PowerPoint Presentation for Galileo Lesson 3/22

1. Galileo Galilei

2. The Galileo Experiments
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/

3. Who was Galileo?
 Born February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy
 Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and
philosopher
 Oldest of six children
 Many of Galileo’s inventions were built in an effort to
earn more money to support his family.

4. Discoveries/Inventions
 “Galileo did not take statements at face value and
investigated the causal effects of different variables.
In effect, Galileo designed how experimentation
would be carried out in the future.”
 Geometric Compass (1597)- Cannonball
 Mathematics and Motion (1602)
 Pendulum- Time intervals, time measurement
 Speed, distance, acceleration, incline plane (Tower of Pisa)
 Heavier objects do not fall faster

6. Discoveries/Inventions
 Thermometer (1603)
 The telescope (1609)
 Milky Way, Mountains & Craters of the Moon, 4 moons
orbiting Jupiter(1610)
 Discovered Sun spots (1611)
 Eventually went blind from staring into the Sun
 Astronomy
 Copernicus Model

9. Galileo and Us
 Study of the Universe
 Scientific theories and experiments
 Modern mathematics and motion

10. Backlash
 Proved that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
 Published his findings
 Went against accepted Aristotle wisdom
 Inquisition, Rome 1624
 Told to stop researching

12. Backlash (continued)
 Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
 Risked his life
 Pled guilty and convicted of heresy, Rome 1633
 Sentenced to life imprisonment at his home near Florence
 Died January 8, 1642

15. Class Blog
 Prompt: What would you do if you were in Galileo’s
place? Would you stick to your beliefs or would you
back down? Explain your reasoning through a diary
entry as Galileo Galilei.
 Each partner must contribute their thoughts and
ideas to the assignment.
 All posts must be password protected: decatur203

16. Rubric
9 Excellent
6-8 Good 3 2 1
3-5 Unsatisfactory
All partners Both partners
contributed to the shared the
One partner did the
Group Work assignment and responsibility, but
majority of the work.
worked did not work
cooperatively. cooperatively.
The students use at
The students use at The students used only
least 2 facts about
least 3 facts about 1 fact or less about
Galileo’s life and
Galileo’s life and Galileo’s life and
Analysis discoveries, in
discoveries, in order discoveries, in order to
order to imagine
to imagine being in imagine being in
being in Galileo’s
Galileo’s position. Galileo’s position.
position.
There are no There are 3 or less There are more than 3
Mechanics grammatical or grammatical or grammatical or
spelling errors. spelling errors. spelling errors.