How did the Scientific Revolution inspire the Enlightenment? Storyboard
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The Age of Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution
Lesson Plans by John Gillis
Science evolved dramatically during this time period, particularly during the mid 16th century in the Scientific Revolution. Old scientific ideas of the Greeks and Romans were replaced with new concepts based on an empirical approach. Learn more and engage students with lessons and activities with Storyboard That.
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Enlightenment Scientific Revolution - How did the Scientific Revolution inspire the Age of Enlightenment?
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- Earth-Centered Universe
- Christian Church CE
- Ptolemy 100 CE
- Aristotle 350 BCE
- Earth is the center!
- Earth is the center!
- Earth is the center!
- The idea of an earth-centered universe started with Aristotle, was expanded on by Ptolemy, and was supported by the Christian Church.
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- Copernicus: Heliocentric Universe
- I've been studying these planets for a quarter century. All of them revolve around the sun.
- Nicholaus Copernicus was a cleric from Poland and an amateur astronomer. His long study of planetary motion inspired the idea that the sun was at the center of the solar system.
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- The Ancient Scholars are Right!
- Aristotle said that life can happen spontaneously like maggots on a dead animal!
- Well then! It must be true!
- The conclusions of the ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as the Church, were accepted as truth.
- Slide: 4
- Francis Bacon: Understanding Through Experience
- Francesco Redi
- These worms aren't spontaneous!
- It's the flies! They lay eggs on dead animals!!
- Bacon urged scientists to adopt an empirical approach. He believed they must do the work themselves and stop depending on ancient texts for answers.
- Slide: 5
- Aristotle: The Four Elements
- Fire
- Air
- Change is the result of the interaction of the four elements...
- Water
- Earth
- Aristotle believed that all terrestrial matter was composed of some combination of the four elements: water, fire , air, and earth.
- Slide: 6
- Robert Boyle: Advances in Chemistry
- Change is the result of the movement of tiny particles...
- Boyle made many contributions to modern science. One of his main arguments was that the material world was made up of tiny elements - what we call atoms today.
- Slide: 7
- Divine Right Monarchy
- God has anointed my family to rule!
- Monarchs claimed that they received their right to rule from God.
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- Government by Popular Consent
- Logic can be used to solve scientific problems, so....
- ...it should be applied to society and government too.
- People began to challenge traditional forms of government. These challenges were based on logic and reason, the essential ingredients in the Scientific Revolution.
- Slide: 0
- The people have spoken. we rule by their choice!
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