Homework
The due date for this assignment/extra credit is NOVEMBER 30th, 11:59PM HOL time. Please send your assignments to [email protected] with the subject line "HW3 - [Your HOL name]" for homework and "EC3 - [Your HOL Name]" for the extra credit, or if you send it in together "HW/EC3 - [Your HOL Name]". So if I were sending mine in, they would say "HW3 - Kim Alting" and "EC3 - 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!
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TRUE OR FALSE (10 points)
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. If a statement is false, please correct it.
1. The Cure For Boils only cures Boils.
2. You should heat a Cure for Boils potion to 700°C.
3. Neville Longbottom melted his cauldron by not removing it from the flames before he added the porcupine quills.
4. You can apply the Cure for Boils topically or you can drink it, depending on the situation.
5. The Forgetfulness Potion has reverse effects if brewed improperly.
6. If you've brewed a Forgetfulness Potion correctly, it will be dark orange in colour.
7. The Wideye Potion's purpose is to give you very large eyes - much like an anime character
8. The Wideye Potion is able to awaken someone from both magically and non-magically induced sleep.
9. An Antidote to Common Poisons is much easier to get down than a Bezoar.
10. The Antidote to Common Poisons does not interact with cauldron materials.
THE CONFUSED STUDENT (20 points: 2 points each)
Oh boy... for the practical portion of the class, you are paired up with the student who was late for the first class and sleepy for the second. This student tried their best to pay attention in class today, but they've forgotten their textbook and are confused about the recipes for the potions you're supposed to make. Please answer all of the confused student's questions about the recipes... none of us want to smell melted cauldron today!
1. How many snake fangs are required for the Cure for Boils? Do I crush them or leave them whole?
2. What is the temperature I should heat the Cure for Boils to, and for how long should I heat it?
3. Once I am nearly finished brewing the Cure for Boils, do I stir it clockwise or counter-clockwise? How many times?
4. What is the last ingredient I add to the Forgetfulness Potion? How much of it do I add?
5. If I brew it correctly, the fumes of the Forgetfulness Potion will make me feel... what?
6. What is the second ingredient I add to the Awakening Potion? Is it a dried ingredient or a liquid?
7. What's the difference between the Wideye Potion and the Awakening Potion?
8. Why are there differences in brewing times for some potions?
9. What type of mucus do I add to the Antidote to Common Poisons, and how much do I add?
10. What type of phial do I store the Antidote to Common Poisons in, and why?
Emails with attachment won't be graded.
TRUE OR FALSE (10 points)
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. If a statement is false, please correct it.
1. The Cure For Boils only cures Boils.
2. You should heat a Cure for Boils potion to 700°C.
3. Neville Longbottom melted his cauldron by not removing it from the flames before he added the porcupine quills.
4. You can apply the Cure for Boils topically or you can drink it, depending on the situation.
5. The Forgetfulness Potion has reverse effects if brewed improperly.
6. If you've brewed a Forgetfulness Potion correctly, it will be dark orange in colour.
7. The Wideye Potion's purpose is to give you very large eyes - much like an anime character
8. The Wideye Potion is able to awaken someone from both magically and non-magically induced sleep.
9. An Antidote to Common Poisons is much easier to get down than a Bezoar.
10. The Antidote to Common Poisons does not interact with cauldron materials.
THE CONFUSED STUDENT (20 points: 2 points each)
Oh boy... for the practical portion of the class, you are paired up with the student who was late for the first class and sleepy for the second. This student tried their best to pay attention in class today, but they've forgotten their textbook and are confused about the recipes for the potions you're supposed to make. Please answer all of the confused student's questions about the recipes... none of us want to smell melted cauldron today!
1. How many snake fangs are required for the Cure for Boils? Do I crush them or leave them whole?
2. What is the temperature I should heat the Cure for Boils to, and for how long should I heat it?
3. Once I am nearly finished brewing the Cure for Boils, do I stir it clockwise or counter-clockwise? How many times?
4. What is the last ingredient I add to the Forgetfulness Potion? How much of it do I add?
5. If I brew it correctly, the fumes of the Forgetfulness Potion will make me feel... what?
6. What is the second ingredient I add to the Awakening Potion? Is it a dried ingredient or a liquid?
7. What's the difference between the Wideye Potion and the Awakening Potion?
8. Why are there differences in brewing times for some potions?
9. What type of mucus do I add to the Antidote to Common Poisons, and how much do I add?
10. What type of phial do I store the Antidote to Common Poisons in, and why?
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. Some options will allow you to do just a portion of them - for example, since each "Heal or No Heal" item is worth 2 points, you could post in the class discussion for 10 EC points and then do just 10 of the "Heal or No Heal" items for the other 20 EC points.
CLASS DISCUSSION (10 - 30 points)
For today's discussion, I will give you three things to discuss. You are welcome to discuss as many of them as you like. You will get 10 points for every 250 words you write - either of your own opinion or commenting on someone else's. You may post your answers to the Class Forum under the topic "Lesson 3 - Potion Problems Discussion". Here are your discussion questions:
1. Do you think that an improperly brewed Cure for Boils, which (rather than curing them) actually causes an outbreak of boils (etc), should really be considered "improperly brewed", or do you believe it should be considered a different potion altogether?
2. Some wizards are now claiming that applying the Forgetfulness Potion to certain spots on the head is more effective than simply drinking it. Do you think their claims might be true, or do you think they're silly? Why? What might cause applying it to the head to be more effective than drinking it, or why might drinking it be more beneficial than applying it to the head? What implications might this have for the Awakening/Wideye Potion?
3. If consuming a Bezoar is often enough to cure poison, why do you think an Antidote to Common Poisons was invented?
PRACTICAL (30 points)
Following any of the recipes given in the lesson, brew one of the first-year potions (preferably one you haven't completed an assignment on before!) and tell me about your experience. 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? What is it supposed to look like? How did yours look? Briefly tell me the story of your potion-brewing experience! (Minimum 350 words)
If you're not very talkative, you're welcome to send me a picture (make a graphic) of how your potion turned out instead (Again, please create a new image for this extra credit - don't reuse one you've already made for the class!). You're also free to create an image, drawing, etc. of any of the ingredients used in the recipes. Basically, you're free to make an image of just about anything as long as it's obviously related to the lesson (and you tell me what it is!)
THE MESSY STUDENT - PUZZLE TIME! (30 points)
The rather unlucky student in your class is having more bad luck today. In order to spice up his notebook, I gave him a photo of some previous students. These students were rather unlucky in this subject, too. But the student spilled coffee on the photo and accidentally tore up the photo while he was trying to clean up the spill (wet paper is very delicate!) Please help him put the photo back together. Upload a screenshot of the completed puzzle to a picture hosting site (such as Photobucket or tinypic) and send me the direct link.
You can find the pieces of the photo HERE.
BOIL 'EM, MASH 'EM, STICK 'EM IN A POTION (30 points, 3 points each)
Although many of today's potions had ingredients in common, the preparation of these ingredients weren't always the same. Can you keep all the ingredients and their preparation instructions straight? As I've mentioned, following the recipe carefully is very important! Below I will list a potion and it's ingredient. I want you to tell me what you do to the ingredient to "prepare" it. Do you crush it? Do you put it in whole? Mix it with another ingredient first? Do you boil it (which we'll define as heating the potion immediately after adding the ingredient)? Or do you stir the potion after the ingredient is added? Is it even in the potion? Tell me as much as you can about the preparation of each ingredient below!
1. Horned slugs in the Cure for Boils.
2. Porcupine quills in the Cure for Boils.
3. Flobberworm Mucus in the Cure for Boils.
4. Valerian Sprigs in the Forgetfulness Potion.
5. Lethe River Water in the Forgetfulness Potion.
6. Snake fangs in the Awakening Potion.
7. Wolfsbane in the Awakening Potion.
8. Bezoar in the Antidote to Common Poisons.
9. Unicorn Horn in the Antidote to Common Poisons.
10. Mistletoe berries in the Antidote to Common Poisons.
CLASS DISCUSSION (10 - 30 points)
For today's discussion, I will give you three things to discuss. You are welcome to discuss as many of them as you like. You will get 10 points for every 250 words you write - either of your own opinion or commenting on someone else's. You may post your answers to the Class Forum under the topic "Lesson 3 - Potion Problems Discussion". Here are your discussion questions:
1. Do you think that an improperly brewed Cure for Boils, which (rather than curing them) actually causes an outbreak of boils (etc), should really be considered "improperly brewed", or do you believe it should be considered a different potion altogether?
2. Some wizards are now claiming that applying the Forgetfulness Potion to certain spots on the head is more effective than simply drinking it. Do you think their claims might be true, or do you think they're silly? Why? What might cause applying it to the head to be more effective than drinking it, or why might drinking it be more beneficial than applying it to the head? What implications might this have for the Awakening/Wideye Potion?
3. If consuming a Bezoar is often enough to cure poison, why do you think an Antidote to Common Poisons was invented?
PRACTICAL (30 points)
Following any of the recipes given in the lesson, brew one of the first-year potions (preferably one you haven't completed an assignment on before!) and tell me about your experience. 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? What is it supposed to look like? How did yours look? Briefly tell me the story of your potion-brewing experience! (Minimum 350 words)
If you're not very talkative, you're welcome to send me a picture (make a graphic) of how your potion turned out instead (Again, please create a new image for this extra credit - don't reuse one you've already made for the class!). You're also free to create an image, drawing, etc. of any of the ingredients used in the recipes. Basically, you're free to make an image of just about anything as long as it's obviously related to the lesson (and you tell me what it is!)
THE MESSY STUDENT - PUZZLE TIME! (30 points)
The rather unlucky student in your class is having more bad luck today. In order to spice up his notebook, I gave him a photo of some previous students. These students were rather unlucky in this subject, too. But the student spilled coffee on the photo and accidentally tore up the photo while he was trying to clean up the spill (wet paper is very delicate!) Please help him put the photo back together. Upload a screenshot of the completed puzzle to a picture hosting site (such as Photobucket or tinypic) and send me the direct link.
You can find the pieces of the photo HERE.
BOIL 'EM, MASH 'EM, STICK 'EM IN A POTION (30 points, 3 points each)
Although many of today's potions had ingredients in common, the preparation of these ingredients weren't always the same. Can you keep all the ingredients and their preparation instructions straight? As I've mentioned, following the recipe carefully is very important! Below I will list a potion and it's ingredient. I want you to tell me what you do to the ingredient to "prepare" it. Do you crush it? Do you put it in whole? Mix it with another ingredient first? Do you boil it (which we'll define as heating the potion immediately after adding the ingredient)? Or do you stir the potion after the ingredient is added? Is it even in the potion? Tell me as much as you can about the preparation of each ingredient below!
1. Horned slugs in the Cure for Boils.
2. Porcupine quills in the Cure for Boils.
3. Flobberworm Mucus in the Cure for Boils.
4. Valerian Sprigs in the Forgetfulness Potion.
5. Lethe River Water in the Forgetfulness Potion.
6. Snake fangs in the Awakening Potion.
7. Wolfsbane in the Awakening Potion.
8. Bezoar in the Antidote to Common Poisons.
9. Unicorn Horn in the Antidote to Common Poisons.
10. Mistletoe berries in the Antidote to Common Poisons.