Elemental transfiguration, the class which Professor McGonagall teaches at Hogwarts, is the magical art of physically converting one thing into another. But as with all… Read More »The Five Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law
On October 16, 2000, J.K. Rowling gave a live interview on Scholastic.com with classrooms across America, which were allowed to ask her questions about the… Read More »Doing the Math: How many kids are at Hogwarts?
The Fidelius Charm is a powerful charm that is central to the Harry Potter tale. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Professor Flitwick… Read More »The Secrets of the Fidelius Charm
Plucked from the personal archives of the late Albus Dumbledore, headmaster To: Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster From: Coxrid, IT director, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry… Read More »The trials of the Hogwarts IT director
I’m a really big fan of Oliver Wood, the coolest Quidditch player to come out of Hogwarts since Charlie Weasley. Never expecting any reply, I… Read More »My day with Oliver Wood
Arithmancy is one of Hermione’s favorite subjects at Hogwarts, because it is a very precise, measurable and almost scientific method of predicting the future, a… Read More »An Introduction to Arithmancy
As long as there have been Witches and Wizards, there have been magical wands. No part of Harry Potter’s magical heritage goes back further. The… Read More »Wand Basics 101
Mr. Ollivander, wand maker and Java programmer The wand is a very important tool in the lives of witches and wizards of the Harry Potter… Read More »Wands from a Muggle Perspective