CHAPTER
1 LESSON 3
“SCIENCE
THROUGHOUT HISTORY”
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BACKGROUND
For centuries,
people have tried to understand
and explain the world around
them—from seemingly common events, such as the freezing of water, to infrequent events shrouded with mystery, such as the eclipse
of the sun by the moon. Today, because of knowledge gained through
scientific observations, we understand why water freezes and
that a solar eclipse occurs when the
moon passes between the earth
and the sun.
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pages 3 – 7 in your textbook.
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VOCABULARY
Place the following
words in your science notebook under the heading “Vocabulary”
science basic
research
engineers technology
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ACTIVITY
You are to prepare a time line of the major scientific discoveries. You dates will begin around the beginning of
the Scientific Revolution (1543) to the present. The periods are divided into approximately 50
year periods. An example of the time
line could be 1543 -1599, 1600 – 1650, 1651- 1700, 1701 – 1750, 1751 – 1800,
1801 – 1850, 1851- 1900, 1901 – 1950, 1951 – present. For each division, chose the one important
discovery you feel is the most significant.
You
can use the following website or any other you wish. If you have access to encyclopedias, you can
use them instead.
Click here for Annotated
History Timeline of Modern Science.
Click here
for the worksheet to fill in the timeline and submit
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QUESTIONS
Work on the questions on page 7, numbers 1 – 4.