The First Year Notes Of An Academic Sytherin..
Studying these notes alone should hep you pass every quiz with full marks :) Please note this includes the direct words from the lesson, as well as my own notes which simplifies and summarises the important parts (Personal notes are written in italic)
**Also includes help with essays**
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Potions: Week 3 (How To Do The Essay?!)
Chapter 5
For week 3 I can unfortunately not supply any help, as it is your own ideas. So the best I can do is give an EXAMPLE. Please do NOT copy, it will result in a 1%. I can however advise you to go into as much detail as possible. For example: you want a plant in your lab. Why? What kind of plant? Would it get in your way? Does it grow to be big? Where do you want the plant?
Now for the example:
"Assembling your home Potions lab is a big step in any Potioneer's life. The important question though is, where to put it?! From a personal stance, my lab would be located in the West Wing. I chose this area as it gives access to little sun (except for those few precious moments during sunset), which could damage the ingredients during the day in the case of some of the plants wilting, and the skylight allows an excellent view of the moon at night.
For this lab it would be necessary to invest in a larger cauldron than the Pewter ones needed for school.My personal preference would be a Silver cauldron, because they create potions of a higher quality than most other cauldrons. It also reminds me of my house colours which are green and silver. For these reasons I am obviously more intent on this specific cauldron.
In general I would prefer to have most of my implements made of silver; daggers, scales, etc. In the case of my phials, I would prefer glass ones, as crystal tends to be more fragile.
A mortar and pestle is often used and based on the advice from my textbook, I would prefer it to be of a darker stone colour. Along with this, a set of dragon-hide gloves is also a necessity especially when handling the more dangerous ingredients.
Lastly, my wand. this requires some more serious thought as it should be placed near enough to the workspace to grab in an emergency or for stirring purposes, but in the case of a clumsy witch like me, it should be far enough away to avoid any chance of it falling into the cauldron, breaking any phials and so on. For this I would add a small, customised shelf next to work area that prohibits the wand from falling.
In the case of having light-sensitive plants and ingredients in the laboratory it is also necessary to invest in a sun-dense cupboard for storage of these items.
Now for the set-up. This is all about ease of access and safety. For this I would use a U-shaped table on which I can place all my necessary tools and ingredients and then putting the cauldron in the middle. This allows for easy access to tools, as they are to your immediate left and right.
Personally, I am not one for 'homey touches' in the lab, as I find it often distracts me from my work. A simple workspace is an effective one!"
