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The crisp September evening air may be just the ticket to helping you stay awake this time of evening on your first day of lessons. Or just make you want to bundle up under the covers back in your dormitory. We won’t tell you how to feel.
Stepping into the Astronomy classroom, you may be a little perplexed to find any desks or chairs in the classroom and instead are greeted with what looks like a giant sandbox with glistening white sand. After another moment or two, you are swept off your feet by some unseen force that causing you to float up into the air - although you will need to do a little bit of air swimming to reach your seat. The initial feeling is similar to that of going down the first big dip in a roller coaster, but certainly not enough to make anyone nauseous enough for a little dinner show-and tell. Looking up, you see that the large semicircle of desks and chairs are all suspended in midair some 15 feet or so above the ground, rocking ever so slightly up and down thanks to the enchantments placed upon them. The blackboard, positioned across from the semicircle of desks, has the following instructions written upon it:
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Take out a quill and write your FULL name and year on the piece of parchment provided.
Once you have done so, give it a tap with your wand.
The parchment, enchanted by the professor himself, will turn into a sturdy wood name plaque when you do so. Don’t worry, it won’t go floating away from you but rather stick firmly to your desk.
Did you remember to use the lint roller on the small table outside of the classroom? It was there next to the sign that reads, "Not to be used as a brush for your hair" and has the signature of a former student in the bottom right corner. Also next to the sign is a small box containing an assortment of pips that you are meant to take and wear proudly on your robes for the duration of the lesson
SPOILER!!: pips
Professor Flamsteed is floating somewhere near the blackboard looking especially pleased with himself this evening. Surely that cannot be a good thing?
⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question 1 :: what significance do rocks have in astronomy?
▸ question 2 :: define asteroid meteoroids, meteors, or meteorites
▸ question 3 :: crater demonstration #1; what can you say about the importance of the mass of a meteorite in making a crater?
▸ question 4 :: crater demonstration #2; what can you say about the importance of the velocity of a meteorite in making a crater?
▸ main activity :: COSMIC HOUSE COLLISION!
▸ main activity update :: Planet #1 goes to GRYFFINDOR
▸ CLASS DISMISSED!
OOC: This is IC your character's FIRST Astronomy lesson of the term.
Class will officially begin in approximately 14 hours from the time of this post.
This lesson has officially started! Please do not announce your character arriving late and just pretend like they have been in class all along. You are free to jump in any time and should use the lesson progression links to keep up.
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Hehe. Adi DID enjoy these brows. Ever since they had been hexed on to him but unfortunately, nope. He hadn't found that darn spell so he could hex it onto himself or Benny any others. And he knew Flamsteed enough by now so it wouldn't do well to ASK for the incantation. He would be told that he would have to research it. "Nah, Admiral. Your Captain went on a lengthy expedition to acquire these. They originally came in black so I had to change the colour.''
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Adi saw you Benny. Look at you wanting to laugh at him. ''You can laugh, lab rat,'' he told his bestie cheerfully and smirking at the 'Master' title. "I will be Captain Master class clown for the day." Hehehe.
Oh hiiiii, Candice! The Hufflepuff wiggled his fashionable eyebrows at her. Look, look, look! She had a HIPPOGRIFF feather quill! He approved of this!
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Ah! There was The Suit getting a move on things! Hang on? Oh, yeah... Adi was doing just that with his left hand so that he sort of hovered between rising up completely and remaining on his seat. He didn't think Flamsteed would approve of him floating all around.
And there would be more rocks for adoption? Hmmm. The seventh year had Pride but his lone pet rock could always use a rock friend. He wiggled his eyebrows as he considered getting another. But then there was a question for the class. Rocks and Astronomy and the history of the planet. Time for a little thinking!
After a moment, his right hand went up as the other was still busily hanging onto his seat. "There was a GIANT space rock that crashed into Earth a zillion...or not that many... years ago. I read that the debris from the crash travelled to the atmosphere and this caused many of the living things on earth to die.'' RIP, creatures. Adi tilted his head. "I reckon the debris caused them to suffocate, Professor?"
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Hold on to their seats? Oliver thought not. He still was not in a seat, instead opting to idly float around the classroom. If a writing surface became necessary then he would consider the desks, but not yet. And he was wearing a pip that he had picked up outside the door. He didn't know what it meant, but apparently it meant something. Ensign was unknown to him as well.
If they knew the law? Who was Newton? Some sort of police office slash lawmaker? If Admiral Airey did not elaborate then Oliver assumed it was not very important. He certainly did not care enough to raise his hand and ask for clarification. He did, however, raise his hand in order to answer the question. "Meteors are like rocks." Were they rocks? Whatever. "They crash into planets and leave holes in the ground."
Twirling his quill, he admired the title given to them proudly. He liked to be called Lieutenant Commander Henric Nicolei for once. This was nice. He remained silent as his Professor/Admiral Flamsteed asking them if they wanted to adopt a pet rock again. Umm..nope. Noo...he wasn't prejudice against them but after losing his pet toad Princess last term, he didn't think he could adopt another pet of any matter for now. Henric would need time away from caring for creatures...Oh right! The question! Wait what was the question again? Hmm..something which links space and pet rocks right?
He raised his hand,"Rocks and our planet probably formed at the same time together...maybe billions and billion years ago? "Henric nodded, he wasn't convince with his answer but it sounded definitive...*shrugs*
Dora giggled as the Professor gave her some strange salute thing, which she immediately did in return... as well following suite with all the others, "Good day, Admiral Starman. What's these thingies for? " She asked as she pointed to the pip on her robes.
It was clear that her Head of House was an odd duck, but she was beginning to see just HOW odd. Heh. She could dig it.
After thinking on it a munite she raised her hand. She had no idea, but she could ALWAYS venture a guess. "Some rocks are like REALLY old... fossils? And well the planets are really old too? " See. No idea. That rocks and planets were both old. Solid answer Dora.
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He did not like this, he did not like this ONE BIT! He had been trying to get over his fear of height by practising at the treehouse but when he was there he KNEW he would go up high. Now it had taken him by surprise and he still did not know how to deal with those. In his fright, he did see Penelope floating towards him and he visibly relaxed a bit. At least Penelope was nice unlike that Ava girl who had laughed in his face when she had seen him train at the treehouse. He looked in to her eyes and took a deep breath to calm down. “Y-yes…” he muttered, he wanted to get down but before he could try to swim down , the professor Admiral spoke words of….awkward comfort.
“I don’t care! I trust your enchantments and that we won’t get hurt but I just don’t like being up this high… and I REALLY want this ship to land!“ he looked down and his face whitened. The feeling of floating in the air didn’t help either cause It made him nauseous though not so much that he needed to puke. “Okay..okay..i can do this. You can do this Yoongi. You’re a commander! A Gryffindor! They’re brave! You’re brave! You’re not afraid of a stupid thing called heights? Right? No no you aren’t. You’re perfectly safe yes, yes. Safe. Breathe idiot” he took a deeeeeeeeeeeeep calming breath after his self-encouraging talk that probably made him look insane.
He scribbled his nametag with the assigned name on it and with shaking hands he pinned it on his uniform and then listened to the professor’s question. Wait….he wanted to talk about rocks? WHYYYY? He clearly had not been interested last year when he was talking about them! Why now huh? Hmpf whatever. Who cared about Newton and his laws anyways? “Rocks can float in space which means we’re all rocks” there.
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Astronomy.... History... Oh no.
Ava had never succeed in History stuffs when she was in primary school. Dunno why but it's quite for her to process the dates and ancient stuffs like that. And now... they were talking about the relation of rocks, astronomy and history? Let's see if she could survive this class without getting caught falling asleep in the middle of the class.
Okay, back to the lesson.
"I think because the planets actually consists of rocks or something like that?" The first-year tried to answer as she answered her hand.
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Oh Admiral Airey was adopting out more Pet rocks?! Did Elvis need a friend/sibling to keep him company? Speaking of which, Hady reached into the pocket of her rocks and pulled him out. See Admiral Airey she still had him and he was perfectly fine too!
Rather the seat Elvis down on her desk like normal Hady opted to holding him in her hand so he wouldn't get away or anything. Speaking of rocks though a question was being asked about how they linked with planets and astronomy. Giving this a bit of thought Hady decided to just listen for now rather then answer.
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This lesson was GREAT already and it had EVERYTHING to do with the fact that they were floating. Fifteen feet up in the air. WHOOSH! As if they were FLYING without actually using brooms!! This first year ensign was STOKED.
Though, Phillip made the small mistake of peeking over the side of his desk only to see the floor waaaaaaaaaaaaaay below. Uh. Yeah, if he continued doing that, the lasagne he ate for dinner was going to make a comeback, which was the last thing he wanted to happen when they were learning about SPACE.
Speaking of space, OOH PICK HIM HE KNEW THIS ONE. "Rocks tell you a lot about hiiiiiiisssssssstory, Admiral," he said, his hand up in the air and waving it around a little, "You see, we weren't AROUND when the solar system was first made," Like DUH. "So rocks help to tell us what happened waaaaaaaaaaay back in the olden days." So they KNEW and UNDERSTOOD.
Jet 'hung on to her seat' and listened to professor Flamsteed as he started the lesson. She looked at him intently, wondering why he had decided to force his Star Trek addiction down their throats this term. She didn't linger too much on that thought for now, though, as he would let something out eventually, she believed.
The fifth year took mental notes of everything that was being mentioned by the Astronomer and watched as Pebbles floated its way towards the professor. She raised her hand. "Rock is part of some planets' structure, including ours." Jet gave the vague answer just to take part in the 'discussion'. She didn't exactly want to call attention to herself, but she also wanted to make sure she had participation points. That would do for now.
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She thinks the pips was kinda cool. Do they allowed to keep it? And the new tittle, its okay. But the floating classroom was the BEST!
Candice was playing with her quill when she saw Adi was wiggling hi weird eyebrows at her. The Fifth year just shook her head at the Hufflepuff Prefect. What a weirdo!
She turned her attention back to Professor Admiral Flamsteed started the lesson. He was talking about the rules and stuffs. And adopting a pet rock? Whuuut?! Yeah. Nope. Not for her thank you very much. What would she do with a pet rock? Throw it to the lake? As for the question, Candice raised her hands before answering the question "Three inner planets in our solar system are made of rock."
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Glancing over at his desk, which was floating just off to the left of the blackboard, he smiled at Pebbles as she rested upon in. “Sorry, love...I mean, Number One,” he said softly to her. “I’ll make sure you have a uniform for the next one.[/b]”
Really, ANY excuse to don his Admiral uniform in public was a good one, given that recently it had been for more private show, and he was pleased as a pulsar that the Headmaster's agenda this term seemed to provide the astronut with the opportunity. He was even tempted to throw his own lesson agenda out the window and instead focus entirely on the series and its significance in the evolution of scientific inquiry and popular culture...but that would mean wasting his entire set up here.
Perhaps he could speak with Meri-berry about something in the future….
“Live long and prosper, Ensign Winchester,” Airey greeted the third year. “I find it helpful if you wrap your toes around the leg of your chair. Or clench your derrière.”
As long as no one made any sudden movements they SHOULD stay in their seats. Newton’s Laws still applied to this particular little spell.
Oh sweet solstice! Time to get this show on the road!
Swim!floating his way back towards the center of the space, positioning himself in the middle of the semi circle of desks in front of the blackboard, he cleared his throat twice and then clapped his hands together loudly.
"If all of you will please hang on to your seats, we'll get started," he announced with an unnerving twinkle in his blue eyes. "WELCOME TO ASTRONOMY! Which is NOT to be confused with Astrology which is nothing but seudoscientific hokum. For those of you who do not know me or have forgotten, I am Admiral Flamsteed, but you may also refer to me as Admiral Airey. Outside of class you may revert back to Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey if you wish, or keep the Admiral." He was rather fond of the sound of it now. Or maybe it was the uniform that was just making him well up with pride. "A final reminder that you all should be wearing the designated pips as described in my class rules. Anyone NOT wearing them appropriately will find their participation marks for the term to be slightly lower than expected. Remember, there are no passengers on spaceship Hogwarts and each of you serves as an integral member of the crew that keeps this starship going."
Alright, now that those pleasantries were over and done...
"Forgive the irregular classroom arrangement, but as long as you all remember Newton's First Law, we shouldn't have any problems as we proceed through the lecture portion of things. Now...to get things started..." he chuckled to himself as he removed his wand from his enchanted breast pocket and waved it towards his desk to summon Pebbles to his hand and showed her off to the class. "Pebbles, my Number One, is a rock. Several of her companions will be making an appearance later in the lesson and are up for adoption for anyone interested once class has been dismissed. Now, rocks have many very important links to the field of astronomy and the history of our planet. Who would care to venture a guess as to one of these links?"
Colt heard the Professor speak to him and he heard his words of advice. He wrapped his toes around the legs of his desk and it WORKED. He gave him a thumbs up and said "Thank you!" He laughed at the way he said butt. He could have said it but it proper to say derrière instead. Now time for the lesson to start. He saw a lot of students made it to the lesson. Man there were a lot of people at Hogwarts. He couldn't really hear over all the talking but he tried to make it out. He heard they were going to be learning about rocks. Alright he understood that. Was he interested in having a pet rock? Nahh he wasn't. Infact his mother told to get one because they required the less care. Shows you how much his mother thinks that he is responsible.
He began to think about how rocks link to the history of the planet. He was thinking and heard his fellow ex Durmstrang's answer and he quite agreed with that. "Professor I agree with Candice's answer. Also can't markings on a rock determine the age of the planet?" He heard from it somewhere but he didn't know if it was true.
Professor Flamesteed's classes always proved interesting, that was for certain. First off, there was the fact that their classroom floor looked like a giant sandbox. Upon seeing that , she seriously thought she had just wasted her time using the professor's little brush thingy. Secondly, she had no idea why they had needed to float up to their desks. She had to admit that it was fun and she float/swam up to her bestie , but she still didn't know the purpose....hopefully there was one. Thirdly....she took one of the little badge things but had no idea what they meant or were for. She had chosen the one with two dots and the third looking as though it had been only half there and pinned it to the front of her clothes. It was different from all of the others, hopefully it didn't volunteer her for anything during class.....
Looking around, she noticed that some people added titles before their name and year. What the purpose of this was, or if it was permissible....she really had no idea. Did it have to do with their badge things? Was this another one of those muggle things that eluded her? Oh for Circe's sake....Henric had done it too. She flipped her plain name tag around on her desk in mild aggravation. Freya Ilia Valke, 5th year Slytherin was all that it said and all that it would say unless the professor 'Admiral' did something with it, because she was effectively lost. It was like a joke that almost everyone got besides her......
When greetings were made she heard the professor speaking in some language with which she was unfamiliar along with his hand symbol. She ad learned to do that when greeting the professor, but the meaning behind it other than an odd greeting was utterly lost on the fifteen year old.
His introduction made her internally sigh. Now she was to call him Admiral all the time in class? They were on a 'star ship'? She was having words with Henric after all of this was over......
Okay it was finally time for something that she understood! Yes questions, she could handle that. "Without rocks, we might not have a class." In more ways than one. "Most of the heavenly bodies that are studied in Astronomy such as Meteors, Comets, Asteroids, and even some of the Planets themselves are comprised ,at least partially, of rocks. "
You know, Dante would just like to chill in zero gravity for a while. Not move, just chill and float around for a while. It would be awesome. But now is not the time for that. It was the time for learning about Astronomy stuff. Not Astrology because Airey hates that one.
But he had no punny, smart aleck, or even funny reply to this question and the one he probably would have said was said much better by older students.
So Dante just sat and listened. Maybe next question he would answer.
Maybe.
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Right, the seventh year settled into her seat again. It wasn't the easiest to stay in the seat while sitting and trying to defy gravity. Although all classes should be held up near the ceiling. That should be a thing. Anywho on with the lesson.
Not the pet rocks again! Really she had nothing against them or the people who owned them. But if you really wanted a pet you could at least get a hamster, right?
Space rocks now that was something a bit more interesting than pet ones. "Earth is essentially one gaint space rock"
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Lieutenant commander. That had a nice ring to it. Fifth years must be extra important because they had TWO names. Important stuff right there. Yeah, technically the older students were ranked higher, but they didn't sound as cool, and that was that really mattered. Apparently she had been thinking about this for far too long because Airey was moving on and she had not wrote her name down yet. WHOOPS.
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It sounded better as a middle name, and that was how she was going to keep it. As far as the pips were concerned she was pretty sure that she was wearing hers correctly for a lieutenant commander. If not Airey was bound to take notice. Speaking of rocks, AJ held on to her seat and looked over at Pebbles. She didn't have an answer because everybody else seemed to have that aspect down. "Admiral Flamsteed, how is Pebbles doing after last term's erm... adventures?" Because she cared, and didn't have anything else to add about the actual question. Ahem.
Angel looked at Admiral Flamsteed and raised her hand. "Admiral Flamsteed, I think that one of the links is that different plants have different types or rocks right?" Angel wasn't sure but she thought it was worth a guess and it was something that she thought must happen otherwise whey would they explore the different plants.
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"Forgive the irregular classroom arrangement, but as long as you all remember Newton's First Law, we shouldn't have any problems as we proceed through the lecture portion of things. Now...to get things started..." he chuckled to himself as he removed his wand from his enchanted breast pocket and waved it towards his desk to summon Pebbles to his hand and showed her off to the class. "Pebbles, my Number One, is a rock. Several of her companions will be making an appearance later in the lesson and are up for adoption for anyone interested once class has been dismissed. Now, rocks have many very important links to the field of astronomy and the history of our planet. Who would care to venture a guess as to one of these links?"
Hand straight in the air, Rooney showed his own rock in a little wave. Mostly for Pebbles, but definitely for Sir Flamsteed. Einstein, his rock, was doing definitely well. "How are you, Pebbles?" Yes? That was allowed, right? He wanted to check in on one of the first things he had encountered at Hogwarts. And he was definitely going to stay behind afterwards and encourage other students to adopt a rock for themselves. It had been a healthy experience for the Ravenclaw and being a rock parent had taught him ever so much. Getting a rock dressed every morning wasn't even effort any more. And keeping Einstein clean was the most fun that Rooney had every day.
His only other contribution was a smile and scribbling down the answers of his peers, shaking his head at those he deemed unimpressive and nodding approval to those that were...okay.
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Oh sweet solstice! Time to get this show on the road!
Swim!floating his way back towards the center of the space, positioning himself in the middle of the semi circle of desks in front of the blackboard, he cleared his throat twice and then clapped his hands together loudly.
"If all of you will please hang on to your seats, we'll get started," he announced with an unnerving twinkle in his blue eyes. "WELCOME TO ASTRONOMY! Which is NOT to be confused with Astrology which is nothing but seudoscientific hokum. For those of you who do not know me or have forgotten, I am Admiral Flamsteed, but you may also refer to me as Admiral Airey. Outside of class you may revert back to Professor Flamsteed or Professor Airey if you wish, or keep the Admiral." He was rather fond of the sound of it now. Or maybe it was the uniform that was just making him well up with pride. "A final reminder that you all should be wearing the designated pips as described in my class rules. Anyone NOT wearing them appropriately will find their participation marks for the term to be slightly lower than expected. Remember, there are no passengers on spaceship Hogwarts and each of you serves as an integral member of the crew that keeps this starship going."
Alright, now that those pleasantries were over and done...
"Forgive the irregular classroom arrangement, but as long as you all remember Newton's First Law, we shouldn't have any problems as we proceed through the lecture portion of things. Now...to get things started..." he chuckled to himself as he removed his wand from his enchanted breast pocket and waved it towards his desk to summon Pebbles to his hand and showed her off to the class. "Pebbles, my Number One, is a rock. Several of her companions will be making an appearance later in the lesson and are up for adoption for anyone interested once class has been dismissed. Now, rocks have many very important links to the field of astronomy and the history of our planet. Who would care to venture a guess as to one of these links?"
Oooh it was live long and PROSPER, yes, that made much more sense. Swinging his legs merrily from his seat, Davie just beamed at the professor in response. Got it, chief!
AND LOOK CHARLOTTE WAS HERE NOW HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYAAAAAAAAA BFF HI HI HI. Hyper!Davie waved to his seat companion, or his fellow ensign, or shippmate, or whatever the theme was today, and then turned his focus back on the professor.
Ooh, was THAT rock the infamous pet known as Pebbles? HAH. She kind of did look like a dog, to Flamsteed's credit, but mostly like what a crazy person would call a dog. She It looked like a rock with googly eyes glued on, like a toddler's crafttime project, or like what a person who had never seen a dog before might think was a dog. Highly amusing. Flamsteed was so entertaining so far! Davie almost wanted to clap at him and munch peanuts.
But no, they were here to learn about... rocks. At least Davie knew about Newton's laws (and the first one should really be called the law of inertia, professor), though he didn't immediately know what the connection was between that law and their seats and the new topic of rocks.
Rocks? Links? Ummmmmmmm. Davie's first thought was about the asteroid belt just outside Mars' orbit, but then he started picturing asteroids and Earth, and then asteroids hitting Earth, and then the history of Earth, and his hand shot into the air.
"Some people theorize that rocks brought life to our planet," Davie volunteered helpfully. "Scientists have found signs of life on stray comets, so some people believe that comets and asteroids --- which are just big chunks of rock --- could have been carrying early life organisms, proteins, water, and the like when they smashed into Earth's surface." It was a cool theory, but not the most plausible one nor easiest to test, in his humble, science-interested opinion.
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Lieutenant Commander sounded even BETTER when it was Professor Admiral Flamsteed saying it. She could get used to that for sure. Norah sat up eagerly so she wouldn't miss any of what Flamsteed said, 'cause this already looked like it was going to be a CRAZY cool lesson.
With her parchment and quill set for note taking, she listened to the first question and put a hand up in the air as soon as he'd finished speaking. Rocks were always fun. Unless they were being thrown at you, but nobody liked to talk to mean people who'd do that anyways. They just made SENSE, y'know? "Rocks have been around for a reallyreallyreally long time--right?---so maybe if you know a lot about 'em you can study them and see when or how they got created and THEN maybe it'll tell you something about how something astronomy-ish happened. Like how the planet was made 'n stuff." SHE couldn't tell all that from a rock, but somebody could, probably. There were some super extra smart people out there.
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Eeerr..."Most definitely Admiral!" Blaise lied brightly with his absolute best dimpled smile. It was a glance over at his notepad that had the smile fast fading when he realized the quill had scribbled something along the lines of 'he lied boldly, not an ounce of fear nor shame inside his small frame'. "Cross that out right now." He hissed, swatting at his floating instruments. All it took was the Professor catching eye of it and he'd be ruined.
The Ensign bit didn't make anymore sense to him than it did before but now he had questions about that TOO. "I was Captain of the First Year boat we came over on, can't I be Captain again?" This time the boy paddle!wiggle!air swam his way over to chair THAT HE NOW NOTICED and quickly scribbled his name like he'd seen everyone else do.
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One thing his quill never messed up. Also, was that a rock? He...was sure that was a rock. Did they talk to those in this class? Was that how it went? Seemed like it cause now they were talking about the importance of them in Astronomy not astrology and earth itself. "The moon we have is just a rock, in fact it's there cause of the whole crashing of two other rocks so really if we didn't have the first big space rock crashing into baby!earth we wouldn't have the glowing rock we now do then we'd never have tides and all the water would be flat then my cousin Tyler could never teach me and Bentley how to surf cause ...yeah." He knew where he was going with this, right?
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As strange as this class was turning out to be, Paulina had to admit that it was pretty cool to be referred to as Captain Paulina Holiday. An added bonus was that the Professor didn't appear to be scary.
A little weird, but definitely not scary.
Not even bothering to question what was up with the rock Admiral Flamsteed was talking to, Paulina double checked to see that her pip was in place. Good. It would suck if her marks suffered as a result of some silly thing that she had forgotten to wear.
At the first question, she raised her hand. "Well, the terrestrial planets are made of rock. Other objects in space - for example asteroids - contain rock." Was she missing anything? Paulina was still trying to get used to this classroom arrangement and it was a struggle.
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Class had officially started and the "Admiral" had thrown out the first question of the day. Janelle listened to the answers that some of her classmates gave and raised her hand to add her thoughts to the conversation.
"Some planets are made up of rock like materials so they kind of are huge rocks in the sky." That was a huge oversimplification, but that was the answer that Janelle was going with. Then she decided to add a bit of trivia to the mix. "There used to be an old muggle television show called the "Third Rock from the Sun." Of course they were talking about the earth." Unfortunately, Janelle knew more about old muggle shows than Astronomy......but she was working on that.
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What was the difference between a meteor and a meteorite? And then there were asteroids. Did those always come in belts? It was plainly obvious that Mari hadn't studied this kind of astronomy since what here in Scotland would be the Spanish equivalent of Primary Four! Yikes.
Uh-oh. The fifth year realized that she had automatically put her hand in the air out of habit. But she had no answer, and now it was her turn to share.
"Well. Um, the Earth is a rock, right? Except some planets are made of gas.... But there're meteors and asteroids and, like, other stuff."
Marisol slow-clapped for herself in her head. That had sounded really smart. Oh, God.
Chloe was trying not to be anxious. Now that she was at Hogwarts and in proper classes she was going to soak up every last grain of information and school experiences even if it killed her. Just hopefully it wouldn't come to that. She knew Hogwart's mortality rate.
The Professor, the one who was calling himself Admiral, was really, really weird. Chloe kind of liked that. Even if her expression did not betray anything. She was keeping it neutral for reasons.
He got even weirder, though, when he called his rock a she. How exactly did he know the gender? Could he check? Was there a way to assign gender to rocks or was it as random and imperfect as human gender assignment? Good for thought.
His proper question, though, she didn't know the answer to and she didn't want to guess for fear of being wrong.
Let your light shine || Be the sun || You're important. Always.
Rocks??
They were really talking about rocks? Noelle could have pouted... but she was too busy pinning her one little pip on and saluting everyone that she saw with a live long and prosper with the fingers apart salute.
Rocks were boring to her. And for this class which she FLOATED into... she was expecting more. She didnt know what but MORE.
Ensign Noelle raised her hand but didnt wait to be called on to answer the questions. "Isnt most of the universe made up in some sort of rock? Like meteroids, the moon is a rock! And there are a lot of rocks here on Earth." Hey, that sounded.... okay.
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You is kind You is smart You is IMPORTANT Farah Dubey Seventh Year Hufflepuff
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