Science! (Thursday, 7th Period)

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Ms Frizzle waited for her class and Ellie's astronomy class on the front steps of the school. The bus waited patiently behind her, looking suspiciously like a very normal school bus. Ms Frizzle, as usual, looked nothing like a normal science teacher. Moons and planets adorned today's dress, with dangling Saturns for earrings. Her hairstyle was different today, though. Curling buns on either side of her head. When everyone had arrived, she bounced in place before throwing out her arms.

"Good afternoon, everyone! Class, I'd like you to welcome Ms Arroway's astronomy class, who will be joining us for today's field trip! Last class we were talking about the water cycle on the planet Earth. I think it's time we expanded our focus a bit." A worrying smile that should be getting familiar to her students spread across her face and her eyes lit up. "Everyone to the bus!"

[[Don't ask about the kind of day I've had. Just . . . don't ask. OCD coming up. Play away!]]

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Everyone to the bus!

[getfrizzled.livejournal.com]

Climb aboard in collapsey fashion and under the appropriate thread.

Ms Frizzle's class . . .

[getfrizzled.livejournal.com]

. . . should be completely used to this by now.

Ms Arroway's class . . .

[getfrizzled.livejournal.com]

. . . will find seats that seem completely suited to their height, etc.

Lift-off!

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"Hit it, Liz!" Ms Frizzle cried when everyone was aboard and she was seated in the driver's seat. Liz jumped from her perch behind Ms Frizzle and hit a lever near the door, hanging off of it for a moment. The bus began to shake. "T-minus five," Ms Frizzle announced cheerfully. "Four . . . three . . . two . . . one! We have liftoff!"

And the bus shot away into the air, climbing steadily through the atmosphere. Ms Frizzle, looking completely unconcerned that her school bus would very shortly begin to burn up if it had been a normal school bus, lectured cheerfully on the composition of Earth's atmosphere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere).

[[Listen to her talk or just WTF to each other.]]

Re: Lift-off!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi pays attention to Ms Frizzle and takes notes.

Re: Lift-off!

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi was mentally taking down notes as she stared out of the window.

Re: Lift-off!

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

When he heard the words 'field trip' in class yesterday, this really wasn't what Shawn had expected. So he's not really taking notes, he's too busy staring out the windows.

Re: Lift-off!

[bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com]

Molly tried to take notes. Really she did. The staring out the window kind of got in the way of that though. She did listen to Ms. Frizzle's lecture though.

Re: Lift-off!

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy was practically glued to the window, watching them leave the atmosphere.

This was waaay better than the usual trip to the planetarium.

Re: Lift-off!

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy grinned like a little kid as the bus headed out into the atmosphere. He too was glued to the window, listening to Ms Frizzle with half an ear. He wasn't overly surprised at the bus taking off, after all, he'd been in her detention.

Re: Lift-off!

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By now, the unexpected directions in which the bus was taking them didn't surprise or hold Chad in thrall as much, so he paying attention to the lecture. Too bad he always forgot to bring his notebook to this class, though. He considered possibly writing them on his hand, but he didn't have a pen, either. Oh, well. Pretty sweet freakin' view.

Re: Lift-off!

[narglette.livejournal.com]

Luna had no idea that buses shouldn't fly or go into space, so she just went along merrily for the ride.

Re: Lift-off!

[sakuracchyan.livejournal.com]

Sakura yelped when the bus lifted off the ground, as opposed to just driving along it. She clung to the window as if fearing the bus may spit her out with one hand, the other protectively clasped around her necklace. If needed, she could get herself out of a bad situation...

The inner planets!

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"Don't worry, children!" Ms Frizzle told them as they left the atmosphere and shot past the moon. Each student will find that they are now wearing spacesuits, bubble-shaped helmets sitting beside them. "We'll be returning to the moon by the end of the trip! Now, there are four inner planets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_planets#Inner_planets) of the solar system, including Earth. Oh, and Ms Arroway, feel free to jump in any time!" Ms Frizzle spoke constantly as they moved swiftly outwards, pointing out Mercury and Venus behind them. The bus had tinted windows, so the Sun wasn't much of a problem. They circled Mars twice and she continued to talk about the recent NASA Mars missions. She even pointed out the rover, far below on the planet's surface.

Re: The inner planets!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, this is not the first time Pippi has worn a space suit... Though it is the first time she's worn one in space.

Re: The inner planets!

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi was thrilled with the idea of being back in space, as she stared out of the window completely amazed by how different it looked compared to her time. It was the first time that she had worn a spacesuit though but she wasn't concerned about that.

Re: The inner planets!

[justmisplaced.livejournal.com]

Trying to concentrate on Ms Frizzle when you suddenly discover yourself wearing a spacesuit? Not so easy. Shawn's not even trying, he's far too busy trying to work out the helmet.

Re: The inner planets!

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Idly listening, Chad picked up his helmet and tapped the glass visor as if he didn't trust it entirely. He squeezed it a bit as if to test its durability. Tests passed, he waited until they were getting closer to landing to fit it on his head.

The asteroid belt!

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"The asteroid belt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_planets#Asteroid_belt)! Ah, what a fascinating example of how gravity works!" Ms Frizzle beamed as she navigated the edge of it and continued on in this bent for a while. "We are now approaching Ceres, which was first considered a planet when it was discovered, then reclassified as an asteroid, and is a planet again!"

The bus parked itself on the chunk of rock and Ms Frizzle bounced out of the driver's seat. "Alright, children! Helmets on, stay together, everyone out of the bus! Have fun, explore a bit, try not to drift off!"

[[The bus will rescue you if you do, however.]]

Re: The asteroid belt!

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Blair looked around and saw...hair. Space helmets were so not made for people with jewfros hairdo's like his. Puffing at it for a few seconds he finally looked around. "This is amazing."

Re: The inner planets!

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Squee!

He was in space standing on the surface of another planet! Or an asteroid depending on when you asked apparently.

Still grinning like a four year old.

The outer planets!

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Once everyone was back aboard the bus, they continued outwards. "The outer planets! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_planets#Outer_planets)" Ms Frizzle exclaimed. "The gas giants! These planets are massive when compared to our relatively small Earth, but have a completely different composition!" Ms Frizzle went on about Jupiter's Red Spot and moons, dove through the various layers of Saturn's rings, and glared at tittering because of Uranus's name.

"Hmm . . . I'm afraid we just won't have time to visit the Kupier belt - that's where Pluto is - but we can talk about it on the way back!"

And so they did.

Re: The outer planets!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Ms Frizzle?" Pippi said raising her hand. "I thought Pluto was a planet?"

The moon!

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"Did you know, children," Ms Frizzle said, grinning as they parked in a large crater and she intructed everyone to pile out again. "That Earth has two moons? The second is a very small asteroid called Crithne in a fantastically wide elliptical orbit, and isn't visible to the naked eye! This moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon), however, very much is!" She talked excitedly about the moon for a few minutes before waving a hand. "Go ahead, children, practice your moonwalks! You may pick up a souvenir if you wish, but do try not to be destructive about it!"

Re: The moon!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi is delighted... That American flag over there would make a good souvenir... Ooo! A rock!

Planetside again!

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The bell was ringing when the bus landed in front of the school again, the students once again in their normal clothes and the bus itself once again looking like a normal bus. Ms Frizzle waved goodbye to everyone. "See you next week, children! Remember to work on your science fair projects!"

OOC

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*dead*

Re: OOC

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*hug* Dunno what happened but hope you feel better soon...