Lesson 7 - The Scientific Revolution

Objective: I can identify prominent thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and their ideas. I can engage in close reading and use evidence to determine if Galileo was a heretic or not. (1.5)

Checklist

• I took notes on 1.5

• I know the definition and significance of the following terms: Nicolaus Copernicus, heliocentric, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo, Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, scientific method, hypothesis, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, gravity, calculus.

• I read excerpts from Galileo and determined, using evidence, if he was a heretic or not.

We worked on an activity regarding Galileo in class. You can find it in its entirety at the bottom of this page ("Was Galileo really a heretic?"). Make sure to read the documents and, on a separate sheet of paper, answer the questions on pages 14 and 15.

Read 1.5

1. Why were the discoveries of astronomers like Galileo seen as a threat to the Catholic Church?

2. How did the ideas of Bacon (the man, not the pork) and Decartes lead to the scientific method?

3. How did Boyle's research transform chemistry into a real science?