PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Galileo's Big Mistake
Scientists don't always get it right. This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at Galileo's failed theory for the motion of the tides. [1:43]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Galileo: Discovering Jupiter's Moons
This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how Galileo, using his newly developed refracting telescope, observed four of Jupiter's moons, the first astronomical bodies to be discovered since ancient times.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Galileo: Sunspots
This video segment adapted from NOVA shows how Galileo used his telescope to carefully observe and study sunspots.
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Scientist Videos: Galileo Galilei Biography
A brief biography about Galileo Galilei, an Italian scientist and inventor who contributed greatly to the fields of physics and astronomy at a time when new ideas and radical thinking were controversial. [2:11]
PBS
Nova: Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
A fascinating overview of Galileo as a person and as a scientist. Links to extras such as, a timeline of his life, an interactive look at his experiments, and even one of his biggest mistakes and why he was wrong.
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #14: The Scientific Methods
Historically speaking, there is no one scientific method. There's more than one way to make knowledge. In this episode, learn about three scientists and the methods they pioneered. Galileo's focus on rational comparison of theories about...