Scientific RevolutionAim/Goal: Why did the Renaissance society fear scientific advancement?Do Now: Which inventions of thelast 25 years have had a great impactOn our lives? Explain in a few sentences.Homework: Galileo would be consideredA great scientist today. Why is he a controversial figure in his day and age? Answer in a paragraph.

INVENTIONS:

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian Scientist

Used the telescope to prove Copernicus’ theory.

Church banned his book.

Who Influenced Galileo?

Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) was the first person to state that the sun was in the center of the universe.

Went against what the Church taught.

HELIOCENTRIC: The sun is in the center of the universe.

Ptolemy says “No way, Jose!”

Ptolemy lived 1500 years before Galileo.

The Church said that he was right in his theory (thoughts) that the Earth is in the center of the universe.

GEOCENTRIC: Earth is in the center of the universe.

The Church even put Galileo on trialfor supporting the belief that the planets

revolved around the sun!

Activity:

The class is going to read aloud the play. Ms. Gluck will play Galileo. I need a volunteer to play the prosecutor.

PAY ATTENTION! After the play, answer

all questions in full sentences in your notebook.

Questions:

1. Copernicus was __________________.His ideas affected Galileo by ___________________________________________.2. The Church put Galileo on trial because __________________________________.3. Galileo defended himself by _____________________________________________.4. Would you take back what you wrote? Opinion

question.

As a class:

In 1633 Galileo signed the following statement:“I Galileo, swear that everything taught by the

Church is true. I admit that the opinion that the Earth moves and that it goes around the sun is false. I also admit that it was false to write that the sun is in the center of the world. I will never say, or teach these things again, so help me God.”

5. Galileo decided to _______________________.6. If you were Galileo what would have you done? (Opinion question)

MODERN TELESCOPE

Catholic Church Galileo found guilty of breaching the

Inquisition of 1616 and sentenced to lifelong imprisonment

Allowed house arrest rather than imprisonment

On 31 October 1992 Pope John Paul II spoke on behalf of the Catholic Church admitting the theological advisors had made errors, but did not admit that the Church was wrong to convict Galileo on a charge of heresy because they were acting according to the best of their knowledge

Scientific Revolution1350-1750

A. Began during the Renaissance and continued to the Age of King

1. rejected the Church’s teachings

2. favored observation

B. Scientific Method

1. observe nature

2. made hypotheses- educated guess

3. tested hypotheses through experiments.

Sir Isaac Newton

Law of Gravity