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[ErikFinster]

KARAKURA ACADEMY
SCIENCE CLUB

"Karakuras STEM elite. Powered by curiosity. Protected by goggles. "
(banner artwork by Dalparpe)

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OOC SECTION
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What is your Minecraft Username? ErikFinster

What is your Discord @? @bronicesky

Please read through the following before proceeding and confirm you understand: I understand that Club Leader is considered an intermediate role and that it comes with consistent responsibilities. I understand that I would be responsible for my own activity, the activity of the club, member retention, event planning, and communication with the club faction lead or assigned supervisors. I also understand that clubs must remain student-appropriate, easy to understand, realistic within the school setting, and based around a clear theme. I understand that inactivity must be logged when necessary and that failure to maintain the club could result in reprimand or removal.

Do you understand everything that was listed here? Yes, I fully understand. Eligibility Note: I understand that one player may not lead two clubs at once. I will not hold another Club Leader position at the same time as this one (give up Cooking Club), and I understand that I must be fully eligible before receiving or maintaining the role.

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CLUB SECTION
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What is the official title of your club? Karakura Academy Science Club

Provide a small summary of your club: The Karakura Academy Science Club is a student led STEM community which will focus on experimentation, deep curiosity, and practical discovery. Members will explore biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, astronomy, medicine, and technology, mathematics, and forensics through safe, totally school-appropriate roleplay. The club will host workshops, research projects, project demonstrations, mystery investigations, public science eventss, and very nerdy debates (very nerdy). Our goal is to make academic roleplay active, collaborative, and welcoming for students who enjoy asking questions and building answers together and to sometimes goof around under the pretense of 'good research'.

Please gather five student members for your club and list their character names and usernames: (The following people instantly wanted to join!) Erik Finster | ErikFinster Hoshiko Kulimoro | minty Cosette Y. K-Hattori | AshBee_2 Adelaide Taylor | DrivingCrazy Okubyona Akiyama | Mistersun Yukihime Saotome Hattori | HisakiTheFox Noriko Tsumugu | RossaiKnight Clémentine Perrin | wethecreature Liu Yánlì | OEightOne Tiffany Takagi | yBonnu Leo Watcher | Themeandad2 Fujumi Kaneko | Urrufu Touji Saito | Alistarstruck Ji-Su Minori | melopoji Midori Takeshima | GoodbyeRanden Vechozzz K. Watcher | Vechozzz Himari Hattori-Okkotsu | Strange Caelen Rosethorne | _ImHere4You_

Do you have a student councillor to supervise and assist your club? If yes, please provide their character name and username: At this time, I do not have a confirmed Student Councillor supervisor. I would be happy to work with any councillor assigned to the club upon acceptance.

Will there be any requirements of future members to join your club? Yes. The requirements would be simple, realistic, and focused on activity, and not elitism. Students must be Grade 10 or above, or show enough maturity to participate responsibly. Members should have an interest in science, research, experiments, technology, medicine, nature, astronomy, engineering, forensics, or academic roleplay. Members do not need to be geniuses. Curiosity and willingness to participate matter more than perfect knowledge. Learning (the process) is the point. Members must follow all SRP rules, school rules, club rules, and fit OOC safety expectations. (and should be able to communicate via Discord for scheduling) Members should attend at least one club activity per month unless they have logged inactivity or communicated with leadership. Members should be willing to participate in DetailRP, group projects, or public events (or write assignments or papers in their own time.) Members must respect the work and ideas of other members. Constructive criticism is welcome. Mockery is not. This is a big brain safe space.

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CLUB PURPOSE
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Science Club would create a structured place for students who enjoy asking questions, solving problems, and learning through roleplay.
While the club lead might be leaning that way, it would not be a quiet textbook club.
It would be a hands-on academic space where members can test ideas and build demonstrations, and write research logs, and plan public events, and turn strange questions into actual activities.

The club would cover several STEM fields, including:

• Biology: Plants, anatomy basics, ecosystems, microorganisms, and observation studies. Also, callibrating the moisture of our botanical incubators.
• Chemistry: Safe simulated reactions, material properties, acids and bases, and lab demonstrations. Telling people we don't cook blue candy.
• Physics: Motion, energy, electricity, magnetism, optics, and simple machines. Looking at big fancy computers.
• Engineering & Technology: Miniature model builds, invention concepts, robotics and animatronics ideas, EVEN BIGGER computers, and mock devices.
• Astronomy: Exploring stars and planets and nebulas, constellations, telescopes, and space-themed events. Maybe saying things that upsets Astrology Club.
• Forensics: Fingerprints, fibers, footprints, handwriting, logic puzzles, and staged investigations. During breaks, we play Cluedo and Werewolf.

The goal is to give science-focused characters a home while still making the club active and approachable for students who happen to stumble over our club room. Also, to have a space that generates endless activities for people with a creative drive. Running around... collecting samples and data. Experimenting and testing. Tapping into the potential!

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CLUB STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITY
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To keep the club active, Science Club would use small research teams and member-led projects. Members could focus on lab research, biology and medicine, engineering and technology, astronomy and field research, or forensics and logic. This gives everyone a clearer role instead of making meetings feel like everyone is just standing around waiting for instructions. Possible temporary internal roles could include project leads that lead small research projects or event stations. Maybe safety officers who remind others of IC safety while we run experiments. Members who explain booths, demonstrations, or research during public events and members who keep logs of experiments, discoveries, and club projects, and maybe bring journalism club data they can build articles around.

The club would aim to host a meeting or activity every one to two weeks depending on member availability and school events. Meetings could include workshops, experiments, planning sessions, trivia, research rotations, project updates, or club collaborations. Maybe tickling some lab rats... but that's optional. For scientific purposes only of course.

To keep things fresh, the club could also use monthly themes such as Space Month, Forensics Month, Engineering Month, Biology Month, or Weird Science Month. Members would be encouraged to pitch their own projects instead of relying only on leadership for ideas. I like my researchers to be invested and bring their own energy to the table!

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CLUB ROOM USE
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The club room would be used as a believable school science lab, meeting space, project room, and study area. It would not need to be unrealistic or overcomplicated. The room could include lab tables, microscopes, beakers, mineral displays, plants, computers, telescopes, chalkboards, diagrams, project boards, books, safety zones, gas cylinders, portable generators, etc. etc. etc. and all kinds of safe science props.

Resources would be used for school-appropriate DetailRP. Any chemistry, medicine, forensics, or engineering roleplay would be appropriate. The club would not encourage hazardous instructions, weapons, explosives, drugs, gore, unsafe medical procedures, or anything unsuitable for a school club. Or explosions. Or meddling with the school facility.

Science Club should create interesting RP, not chaos. (Disorder can be an unintended consequence of course.) The goal is curiosity, and trying to avoid reckless science.

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SCHOOL-WIDE EVENT
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Event Name:
Karakura Discovery Expo

Event Type:
School-wide event

General Description:
The Karakura Discovery Expo would be the Science Club’s main public event. It would work like a school-wide science fair where students, teams, and clubs can create booths, demonstrations, models, short presentations, or strange inventions.

Possible booths could include:

• A baking soda volcano or safe reaction demonstration. (The classic!)
• A simple circuit or electricity booth.
• A model solar system or constellation display.
• A plant growth or ecosystem project.
• A mock forensic fingerprint station.
• A bridge-building or engineering challenge.
• A “science myths” station where students vote true or false.
• A station that debunks something silly, like a haunting for example.

Projects could be judged by our members, based on originality, explanation, and teamwork, and safety, presentation, (and overall DetailRP).
This event would give members and non-members a reason to prepare, collaborate, compete, and interact with academic/science roleplay.

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FLASH EVENT
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Event Name:
Pop-Up Lab: Science Mythbusters

Event Type:
Flash event

General Description:
Science Club would set up a temoprary booth in a public school area, such as the courtyard, cafeteria, front of school, or club hallway. Passing students would be given a quick science myth, trivia question, mini challenge, or object to identify. This event works because it is quick, easy to understand, and shows that Science Club is interactive rather than lecture-based.

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ADDITIONAL EVENT IDEAS
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Forensics day could be very school-appropriate (very safe) mystery investigation using staged clues, fingerprints, fibers, and witness statements. Astronomy night might offer an relaxed stargazing event with telescope roleplay, constellation maps, and lots and lots and lots of space trivia. Invention Day gives Members and students the opportunity to design fictional inventions, present prototypes, and explain how they would work to an audience. We could also do time-based challenges, running against the clock, telling teams solve puzzles, decode clues, fix a mock machine, or complete a chain of small experiments before time runs out. And we can (of course) do a Field Research day, where members study plants, or local volcanic-related minerals, the Itsbyoshi Archipelago weather, Karakura Water Park water samples, or other environmental conditions through observation logs.

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VISUAL IDENTITY
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Members may receive anti-static, chem-resistant lab coats for certain experiments. We would also like to use science-themed visuals such as ID badges, research journals, safety goggles, and event posters, or club pins, or project displays, and a “Researcher of the Month” board, etc. etc... I'll be happy to provide the necessary items to deck out the members.

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IC SECTION
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What is your name? Erik Finster

What is your age and grade? Nineteen years old, College Bachelor.

What is your motivation to lead a club within the school? Since I joined the Karakura Occult Club, I’ve been one of the more skeptical voices. I've been countering ghost stories with electromagnetic theory, proposing natural explanations for the unexplained, and insisting on evidence-based reasoning. While some have called me a stickler or some logic-driven, emotionally flat science nerd, I’m much more than a stereotype. I'm fully committed to the responsibilities of leadership, and I value both reason and community. Now that I’ve handed over the Occult Club and Cooking Club, I’m excited to create a new space: a revival of the classic Science Club. Science doesn’t have to be tedious, long-winded, or boring. We can create a lab space that brings students together around microscopes, mineral cabinets, astro-surveillance, chemistry kits, and SOTA-computers. And lab rats of course! Lot's of lab rats! It will be a niche for the non-esoteric nerds, those who want to anaIyze fingerprints, build potato batteries, or debate chemical properties. I envision a collaborative club where curiosity meets experimentation! My previous experience as Club Management Assistant, Vice Lead, and Club Lead has prepared me to run SCIENCE Club successfully. My goal is to build a club that blends real-world learning, student-led research, and eccentric nerd culture. From quirky science jokes to simulated government conspiracy tech, I want our members to feel proud of their brains and the odd things they do with them. We will conduct safe experiments, publish our findings, and maybe cure the nerd loneliness epidemic. Or at least figure out why our lab rats keep escaping. (OOCly: We will have to talk about animal RP in school of course. Very limited animal RP, yes.)

Why choose you over other candidates applying for this position? I bring leadership experience, and consistency, and genuine enthusiasm for science. I have a strong record managing my previous club and my academic, focused personality makes me a fitting representative for our clubs mission. I’m confident in my ability to run a stable and engaging (and productive) club. Read up on my motivation and qualifications in last years issue of the local school journalism magazine!

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CLOSING STATEMENT
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The Karakura Academy Science Club would be a place for academic roleplay!
It would give science-focused characters, nerd-characters, and the weird ones that won't associate with the Occult Club a place to belong while also creating public activities that any student can enjoy. Not every student wants to perform on stage, or play sports, or join a dramatic group. Some want to investigate, want to build, want to test or observe, or write, or ask very specific questions about very specific things. Science Club would give those students a home while still being active enough to involve the wider school. The club can be serious when it needs to be, strange when it wants to be, funny, and welcoming at all times.
parts of the application have been recycled from last years application (because they are still true.)
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