1. Scientific Revolution

2. Bellwork List 2 of Galileo’s scientific discoveries

3. Middle Ages Scientific Thought – Religious teachings - Catholic Church Earth was flat Geocentric view – Magic – Superstition – Ancient Writings (Galen, Ptolemy, Aristotle) – Believed earth was flat and center of the universe

4. Video-The Barber Surgeon List three fallacies that people believed in during the Middle Ages.

5. Breakthrough New Technology and different ways to seek knowledge Weakened the Church because they stressed using science and reason…could be a threat faith in God They felt they were the lone source of truth

6. Geocentric View vs. Heliocentric View Catholic ChurchCopernicus

7. Geocentric View Challenged the churches teachings that the earth was the center of the universe – Copernicus Heliocentric view – sun is center of the universe; earth revolves around sun. Fear of punishment from Church – not published until after death Kepler Uses math to prove earth revolved around sun moving in ellipses Protestant – doesn’t fear punishment from Catholic Church

8. Heliocentric View Galileo – Invented telescope; proved Copernicus – Catholic Church - obstacle to spread of ideas Brought to trial and forced to recant views or face death New ideas challenged Church’s traditional teachings and authority Church refused to accept any alternative to the theory that God created earth as the center of the universe

9. Trial of Galileo Movie clip How do you think Galileo felt about science and reason versus the Catholic Church?

10. Fathers of the Enlightenment Francis Bacon – scientific method – Observation, hypothesis, test, conclusion = Scientific law if holds true Rene Descartes – truth reached through reason and logic…I think therefore I am

11. Scientific Revolution Use of Scientific Method-Francis Bacon – Ideas that are unproven should be discarded – Ideas should be tested – Truth comes through investigation – Enlightenment thinkers will use these ideas when questioning human nature and the responsibility of citizens

12. Newton Gravity Calculus Universe held together by gravity of the sun

13. Versalius Dissected human body Discovered Anatomy Harvey Blood circulates throughout the body Pumped by the heart and returned through the veins

14. Hooke, Boyle, and Priestly Hooke-cell Boyle-Father of Modern Chemistry Priestly-carbonation Lavosier Antoine-combustion Marie-translated books

15. Impact of Scientific Revolution Ideas would challenge church authority Ideas would challenge traditional beliefs about nature and the universe Ideas would be based on reason and observation in the future Led people to question their governments Use Science to understand the world

16. Effects on Europe Use of reason, math, and technology to understand the world. No longer rely on the church

17. Catholic Church’s Reaction Resented the challenge to church authority Banned books Convicted supporters of heresy