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Scientific Revolution Project (40 points)Due Thursday 9/7 ????The Scientific Revolution sprang from the Renaissance. ?The "Scientific Revolution" refers to historical changes in thought and belief that unfolded in Europe between approximately 1543 and 1700. ?The scientists of the seventeenth century had the enormous weight of centuries of thought resting on their shoulders. They were faced with the long-accepted “truths” revealed by such authorities as Aristotle, Galen, Ptolemy, and the Bible. ?The teachings of Aristotle, supported by the church, began to fall by the wayside as new scientific discoveries and new ways of thinking challenged the traditional teachings of the church.There was a movement away from a belief in a geocentric (earth-centred) universe toward a belief in a heliocentric (sun-centred) universe. ?It began with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), who asserted a heliocentric cosmos and ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727), who proposed universal laws. A new worldview based on science emerged, sweeping away the one endorsed by the church.Empiricism is a theory of knowledge that emphasizes experience, especially that gained by experiments and observations. ?Using empirical methods, the 17th century scientific revolutionaries came to challenge (sometimes reluctantly) traditional beliefs. They not only criticized, but eventually replaced the Medieval worldview with their own. The motto of the Royal Society of London (founded 1660) was: “Nullius in Verba”, roughly translated, “Accept nothing on the basis of words (or someone else's authority).” ?These new thinkers moved away from the deductive method (a thesis looking for evidence) of acquiring knowledge to the inductive method (evidence leading to a thesis). ?The new scientific method utilized systematic scepticism, experimentation, and reasoning based on observed facts and mathematical laws to discover new knowledge.The Scientific Revolution was accomplished by using the roots of science found in the Middle Ages, the classical age of Greece and Rome, as well as the important refinements made by Islamic scholars. ?The revolution of the 17th century created a new outlook on the cosmos and the natural world. It often led to a more secular view of the world, and as such, at times, presented a counterpoint to the religious views of the Roman Catholic Church.Your mission is to plot out the Scientific Revolution that took place:Create a STUDENT CHOICE project that plots the development of the Scientific Revolution.you can make a presentation, poster, chart, flip book, Google Doc, comic strip, poster my wall, etc. PtolemyFrancis BaconNicolaus CopernicusRené DescartesGalileo GalileiIsaac NewtonJohannes KeplerWilliam HarveyGive the dates that each of these people lived and where they lived as well.List and explain the major contributions to our knowledge of the world (and their significance) of each person in the chart above (8 total).Add a picture of each person and a picture of their model if they came up with one.After your “project” answer the following questions:Explain how Copernicus’ theory of the heavens proved Aristotle wrong? What is the scientific method? How did people arrive at logical explanations about how the world worked before the use of the scientific method? How did the church respond toward the new scientific discoveries and theories, especially to the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo? ?What were the traditional views about how the universe worked? ?Why they were accepted for so long? ?Explain what the theories of Ptolemy and Aristotle and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church were on the structure of the universe. ?And what were the teachings of Andreas Vesalius that were rejected by William Harvey?CRITERIALEVEL 1LEVEL 2LEVEL 3LEVEL 4Knowledge of History(Knowledge/Understanding)46810displays understanding of few historical events or concepts displays understanding of some historical events or conceptsdisplays understanding of most historical events or conceptsdisplays understanding of all historical events or conceptsDepth of Research(Thinking/Inquiry)46810rarely gives complete explanations & analysis of the main points of the scientific revolution, some points missingoccasionally gives complete explanations & analysis of the main points of the scientific revolutionusually gives complete explanations & analysis of the main points of the scientific revolutionconsistently gives complete, relevant explanations & analysis of all of the main points of the scientific revolutionExplanation of Consequences of Scientific Revolution(Application)46810little or no attention to detail, shows little understanding of impact of historical events on societysome attention to detail, shows some understanding of impact of historical events on societygood attention to detail, shows adequate understanding of impact of historical events on societyexcellent attention to detail, clearly shows understanding of ?impact of historical events on societyCommunicating Ideas(Communication)46810rarely explains ideas with clarity and precision, numerous grammatical and/or spelling errorsoccasionally explains ideas with clarity and precision, occasional grammatical and/or spelling errorsusually explains ideas with clarity and precision, minor grammatical and/or spelling errorsconsistently explains ideas with clarity and precision, almost no ?grammatical and/or spelling errorsNAME: __________________________________ ................
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