Welcome back to school!
Learning Objective: I understand the classroom expectations and rules. I can define geocentric and heliocentric.
Lesson 1-Copernicus and Ptolemy
DA: Briefly explain what worked for you last year and what didn't.
Discuss answers to the DA.
Review syllabus- Any questions?
Introduce the first Unit: Scientific Revolution
Learning Objective: I understand the classroom expectations and rules. I can define geocentric and heliocentric.
Lesson 1-Copernicus and Ptolemy
DA: Briefly explain what worked for you last year and what didn't.
Discuss answers to the DA.
Review syllabus- Any questions?
Introduce the first Unit: Scientific Revolution
List three basic assumptions about the physical world:
1. 2. 3. Discuss Answers. Break into two groups and you will be assigned one of the two documents:
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CopernicanModel.pdf | |
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Look over your model and appoint a notetaker to make a list of what your group observes in the drawing.
Discuss differences between the two models.
Open a google doc and answer the following questions:
Discuss differences between the two models.
Open a google doc and answer the following questions:
- What do these drawings represent?
- What is the most important difference between the two?
- What does Ptolemy's model contain that is absent from Copernicus?
- How do you think that Copernicus could have come up with such a different model of the Universe?
- How do you think the people of the sixteenth century would react to his idea of the universe?
PeopleMapTimeline.pdf | |
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