The Art of Honesty, Tuesday 4th Period

[jedigrammarians]

"Good news, kids, today you're only going to tell the truth." Wait for the catch, because of course there was going to be one. "Because sometimes the most dishonest lies are the ones composed of selective truths. For example, if a government removes, restricts or subverts any method of public protest, then they can claim the public agrees with them, someone tries to point out that that's because they can't disagree, well, they can be ignored because they didn't use the proper channels for their complaint.Statistics are great for this. There are so many ways those can be manipulated, it'd be a class in an of itself."

Aphra gestured around the room. "So today you have to come up with the most outrageous falsehoods you can think of, and try to get your classmates to believe them without actually saying anything that isn't true."

Shop Class; Wednesday, Third Period [02/27].

[special_rabbit]

"Welcome back, everyone," Amaya greeted the class with a grin that, by now, they should take to mean she was particularly excited about today's project. "For those of you who went on the trip to Iceland, I hope you had a good time. I know I did. Beautiful place, plenty of interesting stories and places, but what really caught my attention...and I hope a few of your attentions, as well...was the geothermal energy.

"Electricity!" Still a novel concept, shhh. "From the natural heat of the Earth and water! Providing power and energy to the majority of the whole country." Which was still pretty populous by her standards. "And so, today, inspired by Iceland, we'll be making our very own thermoelectric generator."

So...a bit of a step up from a potato, right?

"What we're essentially doing, then," Amaya explained, "is creating energy based on the temperature difference between the heat from candle flame and the cool water in the small tubs we'll be using. This should be powerful enough to charge a phone, which could be useful in the event of another power outtage like at the end of last year, or perhaps a few other small but useful devices in an emergency."

So the students would find a handout of instructions on their workstations as well as the materials they needed, as Amaya led them through the steps: starting with a handful of thermoelectric plates, which would generate electricity as it heated up one side while cooling down the other, and sticking them to the bottom of a container for the cold water. They'd be using bread tins, because they really did work pretty well, using thermoconductive glue and then saudering the black and red wires that stick out from the plates together, closing the circuit, and protecting the wires from creating a short circuit against the metal pan with some electrical tape. Then on to hooking up a voltage regulator to stabilize the energy passing through the plates, which would also serve as the plug-in point for their devices. They'd be mounting it over the tin with a strip of aluminium to keep it out of the water. Place the strip, hook up the wires to the regulator, another bit of aluminium over the plates, and onto the stand! With more aluminium!

And now to try it out! Line up the candles underneath, pour some cold water into the tin, let the thing get juiced up, and give it a try!

"Now, the as the water warms up, it'll need to be refreshed, because the difference in temperature is key to what creates the power," Amaya offered as she finished up the demonstration. "Using snow or ice is actually more effective because of this...so next blizzard that sweeps in and knocks out the power, the lot of you should be all set! And if you make a big enough one, I'll bet it would be pretty snowman proof, too!"

BECAUSE THAT WAS A THING.

"So, let me know if there's any questions, and, if not, let's get to work!"

An Excuse for Field Trips, Wednesday, 4th Period

[furnaceface]

Instead of Portalocity, class today had been instructed to meet in the Danger Shop. When they got there, their instructors were dressed casually (for them; Hannibal was still in a suit) and the shop itself was set up like a cross between a comfortable living room and a pub.

"Welcome," Hannibal said. "Since all of last week was a field trip, we thought another one might be overkill. So instead, we're relaxing at home. So to speak."

"Here at home," Jono offered, jerking a thumb toward what looked more or less like a large rec room. With perhaps a few cues - the very particular sofa, that exact television - from the dorm common rooms thrown in for good measure. Hey, he'd lived there once, too. What better way to program in a staycation than to go with what the students actually knew? "Which isn't really home so much as a sim of somewhere homey, but that'll do in a pinch."

"So, have fun," Hannibal said. "Oh, and there is food. It's real." Because he had his own ways of relaxing.

[OOC: Open!]

Intro to Dance, Wednesday Period 1

[firstofitskind]

... was cancelled, as per an email sent out to the students early Wednesday morning, a copy of which the office moose had ensured was tacked up on the classroom door:

Morning all,

Verity wanted me to let you know that she's sorry, but she won't be able to make it in, and so is cancelling class today.

- Kincaid

The Future is Swell!, Wednesday, February 27, 2019

[heroic_jawline]

"I don't know about everyone else, but the waterfalls of Iceland were my favorite part of the trip," Steve said, carefully not looking at Beaker. "and jumping off of them, and off of cliffs, and off of other high surfaces make a lot of appearances in movies."

"Just. Maybe consider the height you're jumping from and how deep the pool below is," Tony said. "And maybe how the water surface can be like hitting concrete?"

"And how gravity usually applies to most of us," Steve added.

Very concerned, Beaker. Very. Concerned.

"So, we have a movie for you guys to watch!" Tony said, clapping his hands together.

"The first two thirds are amazing," Steve said. "The weird song in the middle with the bicycle seemed unnecessary."

"I wanted to show Up, but Captain Rogers won the coin toss," Tony stage whispered.