LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND DEFINE THE HISTORICAL

THEORETICAL VIEWS OF THE UNIVERSE

2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS ,

AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS , TO UNDERSTANDING THE VIEWS OF THE

UNIVERSE

3. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN ALL ASPECTS OF

THE EARTH’S MOVEMENTS

ASTRONOMY -

CHANGES IN HOW WE HAVE VIEWED THE UNIVERSE

GEOCENTRIC THEORY :

1.

2.

3. ORBITS -

4. PTOLEMY -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > GEOCENTRIC THEORY CONCEPTS

1. PLANETS WERE CALLED ____________________ STARS BECAUSE OF THEIR

ERRATIC MOTIONS

2. RETROGRADE MOTION - WHEN PLANETS SEEMED TO _____________

MOTION BEFORE MOVING ___________________

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SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

EARTH SCIENCE

CHAPTER # 1 - THE EARTH IN THE CELESTIAL SPHERE

5. NON – SYMMETRICAL -

HELIOCENTRIC THEORY :

1.

2. COPERNICUS -

3. KEPLER -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > KEPLER ON ORBITS

1. KEPLER STATED THAT ORBITS OF THE PLANETS WERE NOT ___________

BUT WERE _________________________

4. GALILEO -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > HELIOCENTRIC THEORY - GALILEO’S BELIEFS

1. GALILEO BELIEVED THAT ________________________ ( VISUAL PROOF )

WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SCIENCE

2. WHAT PLANET DID GALILEO USE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PLANETS

REVOLVED AROUND THE SUN ?

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5. NEWTON -

LAW OF UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION -

EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH MOVES

ROTATION -

AXIS -

REVOLUTION -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > ROTATION AND REVOLUTION

1. THE EARTH MAKES A COMPLETE REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN

EVERY 365 ¼ DAYS . EVERY FOUR YEARS WE HAVE TO MAKE UP A DAY

AND THAT DAY IS ADDED TO THE MONTH OF _________________ . THIS

YEAR IS ALSO CALLED A _______________ YEAR .

2. MOST PEOPLE OF THE WORLD MEASURE DAYS IN _____________ TIME .

3. __________________ OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS DETERMINES DAY AND

NIGHT

4. __________________ AROUND THE SUN DETERMINES A YEAR

EVIDENCE OF ROTATION > 5 FACTS :

1.

2.

3. CORIOLIS EFFECT -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > THE CORIOLIS EFFECT

1. OBJECTS ARE DEFLECTED :

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TO THE ________________________

SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE TO THE _________________________

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4. FOUCAULT PENDULUM -

1. INERTIA -

2.

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > FOUCAULT PENDULUM

1. THE PENDULUM DEMONSTRATION PROVES THE EXISTENCE OF THE

____________________ EFFECT AND THE ________________ OF THE EARTH

5.

EVIDENCE OF REVOLUTION > 3 FACTS :

1. ECLIPTIC PLANE -

2.

1. EQUATOR -

1.

2. VERNAL ( SPRING ) AND

AUTUMAL ( FALL ) EQUINOXES -

2. TROPIC OF CANCER -

TROPIC OF CAPRICORN -

1. SUMMER SOLSTICE -

2. WINTER SOLSTICE -

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SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > SEASONS

1. SEASONS ARE CAUSED BY THE TILT OF THE EARTH’S ___________ AND

DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF THE _____________ ENERGY .

3. STELLAR PARALLAX -

SHORT SUBJECT VIDEO > STELLAR PARALLAX

1. PARALLAX ALLOWS YOU TO PERCEIVE _____________________