What are the steps to the scientific method?

Oct. 26, Warm Up 2.Notes/Discussion over The Scientific Revolution 3.Videos 4.HW: Study notes and vocab 5.SR and Enlightenment test Nov. 4/5

The Scientific Revolution Students will be able to: Demonstrate knowledge of the Scientific Revolution and its effects.

Overview  Revolution – sudden complete and radical change  Scientific Revolution – new way of approaching science and the workings of the world  Mid-1500s – intellectuals began to read Greek as well as Latin  learned new ideas  New inventions (better scales, telescopes, microscopes) made new discoveries possible

Astronomy  Old Belief:  Geocentric System  Earth at the center of the universe  After Saturn  pure orbs of light (stars), and Heaven  Newer Beliefs:  Copernican Model  Nicholas Copernicus believed in a heliocentric system (Sun at the center of the universe)  Planets revolve around the sun (moon around the earth); Earth rotates on its axis  Johannes Kepler – proved planets orbit in elliptical (egg- shaped) paths

Galileo Galilei – first European to use telescopes to study stars  Discovered mountains on the moon; moons around Jupiter; sun spots  Stars weren’t orbs of light; but made of matter like Earth Galileo Galilei – first European to use telescopes to study stars  Discovered mountains on the moon; moons around Jupiter; sun spots  Stars weren’t orbs of light; but made of matter like Earth

Galileo on Trial Galileo’s findings frightened the Church and the Pope. They were against Church teachings and authority. Published a book that presented the ideas of Copernicus. The Pope ordered him to stand trial He stood before the court and under the threat of torture, he knelt before the Church and read a confession agreeing that the ideas of Copernicus were false. Galileo’s findings frightened the Church and the Pope. They were against Church teachings and authority. Published a book that presented the ideas of Copernicus. The Pope ordered him to stand trial He stood before the court and under the threat of torture, he knelt before the Church and read a confession agreeing that the ideas of Copernicus were false.

Isaac Newton – tied together Galileo’s, Kepler’s, and Copernicus’s theories Universal law of gravitation – every object is attracted to every other object through gravity Isaac Newton – tied together Galileo’s, Kepler’s, and Copernicus’s theories Universal law of gravitation – every object is attracted to every other object through gravity

The Body  Old Beliefs:  Galen (ancient Greece) dissected animals to learn more about human anatomy  Believed there were 2 kinds of blood (arteries and veins), and that the liver pumped the blood  Newer Beliefs:  William Harvey – Same blood flows through arteries and veins; heart pumps blood