 09-23-2011, 12:29 AM

Ariella raised her hand. "From what I know, astronomy is the study of the universe and the objects and bodies in it. It has to do with celestial items, stars, planets, and everything of that nature." She gave a slight smile, worrying that her answer was quite pitiful compared to everyone else's.

Magical Soul · 09-23-2011, 12:30 AM

Louisa's face flushed when the professor replied to her BY NAME! Like he already knew her! This subject was going to be epic, she knew it! And not because Louisa loved lessons and whatnot, but because Astronomy was.. Oh, wait, it was the first question. The girl shot her hand in the air and replied, "It is the study of the stars; their shape, composition, moving paths, and other things I don't know but I'm eager to learn!" Yes, she was going to say that for the rest of the lesson; She was eager to learn more.

aguamentis · 09-23-2011, 12:33 AM

As class started, Rory made himself a bit more comfortable in his chair and awaited instructions. Looking at the board, he watched as some writing appeared, all of which formed a question: What is astronomy? Well, that was an easy question. Rory raised his hand slowly with a smug look on his face.

"Astronomy can easily be described as the study of the stars, the moons, and the planets. Specifically, how they are aligned differently at times and what these alignments mean." Rory was completely finished with his answer until another thought came into mind. "Oh! And how all of these things affect us." He could forget that part? Now he was done. Putting his hands his head, he leaned back into his chair, listening to the other students' responses.

Half_BloodPrincess · 09-23-2011, 12:48 AM

Lysandra thought about it for a second and then raised her hand.

I think astronomy is the study of celestial objects. Stars, planets, comets and such.

EastonionNW · 09-23-2011, 12:59 AM

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SPOILER!!: The Hello people

Edvard had just started to work on the crossword puzzle about famous witches & wizards through wizarding history when the first few students trickled into his classroom. Closing his prophet with a small inaudible sigh he pulled out a desk drawer and pushed the paper down inside it.

Standing up he said firing off warm welcome smiles in all directions. "Good evening Miss Eden, Miss Castell, Miss Force, Miss Reed, Miss Carter, Miss Fanster, Miss Moon, Miss Skylar!"

"Good evening to you too Mister Doyle, I hope you don’t mind the late hour for class?"

Edvard didn’t have any time to get into a more deep conversation before more students strolled into the astronomy tower. "Good evening Miss Wilson, Miss Kieren, Mister Gert, Mister Goldstein!"

The next student who came into the tower classroom was none other than the boy whom had stumbled into his office by accident. "Good evening Tom! Did you ever check out the room of requirement?"

Edvard grinned inwardly astronomy seemed to be a popular subject after all since the trail of student’s didn’t seem to be stopping. "Good evening Mister Ashdown, Miss Charm, Mister Rowe, Miss Carter Hope, Miss Wheatborn, Miss Potter, Mister Agger, Mister Escalante, Miss Lams, Miss Takahashi, Miss Warrington!"

Bonsoir? Edvard blinked before he laughed and blinked at the girl who had greeted him in French "Bonsoir Miss Gardiner!" He couldn’t speak much French but a simple greeting he could manage.

SPOILER!!: Silent students

The next 10 or so students that filed in were silent at least when it came to greeting him. They either just ignored him to take a seat next to a buddy or because they just wanted to grab a good seat. Others were probably shy.

SPOILER!!: Talkative bunch

As a boy of what could only be of Asian heritage was the first to muster up the courage to say more than Hello to him. Edvard shoot the boy a friendly smile and also a girl from Hufflepuff "I'm very well Mister Katharos and? I didn't get your name dear (Trish) I hope you both are feeling good too?" He certainley didn't want to have to send a student to the hospital wing if he could help it.

From out of the blue the little girl whom he had met at the death day party showed up. "Good evening to you too Indiana! Sorry i didn't bring my superman outfit." Sending her a wink he turned to the blackboard.

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Professor Roslund waited some more minutes to give the last stragglers time to assemble. Turning to face the class he cleared his throat and spoke to his student's "Good evening class! I'm Professor Edvard Roslund. I will be teaching you about outer-space during the year." Clapping his hands the writing on the board dissappeared and new writing came in its place.

"Before we go deeper into the lesson. Let's create a common ground to stand on. In your opinions what is astronomy?" Edvard sat down on the edge off the desk and waited for the answer's to start pouring in.

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OCC: The lesson has started. Please don't edit your posts. Keep the chatting to a continued minimum. If you want to chat to your deskmate then do so about astronomy, nothing else! I will add greetings to more people when i have more time. Do not RP arriving late. It will cost point loss.

Nate raised his hand quickly, despite his tiredness. "Astonooom--" he yawned, "-- ack, sorry. Astronomy is the study of the movement of stars and planets."
He ought to wake up before the lesson gets too far in and he missed something important for the sake of a nap.

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