Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

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.



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.



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.

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.

{Luna Kieren Astronomy Lesson #1
{2nd year
{Ravenclaw

Astronomy is the study of the stars and planets

Elise Fairfield
1st year
Ravenclaw.

Edvard couldn’t help but smile as little Indiana was the first one who shot up her hand to answer. Listening he nodded “Astronomy is indeed about stuff in outer space like planets and stars.” The stuff was is you were picky planets, stars, meteors and so on.
The next person in line to answer was a Gryffindor boy. “Yes in astronomy we study celestial bodies in the universe like planets, nebulas and galaxies to name a few things.” It was a part of the definition of astronomy so the lion boy would get credit for his answer.
Eddie turned his attention to a student whom he initially had taken for a girl. Now that snake house member spoke up it was clear that it was boy and nothing else. Good way to stuff up, Professor he chided himself before responding to the answer. “You are right! In Astronomy we study stars and planets but there are much more to the field you might think. It’s not just about stars and planets it’s so much more than that.” Eddie wanted to elaborate there and then but stopped himself.

The next student to put her answer into the cauldron was a claw girl who was the first one to mention comets. “Good, you seem to have gotten the gist of it and it’s nice that you mention comets. Comets are usually mixed up with meteors.”
Here was one who was really trying to think and not just read the textbook definition.“ You are on the right track dear! The history of something always plays a big part in how we view something today or how much we know about it like for example the moon.” Edvard said encouragingly. He wasn’t going to go deeper about the moon since that was a topic for a totally different lesson.
Science? Edvard blinked for a second and then smiled at the snake girl “Yes your right in astronomy we do study stars, planets and galaxies but I wouldn’t call it a science since that is a muggle term which I feel is just a big fancy word.”
It was nice to see that so many made the effort to be active despite the late hour. “Very good answer dear!” Someone must have been studying before class to be extra prepared. Edvard liked that trait in his students even if it was so far only snakes that showed it.
Turning in the direction of the boy that spoke next Edvard gave a small nod of approval as the boy gave a short answer but fully good answer to his question. The boy seemed to be yearning for something more advanced.
Another student that had done some studying before class, “Good answer!” Edvard said as he directed the word to the next student.
“Constellations?” Edvard supplied the young boy helpfully. It had sounded like the word the little snake had been searching for but not finding. “Very good and yes astronomy is exactly the study of stars, planets, galaxies and more.”
The next claw in line to answer also mentioned science as he explained what astronomy studied. It was becoming clearer and clearer that the students were very influenced by the muggle world. “Good answer!” Edvard replied.
Another claw followed that gave a short answer without much detail but in most he was correct. “Yes astronomy is the study of things beyond Earth but I’d like us to be precise about what things are.” Eddie said.
A badger girl brought up a question which needed an answer “Satellites are made by men and they are a tool we use to study the earth and other things in space. Satellites help us explore so yes you are right. Satellites don’t count.” He made a mental note of the rest of the badgers answer to award points later.
“I see. You are on the right track dear.” Astronomy was though a pretty broad subject even if you could hardly see it by the definition of what the subject was set to study.
Zodiac studies and divination! Holding up his hand to quiet the students Edvard said “If you want to learn about divination and how you divine meaning out of space you will have to talk to the resident divination professor, Thereos. Also zodiac studies lands under Astrology and that is not my field to teach, but otherwise a good definition.”
“Black holes and strings are interesting occurrences but topics for other lessons, good definition though dear.” Edvard said before scribbling a not on a piece of parchment.
When the next claw boy started talking Edvard wondered how he would answer. He was surprised. The boy gave a very plausible definition. “Very good,” Professor Roslund mused the answers seemed to be getting better and more detailed with more time to think.
Edvard saw the enthusiasm and eagerness in the boy’s eyes as he gave his answer. He had really thought it through. “Good, good, we are going to talk more about history and how the movement of celestial bodies affects our daily lives, but that will be in another lesson.” He was so happy that the students were making efforts to make the lesson good.
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Professor Roslund at first didn’t understand the badgers answer but when he did he smiled at her “Good job. We will talk a little about Earth in our lesson today.”
“That is true. Good job.” Had the snake been studying or had she remembered something which his predecessor had taught them in a previous lesson? No matter it was good that the greek background was explained.
When the snake girl trailed off Edvard feared that she had lost track of what she had wanted to say but she hadn’t. Instead she provided him with a decent definition. “Nice definition.”
The next one to speak was the lion prefect and she gave a very detailed explanation “Excellent answer, prefect Hollingberry!”
Laughing warmly as the next Slytherin gave her contribution Edvard said “We will definitely be learning all about space junk. Good definition by the way.” Space junk, he was definitely going to use that word in the future.

Originally Posted by HaRoHeGiNeLu

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.

A school subject!

Blink! Turning towards the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Professor Roslund said "Yes it is a school subject." he was totally thrown off guard by the claws answer.

Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."

"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”

Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"

OCC: I have not given a reply to everyone since I’m sick with a cough and cold. Everyone has though gotten points for their answers. Nice work! The second question has been posted above. A little reminder, don’t edit your posts.

Originally Posted by Nordic Witch

Shaking his head Professor Roslund said "As the majority has said Astronomy is the study of celestial objects such as planets, stars, star clusters, nebulas and galaxys and phenomena that has its origins outside Earth’s atmosphere."

"Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences and people have been studying the night sky for several thousands of years it began with the Babylonians, Greeks and Mayans or really any of the early civilizations.”

Sneaking a peek at his lesson plan Edvard continued after a moment. "Most of you have talked about planets. Can anyone name the planets in the solar system?"