 How did the Scientific Revolution change the way people thought?  What do you know about Isaac Newton?

The Big Idea The Scientific Revolution led to the establishment of science as a method of learning, new ideas about government, and conflict with religious authorities. Main Ideas  The ideas of Francis Bacon and René Descartes helped to clarify the scientific method.  Science influenced new ideas about government.  Science and religion developed a sometimes uneasy relationship

 The Scientific Revolution led to a dramatic change in the ways people learned about the world. The new, scientific way of gaining knowledge had far-reaching effects.  The scientific method combined ideas from Bacon and Descartes. It is a step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research.

 Francis Bacon was an English philosopher who read the works of the great scientists of the Scientific Revolution.  He argued that science could be pursued in a systematic fashion.  He published his ideas in his book The Advancement of Learning.  René Descartes was a French philosopher who made great contributions to the establishment of science.  He believed that nothing should be accepted until it is proven true.

 Stating the problem  Gathering information  Forming a hypothesis, a solution that the scientist proposes to solve the problem  Testing the hypothesis by performing experiments  Recording and analyzing data gathered from the experiments  Drawing conclusions from the data collected The scientific method combines Bacon’s idea of a systematic scientific process, Descartes’s insistence on proof and clear reasoning, and the work of other scientists.

 Read about Newton and his accomplishments.  Mark the text and answer the underlined questions.  Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action. Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass (of the object being accelerated) the greater the amount of force needed (to accelerate the object). An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.This law is often called "the law of inertia".

 Pick a figure from below:  Isaac Newton  Galileo Galilei  Nicolaus Copernicus  Rene Descartes  Francis Bacon  Follow the directions on your handout to make a box for one of the people above.