Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 153 Potions Professor Lockhart
Guessing that it would take several hours for Snape to wake up, Lockhart went directly to teach Snape.

As for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lockhart had already attended a whole semester, and there was already a fixed procedure for how to attend classes, so the shadow clone could do it for him, so Lockhart still went to the Potions classroom.

The potions classroom is located under the Hogwarts castle, which was once a large dungeon according to "A History of Hogwarts".

Lockhart walked into the Potions professor. The classroom was so large that it could accommodate at least thirty students. The walls were covered with various glass jars filled with stuffed animals.

There is a storage cabinet here, which stores various raw materials that students may use when making potions.

There is also a blackboard in the classroom, on which Snape wrote the ingredients and preparation methods needed to configure the potion in the last class, and it has not been wiped off. Speaking of which, Snape seems to be the only one in Hogwarts who can use the blackboard to make Blackboard teacher.

This classroom is colder than the main castle building above. It is already April, but it is still very cold. If you look closely, you can even see the white mist formed by the breath.

When Lockhart arrived in the Potions classroom, he found that several students were already waiting in the classroom. They were chatting and laughing in low voices. When they saw Lockhart's transformation into Snape coming in, they quickly stopped. .

These little wizards were all second-year Slytherins, Lockhart recognized.

But it didn't matter, what Lockhart was going to teach them was the same no matter what grade they were in.

After waiting for a while, everyone finally came. Lockhart saw familiar people such as Harry, Hermione, Neville and Ron, and started preparing for class without saying a word.

Unlike the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, where there were chattering discussions every time before the start of the Potions class, all the little wizards sat quietly in their seats, not daring to breathe, and nervously prepared the experimental equipment.

Lockhart didn't prepare to write on the blackboard the potion configuration process and other things about the class content like Snape did.

Instead, Lockhart took out a cauldron and said, "In the past, I've been teaching you how to make potions according to recipes, but it seems you've all done a poor job."

The students below didn't respond. In their view, it was strange that Snape could say something to praise others.

Lockhart continued: "I think it's not just because you haven't learned how to prepare potions step by step, but more importantly, you don't know how to use various tools reasonably."

"So, during the rest of this semester, I will no longer teach you how to configure potions step by step. We will spend all our time learning how to use tools and configure potions independently."

"Now, take out your respective cauldrons and place them on the table without moving them"

Lockhart originally wanted to say "please take out your respective crucibles", but considering the character design, the word "please" was omitted.

The crucible in the world of Harry Potter is different from the crucible in the previous life chemistry class. The biggest difference is that the crucible in the world of Harry Potter is really like a cauldron, and its function is similar to that of a pot.

The crucible in the world of Harry Potter is larger than the crucible in the chemistry class in the previous life, and the materials are different, and it has more functions than the crucible in the chemistry class in the previous life.

There are many types of crucibles used in chemistry class, but the largest base is no bigger than the palm of an adult, and the size of the crucible in potions class is about half the size of a basketball.

Crucibles in chemistry classes can be divided into three categories: graphite crucibles, clay crucibles and metal crucibles. Most crucibles are made of ceramics.And there seemed to be only metal cauldrons in Potions class.

This is actually bad, because many materials or agents are inherently corrosive, which will corrode the metal and contaminate the obtained materials and agents.

In addition, the main purpose of the crucible in chemistry class is to burn solid substances, evaporate, concentrate or crystallize solutions.And the crucible in the Potions class seems to be able to do everything, it is used for heating and preparing potions.

However, in terms of usage, both are similar, they are both placed on a table and kept burning, burning, burning, and so on.

Therefore, in order to make the Potions class more scientific, Lockhart decided to start by telling how to use the cauldron.

First of all, Lockhart determined that all the little wizards used metal crucibles with different materials, but because they were enchanted, they would not be corroded by different materials.

Then Lockhart began to talk about the use and precautions of the crucible one by one, and at the same time demonstrated with the crucible on his podium.

"First, when burning the crucible, put the crucible on the clay triangle and burn it directly with fire. Preheat it with a low fire first, and then burn it with a high fire. It is absolutely not allowed to directly burn the crucible with a high fire, which will damage the expectations of the crucible itself. Longevity, and possibly explosion," Lockhart said.

Then Lockhart turned on the equipped standard flame blowtorch, demonstrated how to adjust the fire, and then began to demonstrate how to preheat on a low fire first, and then burn it on a high fire, and asked everyone to repeat it.

During the process, Lockhart found that many young wizards, who had almost finished their second grade, didn't know how to adjust the temperature of the standard flame blowtorch. No wonder Snape wrote out all the configuration steps, but many people couldn't match them. Potions, the basic skills are too bad, Snape doesn't teach them.

Lockhart taught him patiently. Many young wizards felt a little strange about the abnormal behavior of Snape played by Lockhart, but they didn't ask much.

Subsequently, Lockhart began the error demonstration.

"Everyone looks at me," Lockhart said.

Afterwards, Lockhart took out a new crucible, and began to heat the crucible directly without preheating. After ten seconds, there was a loud "bamg", and the crucible burst and exploded.

The armor spell that Lockhart had arranged before blocked all the impact, and the young wizards in the audience all looked at Seamus, as if they understood something.

In Potions classrooms, more than half of the explosion accidents were caused by heating the cauldron without preheating, and Snape never mentioned this problem, even though Seamus kept making mistakes.

"Second, when it's hot, don't touch it with your hands, and don't put the hot crucible directly on the table, so as not to burn the table. It should be placed on an asbestos net."

Most of the explosions in Potions class were caused by the young wizard placing the hot cauldron directly on the table or not directly contacting it.
After speaking, Lockhart demonstrated again, signaling to the little wizards to start to follow suit. After correcting some of the mistakes of the little wizards, Lockhart started the wrong demonstration again
(End of this chapter)