The Scientific Revolution


Students refine their ideas of what science is and how it works. Next, they study the lives and achievements of great scientists of the Scientific Revolution, including Copernicus, Galileo, and Isaac Newton. Then they investigate what the scientific method is and how the Scientific Revolution helped bring it about. Finally, they give their own views of the scientists they have studied, by rating them in importance.

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Overview

In this experience, students refine their ideas of what science is and how it works. Next, they study the lives and achievements of great scientists of the Scientific Revolution, including Copernicus, Galileo, and Isaac Newton. Then they investigate what the scientific method is and how the Scientific Revolution helped bring it about. Finally, they give their own views of the scientists they have studied, by rating them in importance.

Objectives

  • Describe the scientific advances of the Scientific Revolution.
  • Identify key figures of the Scientific Revolution.
  • Analyze the impact of the Scientific Revolution.


Look around you, and you’ll see science everywhere—in the device on which you are doing this lesson, for example. The history of science is an important part of history in general. In this experience, you will learn how modern science developed in Europe during the Renaissance, the period after the Middle Ages.

Objectives

  • Describe the scientific advances of the Scientific Revolution.
  • Identify key figures of the Scientific Revolution.
  • Analyze the impact of the Scientific Revolution.


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Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636


What is science? Write a definition.



Discuss student responses. See if you can come up with a shared group definition that everyone can agree to.


Describe some practical ways that scientific discoveries affect your daily life.

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