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 _____________________