fandomhigh | Physics, Monday, Class #8, Period 4

"Afternoon, everyone," Sam said from her perch on the desk. "It's good to see you all after the parental invasion this weekend. Rodney, I hope you found your sister."

"Today we'll be talking about light. The three primary properties of light are intensity, frequency or wavelength, and polarization."

"The human spectrum of visual is from red to violet, which can be seen individually when you look at white light through a prism," she explained, writing ROYGBIV on the board, near the equations, "but ultraviolet and infrared are just as important for human survival, as well as the survival of the planet. A red shift--where suddenly infrared light is visible to the human eye--is fatal after a remarkably short period of time. Not just to the humans, but to the things that humans depend on for food, such as plants and animals."

Not their shining moment of Stargate use, no.

"Light, obviously, can come from a number of different sources, although the primary source of light on this planet is obviously the sun. Light, which is thought to travel in waves, can be refracted, or bent through the use of optics. We'll get into theories of how light works next week. For now, I just want you to get used to seeing it and measuring it--there are prisms, magnifying lenses, and telescopes for you to work with, as well as different light sources, so you can see how the spectra of light differ. There are also spectrometers, so you can measure the light and try to predict its behavior, if that's your thing."

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Worf

Hey, it's the only one with bright colors...

Romeo Montague

Eve Levine

Yasutora Sado

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It does go on...

Worf sat and took diligent notes. Perhaps more diligent than ever before.

Romeo actually managed to listen this week, though he thought something of the beauty of light was almost spoiled by knowing the science behind it.

Of course, Chad was taking the usual lengthly notes, but at least this time he was feeling like he was immediately comprehending what he was scribbling down.

Hoshi took notes occasionally, but she also spent a good amount of time pouting.

Naomi took down detailed notes.

Sokka scribbled notes like mad.

Rikku was fascinated by the ideas and prisms and color-shifts.

And thinking that Roy G. Biv would be a pretty neat name.

Alone or in pairs

Worf was looking at the prisms and lenses with a little bit of disappointment.

He might have been hoping to build a laser.

Sokka noticed that what Forehead was doing with the equipment was pretty similar to what he was doing, so he went over to join him. "Do you know how to make a laser?" he asked.

Romeo played with the prisms, mostly just using them to make rainbows.

"Sorry about my dad," Rikku said abruptly, by way of greeting. "He's ... like that. I met your friend, he seems neat. Ooooh, rainbows."

"You talked to Ben?" Romeo asked absently, turning a prism so the rainbow would rotate and flash off the walls. "Don't worry about your father. I've met worse."

[OOC: Fleeing to bed.]

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They were cool little devices that could make sparklies and rainbows.

Of course Chad was fascinated by playing around with them, although, to look at him, he looked extremely bored.

Ichigo was rolling one of the prisms between his fingers, that whole predicting thing wasn't really his cup of tea. "You missed my dad this weekend," he told Chad, oh so casually.

Chad blinked a little for a moment before looking up from the lenses toward Ichigo. "I did?" he asked, although he guessed it made sense. It was Parents' Weekend, and Ichigo did have at least one living parent. "Did your sisters visit too?"