and
5. Include information about the Scientist who created or
supported the Laws and Theories.
Scientific Revolution Billboard
1. At the bottom of your Billboard-write the definition of the theory
and the scientist who supported it.
2. Draw and color your billboard image
3. Synthesize (Create) a slogan that would advertise acceptance of
each theory.
Scientific Revolutionaries' Video Links
Sir Isaac Newton
http://7th-grade-contemporary.instruction.acps.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/homepagefiles/gwp/3243240/4348013/File/7th%20g
rade%20World%20History/Unit%202/8%20The%20Universe%20Isaac%20Newton.mp4
Galileo
http://7th-grade-contemporary.instruction.acps.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/homepagefiles/gwp/3243240/4348013/File/7th%20g
rade%20World%20History/Unit%202/7%20The%20Universe%20Galileo%20Galilei.mp4
Ptolemy
http://7th-grade-contemporary.instruction.acps.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/homepagefiles/gwp/3243240/4348013/File/7th%20g
rade%20World%20History/Unit%202/4%20The%20Universe%20Aristotle%20and%20Ptolemy.mp4
Copernicus
http://7th-grade-contemporary.instruction.acps.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/homepagefiles/gwp/3243240/4348013/File/7th%20g
rade%20World%20History/Unit%202/5%20The%20Universe%20Nicolaus%20Copernicus.mp4
Copernicus-1473-1543 AD
Facts (Background
story)
Most famous
discovery
•Believed that the sun was the center of the universe
•Upset Christians because his belief went against the word
of God
•Was a deacon of the church
•Worked in the scientific field of Astronomy
•He discovered that Mercury was closest to the sun and
Saturn was the furthest.
•He insisted that the Earth was rotating on an axis every 24
hours.
•He did not publish “Concerning the Revolutions of the
Celestial Orbs” until he was on his deathbed.
• Developed the heliocentric theorythe sun is the center of the universe.
• Believed that Ptolemy and Aristotle
were incorrect
Galileo-1564-1642 AD
Facts (Background
story)
Most famous
discovery
• He was an Italian astronomer.
• He believed the sun was at the center of the universe.
• The telescope was a tool that brought distance objects close.
• He improved the telescope by creating his own lens that could
magnify 300 times.
• He saw that the moon had craters.
• This discovery undermined the scripture.
• He published the “Starry Messenger”.
• The pope summoned Galileo to stand trial for heresy because of
his support of the heliocentric theory.
• He remained under house arrest for the remainder of his life.
• Improved the telescope and
proved that the sun was the
center of the universe
• Proved that Copernicus was
correct in his theory of
heliocentric
Newton-1643-1727 AD
•He explained how earth moved.
•He used mathematics to explain the universe.
•Kepler said the sun acted like a giant magnet.
•Galileo noted that falling objects always fell at the same rate.
•Gravity holds everything together.
•Gravity is an attractive force that affects all matter in the
universe.
•Gravity is described by the science of physics.
•Laws of motion describe the laws of nature.
•Everything with mass exerts a pulling force.
Facts (Background
story)
Most famous
discovery
•Explained how the earth moved using mathematics to explain
the universe
•Wrote the laws of Gravity
•Wrote the laws of motion to describe the laws of nature
(everything with mass put forth a pulling force)
•Explained Kepler’s theory about the sun
•Proved that Galileo was correct in believed that all objects fell at
the same rate
Ptolemy-100-170 AD
Facts (Background
story)
Most famous
discovery
• Using mathematics the ancient Greek
provided more information about the sun
and moon.
• Discovered that the Earth was curved
• Noticed two types of stars
• The moving stars were five planets that were
named after Greek/Roman gods.
• Agreed with Aristotle that the Earth was the
center of the universe.
• Improved the theory of Geocentric-earth is
the center of the universe which was
supported by the Catholic Church
• Improved on Aristotle by tracing the path of
the planets
• Discovered that planets move in complex
circular motions.
Heliocentric Theory
Let the light show the ray!
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Heliocentric Theory-having the sun at the center of the universe Scientist who supported this theory include: Copernicus, Galileo and Newton.