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- 8th
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Students are introduced to the Copernican Revolution and the differences between medieval perspectives about the origins and nature of the universe. After viewing and discussing a video, students summarize what they learned in an essay. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the ideas behind the heliocentric theory of Copernicus. They examine about retrograde motion of the planets as they move around the sun. They study astronomers who include Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the heliocentric theory of Copernicus, the ideas behind it and the explanations which it displaced. A discussion of retrograde motion of planets helps students explain the logic underlying the ideas of both Ptolemy and Copernicus. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain the observed motion of the planets. The inner ones move back-and-forth across the position of the Sun, while the outer ones usually advance in one direction, but with occasional temporary reversals known as "retrograde motion. " Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine the difference between a geocentric universe and a heliocentric universe. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research four famous scientists. They conduct Internet research, participate in an Internet scavenger hunt, experiment with theories of the scientists, create Science Journals, design and create a toy, and take a field trip. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students list differences in the diagrams of a geocentric universe and a heliocentric universe. They students describe the religious impact of this change on man's conception of the universe and man's place within it. Students describe the impact of the Copernican view on cosmology of the late sixteenth and seventeenth century. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students study the scientific accomplishments of Nicholas Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton. In groups, they research one of the scientists and make a visual model or presentation that shows the scientist's ideas of the universe. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the two opposing views and biographical information about Ptolemy and Copernicus in order to be familiar with the societal viewpoints that influenced the thinking of these two scientists. Students role-play supporters of each scientist in order to present their research. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize the change of the seasons by way of modeling the Earth-Sun system. They model the orbit of the earth around the sun and explore how and why the patterns of winter and summer occur. Full Review »
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