Homework
The due date for this assignment/extra credit is SEPTEMBER 28th, 11:59PM HOL time. Please send your assignments to [email protected] with the subject line "HW1 - [Your HOL name]" for homework and "EC1 - [Your HOL Name]" for the extra credit, or if you send it in together "HW/EC1 - [Your HOL Name]". So if I were sending mine in, they would say "HW1 - Kim Alting" and "EC1 - Kim Alting" in the subject line. Please also include your name, house, and HOL ID at the top of your e-mail. I need this info to give you your hard-earned points, so double check that it's there! If you have any questions or need help with anything, please don't hesitate to send me a HOL message (my ID is ki1010). I am always happy to help!
Emails with attachment won't be graded.
TRUE OR FALSE (10 Points - 1 point each)
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. If they are false, please correct them.
1. You can rush straight into making a potion with no preparation.
2. Cauldrons only come in size 2.
3. Pewter cauldrons are the recommended type of cauldron for beginners because they can handle lots of use and a wide variety of potions.
4. Brass cauldrons may only be used by Ravenclaw students.
5. Copper cauldrons are the most efficient cauldrons.
6. Gaspard Shingleton is the inventor of the Self-stirring cauldron, and can be found on Wizard Card #52.
7. Phials are used to hold samples of potions.
8. There is a significant difference between crystal and glass phials.
9. Ingredients in potion making are measured by how high you can throw them.
10. Magical Drafts and Potions is one of the required textbooks for this class.
THE LATE STUDENT
Part One (10 points):
One of the students in your house came into the lecture late and scribbled down the instructions I was giving. They are fairly certain that they missed a lot of key points from the start of the lecture. Please help them fill in the missing information from their notes.
"The very first thing you will need in order to brew a potion is a ________. They come in many ______, _______, and _______. For this class you are required to have a standard _____ ___ ________ cauldron. Pewter cauldrons are most effective for brewing potions which have a _____ brewing period, such as the __________ Potion. Most potion-makers upgrade to _______ cauldrons once they have mastered the basics of brewing. Collapsible cauldrons are not to be used for highly _________ potions or potions requiring ______ heat. When you turn in samples of your potions for grading, you will be required to store them in ________. You will need scales to measure out certain amounts of ingredients. Almost all scales are made of _______."
Part Two (10 points):
The late student was very flustered about their lateness, so they had a tough time paying attention and keeping their notes tidy. They wrote down the basic steps for potion brewing, but they put them in the wrong order! For the safety of the class, please help the student put the steps in the correct order! You can re-arrange their list or simply put the correct numbers beside the steps. Here is what they wrote down:
1. Cut, measure, and otherwise prepare your ingredients.
2. Clean and prepare the phial or bottle you will be keeping your potion in. Place it on your station.
3. Follow the instructions for transporting your finished potion into its container. (Some potions allow you to use a ladle/spoon, others advise you to dip the bottle/phial right in, some require your wand, etc.)
4. Clean up your station!
5. Read the potion recipe carefully!
6. Check the recipe... again! Once you're sure you have everything you need, begin following the instructions. Consistently refer back to them as you complete each step.
7. Gather the necessary ingredients.
8. Set up your brewing station. The space should be free of all clutter and unnecessary items. None of the tools should be too close to each other. Make sure you are able to change the height of the fire beneath the cauldron with ease.
Emails with attachment won't be graded.
TRUE OR FALSE (10 Points - 1 point each)
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. If they are false, please correct them.
1. You can rush straight into making a potion with no preparation.
2. Cauldrons only come in size 2.
3. Pewter cauldrons are the recommended type of cauldron for beginners because they can handle lots of use and a wide variety of potions.
4. Brass cauldrons may only be used by Ravenclaw students.
5. Copper cauldrons are the most efficient cauldrons.
6. Gaspard Shingleton is the inventor of the Self-stirring cauldron, and can be found on Wizard Card #52.
7. Phials are used to hold samples of potions.
8. There is a significant difference between crystal and glass phials.
9. Ingredients in potion making are measured by how high you can throw them.
10. Magical Drafts and Potions is one of the required textbooks for this class.
THE LATE STUDENT
Part One (10 points):
One of the students in your house came into the lecture late and scribbled down the instructions I was giving. They are fairly certain that they missed a lot of key points from the start of the lecture. Please help them fill in the missing information from their notes.
"The very first thing you will need in order to brew a potion is a ________. They come in many ______, _______, and _______. For this class you are required to have a standard _____ ___ ________ cauldron. Pewter cauldrons are most effective for brewing potions which have a _____ brewing period, such as the __________ Potion. Most potion-makers upgrade to _______ cauldrons once they have mastered the basics of brewing. Collapsible cauldrons are not to be used for highly _________ potions or potions requiring ______ heat. When you turn in samples of your potions for grading, you will be required to store them in ________. You will need scales to measure out certain amounts of ingredients. Almost all scales are made of _______."
Part Two (10 points):
The late student was very flustered about their lateness, so they had a tough time paying attention and keeping their notes tidy. They wrote down the basic steps for potion brewing, but they put them in the wrong order! For the safety of the class, please help the student put the steps in the correct order! You can re-arrange their list or simply put the correct numbers beside the steps. Here is what they wrote down:
1. Cut, measure, and otherwise prepare your ingredients.
2. Clean and prepare the phial or bottle you will be keeping your potion in. Place it on your station.
3. Follow the instructions for transporting your finished potion into its container. (Some potions allow you to use a ladle/spoon, others advise you to dip the bottle/phial right in, some require your wand, etc.)
4. Clean up your station!
5. Read the potion recipe carefully!
6. Check the recipe... again! Once you're sure you have everything you need, begin following the instructions. Consistently refer back to them as you complete each step.
7. Gather the necessary ingredients.
8. Set up your brewing station. The space should be free of all clutter and unnecessary items. None of the tools should be too close to each other. Make sure you are able to change the height of the fire beneath the cauldron with ease.
Extra Credit
For your extra credit, you may choose to complete any assortment of the following options to add up to a maximum of 30 points.
INTRODUCTIONS (10 points)
Introduce yourself in the class forum! Tell us why you're taking the class, what other classes you're taking, what your favourite colour is... whatever you want, really! Just come say hi to me and your fellow students :)!
PRACTICAL (20 points)
You can look up the Magical Drafts and Potions textbook in the HOL Library HERE. Find the Boil-Cure Potion recipe and follow it carefully to brew your potion. Tell me what the HOL textbook says the ingredients are (note: they're different from the Pottermore/Harry Potter Wiki ones, so be careful!) and do your best to describe the steps to making the potion in your own words (it's tricky, I know. Don't be too worried about similarities, just try not to copy and paste.) How did your potion turn out? Did you miss a step, add too much of an ingredient, overcook it? If so, do you think that improved or ruined your potion? Who did you try the potion out on? Briefly tell me the story of your potion-brewing experience! (I'm hoping for a minimum of 250 words.)
If you're not very talkative, you're welcome to send me a picture (make a graphic/drawing/etc) of how your potion turned out instead, or of the ingredients used in making it! (Just make sure you tell me what the ingredient is, please, and that it's listed on some resource - specify which - as an ingredient for the Boil-Cure/Cure for Boils potion). You're also free to create an image, drawing, etc. of any of the tools we talked about in today's lesson, or of your potion-brewing station, or re-design the cover of one of the required textbook Magical Drafts and Potions, or even draw/create an image of Gaspard Shingleton. Basically, you're free to make an image of just about anything as long as it's obviously related to the lesson.
THE LATE STUDENT - PUZZLE TIME! (20 points)
When the late student rushed in, they dropped one of their books and it broke into pieces! (Weird, I know. We should all pity this student's strange luck.) For 20 points, put their textbook back together and take a screenshot of it. Upload that screenshot to an image hosting website (like Photobucket or tinypic) and send me the direct link. Please also tell me which of our two required textbooks it is! (You should be able to read the title, but if you can't, send me a message and I'll give you a hint!)
You can put the book back together HERE.
MATERIALS MATCHING (20 points, 2 points each)
There were a lot of different materials mentioned in today's lesson about tools. Can you keep them all straight? Match the materials in Column A with the correct tools category in Column B. Since the right column is for categories of tools, you can expect that the items in the right column will have multiple matches. That's okay! Just make sure you list all the matches. (To make this easier on you, I have listed some materials twice in Column A, since some belong in multiple categories!) You can write your answers like this:
"1 - A
2 - C" (not necessarily correct answers!)
OR like this:
"A - 1, 3, 6" (not necessarily the answers!)
INTRODUCTIONS (10 points)
Introduce yourself in the class forum! Tell us why you're taking the class, what other classes you're taking, what your favourite colour is... whatever you want, really! Just come say hi to me and your fellow students :)!
PRACTICAL (20 points)
You can look up the Magical Drafts and Potions textbook in the HOL Library HERE. Find the Boil-Cure Potion recipe and follow it carefully to brew your potion. Tell me what the HOL textbook says the ingredients are (note: they're different from the Pottermore/Harry Potter Wiki ones, so be careful!) and do your best to describe the steps to making the potion in your own words (it's tricky, I know. Don't be too worried about similarities, just try not to copy and paste.) How did your potion turn out? Did you miss a step, add too much of an ingredient, overcook it? If so, do you think that improved or ruined your potion? Who did you try the potion out on? Briefly tell me the story of your potion-brewing experience! (I'm hoping for a minimum of 250 words.)
If you're not very talkative, you're welcome to send me a picture (make a graphic/drawing/etc) of how your potion turned out instead, or of the ingredients used in making it! (Just make sure you tell me what the ingredient is, please, and that it's listed on some resource - specify which - as an ingredient for the Boil-Cure/Cure for Boils potion). You're also free to create an image, drawing, etc. of any of the tools we talked about in today's lesson, or of your potion-brewing station, or re-design the cover of one of the required textbook Magical Drafts and Potions, or even draw/create an image of Gaspard Shingleton. Basically, you're free to make an image of just about anything as long as it's obviously related to the lesson.
THE LATE STUDENT - PUZZLE TIME! (20 points)
When the late student rushed in, they dropped one of their books and it broke into pieces! (Weird, I know. We should all pity this student's strange luck.) For 20 points, put their textbook back together and take a screenshot of it. Upload that screenshot to an image hosting website (like Photobucket or tinypic) and send me the direct link. Please also tell me which of our two required textbooks it is! (You should be able to read the title, but if you can't, send me a message and I'll give you a hint!)
You can put the book back together HERE.
MATERIALS MATCHING (20 points, 2 points each)
There were a lot of different materials mentioned in today's lesson about tools. Can you keep them all straight? Match the materials in Column A with the correct tools category in Column B. Since the right column is for categories of tools, you can expect that the items in the right column will have multiple matches. That's okay! Just make sure you list all the matches. (To make this easier on you, I have listed some materials twice in Column A, since some belong in multiple categories!) You can write your answers like this:
"1 - A
2 - C" (not necessarily correct answers!)
OR like this:
"A - 1, 3, 6" (not necessarily the answers!)
COLUMN A: MATERIALSBrass
Pewter Silver Gold Brass Silver Glass Crystal Copper Collapsible Material |
COLUMN B: TOOL CATEGORIESA: Cauldron
B: Phial C: Scale D: Knife |