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1 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Presentation Topics 1. The Medieval View (189) 2. A New Way of Thinking ( ) 3. Copernicus and the Heliocentric Theory (190) 4. Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler (190) 5. Galileo's Discovery and Conflict with the Church (191) 6. The Scientific Method and Francis Bacon ( ) 7. The Scientific Method and Rene Descartes ( ) 8. Newton Explains the Law of Gravity ( ) 9. The Scientific Revolution Spreads ( )

2 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Presentation Rubric: The information is organized Outline Thinking Map Everyone contributes to the poster Illustration, Diagram, or symbol to represent your topic Everyone has a speaking role in the presentation

3 PAIR-SHARE Why might people have difficulty accepting new ideas or ways of thinking? What are the risks of embracing a different idea?

4 WHY MIGHT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCEPTING NEW IDEAS OR WAYS OF THINKING? Ordered Sharing Sit in a closed circle Reflect on a question When someone is ready in the group, begin sharing Go to the left of who shares first until everyone has shared. You may pass, but the question will come back to you at the end. Continue with open discussion Working Agreements Put away any distractions Practice curiosity Listen to Understand Encourage All Voices

5 WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF EMBRACING A DIFFERENT IDEA? Ordered Sharing Sit in a closed circle Reflect on a question When someone is ready in the group, begin sharing Go to the left of who shares first until everyone has shared. You may pass, but the question will come back to you at the end. Continue with open discussion Working Agreements Put away any distractions Practice curiosity Listen to Understand Encourage All Voices

6 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

7 WHY DID IT TAKE 2,000 YEARS FOR A SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION? Lack of a means to communicate efficiently Limited Mathematics Limited technology Natural Science not emphasized in medieval universities

8 HOW DID PEOPLE EXPLAIN THE NATURAL WORLD BEFORE THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION?

9 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW

10 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW Ptolemy Aristotle

11 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW

12 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW Ptolemy Aristotle

13 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW

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15 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW

16 THE MEDIEVAL VIEW

17 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION?

18 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Magic and Hermetism

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20 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION The Renaissance Discovery of new texts Perspective and the importance of mathematics The book of nature is written in the language of mathematics ~Galileo Galilei

21 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION The Age of Exploration

22 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION New Technologies

23 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION New Technologies

24 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION?

25 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT DID COPERNICUS, KEPLER, GALILEO, AND NEWTON CONTRIBUTE TO A NEW VISION OF THE UNIVERSE?

26 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Copernicus

27 Medieval Conception of the Universe

28 The Copernican System

29 HELIOCENTRIC

30 OUR GALAXY

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32 TYCHO BRAHE

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34 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Galileo

35 The Telescope

36 The Telescope

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38 CHALLENGED THE IMPORTANCE OF GOD

39 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Galileo Galilie

40 THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Newton

41 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT DID COPERNICUS, KEPLER, GALILEO, AND NEWTON CONTRIBUTE TO A NEW VISION OF THE UNIVERSE?

42 CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING Historians have proposed various persons as most significant to the development of the scientific method, including: Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Isaac Newton A. Choose ONE person on the list who you think is the most important and briefly explain why? B. Provide at least ONE piece of evidence that supports your explanation. C. Choose another person on the list who is less significant and briefly explain why that person is not as important as the person identified in part A.

43 CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING A. Briefly explain ONE example of how new ideas in science challenge traditional views of the cosmos. B. Briefly explain a SECOND example of how new ideas in science challenge traditional views of the cosmos. C. Briefly explain ONE example of the persistence of traditional views of the cosmos.

44 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT DID VESALIUS AND HARVEY CONTRIBUTE TO A SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF MEDICINE?

45 ANDREAS VESALIUS

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52 WILLIAM HARVEY On the Motion of the Heart and Blood

53 WILLIAM HARVEY

54 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHY IS FRANCIS BACON AND RENE DESCARTES CONSIDERED THE FATHERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD?

55 FRANCIS BACON Empiricist Rejected the ancients and the Church Inductive reasoning Evidence obtained from experiment

56 RENE DESCARTES Rationalist Deductive reasoning Importance of mathematics in the search for knowledge

57 IN YOUR SPIRAL NOTEBOOK CREATE A DOUBLE BUBBLE COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE IDEAS OF FRANCIS BACON AND RENE DESCARTES.

58 PROMPT: COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE IDEAS OF FRANCIS BACON AND RENÉ DESCARTES?

59 ALTHOUGH THEY DIFFERED IN THEIR APPROACH TO SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY, BACON FAVORING EMPIRICISM AND DESCARTES RATIONALISM, BOTH MEN HELPED DEVELOPED THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND REJECTED THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH AND THE ANCIENTS.

60 CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING Historians have proposed various persons as most significant to the development of the scientific method, including: Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Isaac Newton A. Choose ONE person on the list who you think is the most important and briefly explain why? B. Provide at least ONE piece of evidence that supports your explanation. C. Choose another person on the list who is less significant and briefly explain why that person is not as important as the person identified in part A.

61 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT WHERE THE ATTITUDES AND ROLES OF WOMEN DURING THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION?

62 DEBATES ON THE NATURE OF WOMEN querelles des femmes arguments about women Women were prone to sin and easily swayed Women were sexually insatiable Women needed to be controlled Learned women had become like men Women argued that could reason just like men and needed to be educated Advances in anatomy supported old views Midwifery

63 MARGARET CAVENDISH

64 MARIA MERIAN

65 ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT WERE THE ROLES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN DURING THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION?

66 Essential Question: What were the roles and attitudes towards women during the scientific revolution? Inferences/conclusions: Outside information (prior knowledge): Answer to the essential question (claim/thesis): Facts/Evidence:

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68 Essential Question: What were the roles and attitudes towards of women during the scientific revolution? Inferences/conclusions: They are There is an upper class man and women in the drawing They are working together as equals Both are from the upper classes because of their dress Answer to the essential question (claim/thesis): Outside information (prior knowledge): There was great interest in Astronomy during the 1700 s. Very few women were involved in the scientific revolution. Women that did play a role were from the upper classes Facts/Evidence: Some men saw women as equals and allowed them to participate in scientific discovery.

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