Introduction to Potions

Safety Policies and
Procedures:

1. No food or drink near your
   work space

1. Do not taste or sniff
   ingredients or potions

1. Keep your hands covered with
   gloves and away from your face while working

1. Be prepared and keep your
   desk clean

1. Do not casually dispose
   leftover potions in the trash or down the drain
1. Use cauldron
   cleaner instead, make sure you wear your gloves when handling this
   product as it’s harsh on the skin and dissolves almost anything.

1. Pay attention
2. Do not panic

• A potion is a mixture or
  compound with magical properties
• A mixture is simply a
  physical combination where each ingredient retains their own properties
• A compound is a chemical
  combination where the properties of the ingredients are changed.
• Example:

A
mixture would be combining all of the ingredients such as sugar and salt. You
can still see the separate ingredients and you can separate them by physical
means.

A
compound would be the finished cake, as the heat of the oven would have caused
the ingredients to undergo a change. The cake cannot be un-baked and therefore
the ingredients have become one and cannot be separated.

• Antidote
• An antidote can be anything
  that counteracts or reverse negative effects upon the body
• an antidote is liquid and
  must be consumed orally.

• Cure
• A cure is the end of a
  disease or condition through the use of a remedy
• only remedies after the damage has
  already been done and is usually used against natural causes

• Poison
• A poison can be anything
  that causes or enhances negative effects upon the body

• Solution
• A solution is a homogenous
  mixture where a solute has been dissolved in a solvent
• A homogenous mixture is a
  mixture which is composed of only one phase, such as liquid, gas or
  solid.
• A solute is the substance
  being dissolved by a solvent.
• A solution more or less takes on the
  characteristics of the solvent including the phase.
• Example: saline water
  solution

If
we add table salt to water, the salt would be the solute and the water would be
the solvent, as the salt is dissolved by the water. Once the salt has been
dissolved by the water the solution should take on the phase of the solvent. In
this case liquid like water.

Homework

1. Please write a
paragraph on your expectations of this first year of potions. What would you
like to learn specifically?

2. Please write a
500 word essay on your view of ethics in the use of potions and ingredients.