1. Thursday Warm Up
Glue the reading passage about Galileo into the warm up section of your notebook
After reading the passage complete the following tasks:
Provide the passage with a title
Give me a definition(in your own words) for the following two words in the passage:
experiment
observation
“Within 24 hours, he had invented a telescope that could magnify things to make them appear ten times larger than real life.” Why is this sentence important in helping us understand Galileo?

2. Let’s Review Page 33: Scientific Inventors
Copernicus
1st to believe our system was heliocentric
Challenged idea that humans and the earth were the center of the universe

3. Let’s Review
Kepler
Orbits of planets elliptical
Universe could be studied and explained – not just a mystery that only God knew

4. Let’s Review Galileo Developed telescope to make observations
Noted Jupiter’s moons, Saturn’s rings
He PROVED Earth revolves around sun
Church put him on trial and made him recant

5. Let’s Review Bacon Worked on scientific method
Urged scientists to test and experiment their ideas
His method made scientist PROVE their work

6. Let’s Review Descartes
Only reason should be used in approaching science
Led to objectivity in science – not emotion or religion

7. Let’s Review Newton Theory of gravity
His work pulled together scientists before him

8. Let’s Review
What is the Heliocentric Theory and how did it conflict with what the Church was teaching?

9. Models of the Solar System
Geocentric
Heliocentric
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10. The Problem
On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
-Joshua 10:12-13
How does this passage from the Bible support the Geocentric Theory?
(Discuss with your table partner)

11. Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus
First person to publish his support of the Heliocentric Theory
Waited until he was 70 years old to publish his book
Knew the Church would not support his theories
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Portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus 11

12. Painting of the Council of Trent from the late 17th century
1545: Council of Trent meeting to stop the spread of Protestantism and to revive the Catholic Church
Declared that only the Catholic Church could interpret the Bible
Establishes the Holy Office of the Roman inquisition to persecute heretics
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Painting of the Council of Trent from the late 17th century 12

13. Illustration of Galileo, date unknown
Born in Pisa, Italy in 1564
Very religious and considered being a monk at one point
Studied motion and physics
1609- constructed a telescope and his observations made him support Copernicus’ theory
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Illustration of Galileo, date unknown 13

14. Conflict with the Church
The Church bans the works of Copernicus and others that support the Heliocentric Theory
Pope Urban VIII allowed Galileo to discuss Copernicus’ view
1632- Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Galileo is brought before the Inquisition and tried as a heretic
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Galileo Galilei Showing the Doge of Venice How to Use the Telescope, painted in 1858 14

15. What happened to Galileo?
Galileo agrees to recant, take back his statements
Under the threat or punishment or torture
Sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life
Died in 1642
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Galileo Facing Roman Inquisition, painted in 1857 15

16. Scientific Revolution Inventions
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17. Exit Ticket
The Catholic Church forced Galileo to recant his statements under threat of punishment. What long held belief of the Catholic Church is challenged by Galileo’s teachings?
The sun is at the center of the universe and the planets revolve around it
The earth is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it
The sun and the planets just float in space
The earth is the center of our world but it revolves around the sun

18. Exit Ticket
Galileo was brought before the Inquisition to be tried as a heretic. What ultimately happens to Galileo as a result of his teachings?
He is allowed to continue writing about his support of the Heliocentric Theory
He is allowed to continue writing about his support of the Geocentric Theory
He is sentenced to death due to his support of the Heliocentric Theory
He is forced to live the rest of his life on house arrest