1.   In 20 words or less please describe how the Renaissance has had an impact on the history we have covered so far. Bell Ringer

2.   Grade our pre test  Begin on the Scientific Revolution  - Flash back of Ancient ideas  - Clash with new ideas  How did the Age of Explorations influence the Scientific Revolution?  Names and theories  New Ideas conflict with Church Ideas  Homework - Reading Agenda/Objectives

3. 1550 - 1789

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5.   Middle Ages:  - Earth was an unmoving object.  - Sun, moon, and stars moved around the earth.  - Heaven was beyond the stars. Roots of Modern Science

6.   Geocentric Theory – Earth was the center of the universe.  - Idea came from Aristotle (Greek philosopher 4 th century B.C.E.)  Christianity taught that God deliberately placed earth at the center of the universe.  True or False based on the Bible. Roots of Modern Science

7.   A new way of thinking about the natural world; based upon careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs.  - Mid 1500s, a few scholars published works challenging the church and ancient thinkers. Scientific Revolution:

8.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHUWP9zu4W 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHUWP9zu4W 8 Quick Video

9.   What helped the spread:  - Muslim Scholars work translated by European Scholars.  - Studied ancient views and current views  Found that ancient authorities often did not agree with each other.  - Discovery of new people, plants, and animals in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.  Opened ideas to possible new truths. Scientific Revolution

10.   The Printing Press  Who invented the Printing Press?  Johannes Gutenberg  Who gave him the idea of the invention?  The Chinese What helped spread the ideas of the Scientific Revolution?

11.   Why do you think???  Expanded Astronomy and Mathematics.  Needed better navigation.  Reached Ancient limits and needed to know more. Explorations fuels Revolution

12.   Nicolaus Copernicus came up with theory.  Sun is the center of the universe.  - Earth, planets, and stars revolved around sun.  What is wrong about this theory?  Stars do not revolve around sun. Heliocentric Theory

13.  Nicolaus Copernicus

14.  Heliocentric Theory

15.   Feared persecution and rejection did not publish ideas until 1543.  Book: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies  - Stirred little controversies at first. Copernicus

16.   Continued the work of Tycho Brahe.  Concluded mathematical laws govern planetary motion.  Kepler’s laws proved Copernicus to be true. Johannes Kepler

17.   Challenged old ideas:  - Aristotle's idea that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects.---- proved it wrong  Made improvements to the telescope and used it in 1609. Galileo Galilei

18.   1610 Published newsletter Starry Messenger.  Announced:  - Jupiter had 4 moons  - Sun had dark spots  - Earth’s moon had a rough and uneven surface  Shattered Aristotle's theory that moons and stars were made of pure and perfect substance.  Laws of Motion and other theories supported Copernicus. Galileo

19.   Why would the church have issues with these new ideas? Conflict with the Church

20.   Both Catholics and Protestants frightened by these ideas.  People may question the teachings and authority of the church.  1633 – Galileo stood trial and under threat of torture read aloud a confession agreeing his ideas and Copernicus ideas were false.  Died in 1642 under house arrest. Conflict with the Church

21.   Using the term “Scientific Revolution” Come with a sentence or word that best describes the Scientific Revolution.  S – word or sentence…R  CE  IV  EO  NL  TU  IT  FI  IO  CN Writing Critically