Shop Class; Wednesday, Third Period [09/07].

[special_rabbit]

Based on the sheer amount of scrap metal around the shop that morning, as well as the welding torches waiting for the students at their stations along with their usual protective gear, it shouldn't be too hard for them to figure out what they might be up to today.

Plus, with all the welding Amaya had been doing herself on her own current project, it just seemed like the logical choice for this week.

"Morning, everyone," she greeted all two of them with a nod. "We're going to keep learning some of the basics of the equipment and the materials we'll be using a lot this semester, and today, we're switching the medium to one particularly near and dear to my heart: metal. Specifically, we're working on welding metal.

"Welding is basically using high levels of heat to melt pieces of metal into each other, fusing them together when they cool. We've got these nifty little hand torches," and, of course, she was going to pick one up and fire it off a little for display, "which is why we've also got these heavy-duty masks." She set the welding torch down to pick up the welding helmet that could almost look like a costume piece from a bad science fiction movie. "This process involves a lot of heat and light that can be bad for your eyes, as well as sparks and tiny shrapnel that'll likely be even worse for them! So safety first! This isn't the Danger Shop, after all, so we want to keep those trips to the clinic down to a minimum.

"We've got plenty of material to work with today, too, with all these scraps that can easily be put together into something with the power of welding! I've got some instruction sheets if you'd like to make anything in particular, but there's nothing wrong with letting your imagination take over, either. Make something entirely new, or try one of the projects on the she sheets. The point of today's class is to get you familiar with the process of welding and the equipment. Everyone, put your masks on." She even did so herself, but kept her voice strong even behind the muffled coverage. "It might be a little hard to see exactly what I'm doing, but it's important, because if you're watching me, you don't want to be staring directly at the flashes. I'm going to walk you through how to make a spider using mostly old spoons."

And she did just that, showing off the little guy when she was finished and passing it around so they could have a closer look at it. "So, as I said, all we're doing is basically melting the metal at the joints so that they fuse together and connect. If you look closely, you can see all those joints in the various pieces that make the spider. Pretty simple in concept, right? So it's just a matter of knowing how to shape and piece it all together to actually make something.

"IF you're not entirely new to welding or you have a particular idea," she concluded, "go ahead and weld together what you want, but if it's somewhat new, I encourage you to try the spider or perhaps some other simple projects, like a flower or a bird or a dragon. I've got instructions or I can help walk you through some of it. Or just experiment with some parts and putting them together and see what you end up with. Today's about the equipment and the material more than the final results, although I'm eager to see what you guys have to offer at the end of the class.

"Any questions? If not, let's go ahead and grab some scrap and get to work!"

Beginner's Guide to Heroism, Wednesday - 2nd Period

[needsacatchphrase]

"Welcome back," Jane said, once the class had filed on into the Danger Shop. Where she'd definitely spent a good hour, fiddling to learn how it all worked. "Today we'll be talking about powers. Which not everyone has, but that's just fine as well!"

Was that last part added quickly? Yes.

"Now, powers could also mean what skills you have too. And today I'd like you to showcase what you think can make you heroic beyond the will to do good. Which can be pretty heroic on its own, but sometimes needs that little nudge, you know?"

Like, say, life altering events or broken magic hammers coming back together just for you

Getting to Know Earth, Wednesday

[sharp_man]

"Welcome back." Class had been asked to meet at Portalocity today. "We'll be going somewhat further afield today. Why don't we start out?"

He waved them through the portal and out into a city with a lovely view. "Florence is a city I'm rather fond of. It's in Italy, if you're not familiar with it. Before us is the Duomo, a church cathedral dating to the thirteenth century. The architecture is stunning, and tours of it are free. If you prefer other sorts of art, the Uffizi Gallery is that direction." He pointed. "It was one of the earliest public museums, and has a huge collection of Renaissance art particularly."

He shrugged. "You can also choose to wander the city and eat, if you like; there are some very good restaurants and gelato shops. Meet me back here in time to return, please. Don't make me track you down." He was absolutely giving you stern looks.

Mechanics of Engineering - Wednesday, 1st Period

[notagoose]

“Welcome back,” Goose said, he had been a bit a distracted after his conversation with Walsh on Sunday but this time he had least used that distraction to draw up a proper lesson plan to work on for his next class.

“For the next few weeks we're going to be looking at machines,” Goose explained, “a simple machine is a machine that can change the direction or magnitude of a force,” he started to go into a bit in depth as he talked about simple machines.

“There are six simple machines,” he continued, “the wheel and axle, the level, the inclined plane, the pulley, the screw, wedge and lever, this week we are going to be looking at pulleys,”

“For our practical assignment today I thought we would have a go at making a pulley,” Goose nodded as he handed out the instructions and indicated the range of materials they had to work on.