fandomhigh | Science! Fair (Thursday, Period 7)

The Friz looked sad.

In a bouncy, exclamation-point-ridden kind of way.

"Good afternoon, students!" she said, but the punctuation came over a little limp. "Today will be our last class. It's been a pleasure teaching you this semester and it's been wonderful seeing you take on new challenges and learn new things! I hope your enthusiasm for learning about the world around you continues on even after you leave this class!"

Liz dove off the lab bench and went rummaging for tissues, feeling like they may be needed.

"This will be my last class as well! I've heard from my last school that they want me back for a special summer program and next year as well. Well! Let's get to it! Time to take chances! Make mistakes! Get . . . presenting!"

Please ignore her sniffling over here.

[[Okay. So. This is how it's going to work. Post will be open for the next week. There are two threads, one for those who want to interact with the Friz and other students about their projects, and one for those who want to state a topic and handwave the presentation. Please include the mark your character would get in the class based on how much they learned from the field trips.

Any threads with the Friz will be slowplayed over the weekend. See this post for why.

~~Wait for OCD.~~ Play away. *sniffle*]]

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Sokka stands up at the front of a class with a large cookie sheet and a butane lighter.

"So, uh, fire... isn't really a thing... it's a process..." he begins hesitantly, reading off a sheet of hastily scribbled notes. "... A, uh, exothermic chemical reaction. Which you can make burn better by adding stuff to. And if you get a fire to burn fast and hot enough, it combusts. And here's an equation."

He dutifully writes "2 KNO3 + S + 3C --> K2S + N2 + 3CO2" up on the board. Clearly, it's important. Clearly, he has NO idea what it means.

"And if you mix in sulfur and saltpeter with, you know, what you're burning, you get what Ilike to call the Hakoda Special." His voice is stronger now, because he actually knows what he's talking about.

"Watch this." He grins evilly.

Sokka takes a tiny pouch from where it's hanging on his belt, pours a small amount of the black powder inside onto the cookie sheet, and sets fire to it with the lighter. There are fizzles, sparks, and pops. Oooooh...

THEN he sets the pouch itself down and sets fire to IT. And puts his fingers in his ears and ducks. This time, there's a loud bang and shredded bits of scorched leather go flying everywhere. Sokka stands back up and waves the smoke away.

"Any questions?"

[Sokka likes science. And Science!. He probably gets an A.]

Valentine coughed and joined in the smoke-waving efforts.
"That's quite the demonstration," he mumbled, sticking a finger in his ear.

Sokka took a bow. "I can do it again, if you want?"

Valentine considered for a moment, then offered Sokka one of his juggling balls.
"Just as much flashy exploding, with only a fraction of the damage, smoke, and destruction."
And science, actually. Who needed science to blow things up when you were a juggler?

Sokka raised an eyebrow at Valentine. "But the damage and smoke are sort of the point!" he insisted.

That didn't stop him from taking the ball.

The bang is accompanied by a "WAHOO!" and happy little jig from the Friz. "Wonderful! Spectacular! Perfect example of an exothermic reaction! What are some other combustible materials that might produce this same reaction?"

"Uhhhhhh..."

Sokka's from a much lower technology level! Gunpowder is a big thing for him!
...And it's not like he paid attention to anything ELSE in the books when he was looking up stuff for the presentation.

"I... dunno?" he stammered out. "My dad just always used the guano and sulfur. Can you do this with other stuff?"

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