Nicolaus Copernicus
Created on: July 14, 2009
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This resource was reviewed using the Curriki Review rubric and received an overall Curriki Review System rating of 3.00, as of -0001-11-30.
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July 29, 2009
This resource received a 3* rating because it is part of the larger resource A Tour of the Universe, which received a rating of 3-Exemplary in the Curriki Review System.…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Tour of the Universe
- A Tour of the Universe -- Scope and Sequence
- Introduction to A Tour of the Universe
- Aristotle and Ptolemy
- Retrograde Motion Activity
- The Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo -- A Burst of Ideas
- The Universe and Planetary Motion
- Movement of Earth in the Solar System
- The Solar System
- Motion
- Newton and Laws of Motion
- Earth's Atmosphere
- Adventures in Space
- Centripetal Motion
- Ellipses
- Measuring the Earth
Measuring the Earth
- Measuring the Earth
- Measuring the Earth Assessment
- Earth's Shadow
- Ship on the Horizon
- Eratosthenes Map
The Solar System
- The Magnitude of the Solar System
- The Sun
- Terrestrial Planets
- Gas Giants
- Solar System Assessment
- Magnitude of the Solar System
Adventures in Space
Nicolaus Copernicus
This lesson includes a brief introduction to Nicolaus Copernicus. It primarily focuses on his contributions to astronomy and why society believed his theories were incorrect. Because Copernicus was the first astronomer to really solidify a hypothesis about the heliocentric solar system, his contributions are considered the starting point of the Scientific Revolution.
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Nicolaus Copernicus: Proposing a Heliocentric Solar System
by Meredith BeatonThis lesson introduces students to Nicolaus Copernicus and his proposed heliocentric view of the solar system. It also discusses with students the main reason Copernicus' model wasn't readily accepted, the absence of parallax shift for distant stars.
Nicolaus Copernicus: Proposing a Heliocentric Solar System (Assessment)
by Meredith BeatonThis assessment asks students to compare the geocentric and heliocentric models of the solar system and reflect on why Copernicus' model was hard to accept.
Copernicus Images and Simulations
by Meredith BeatonThis folder contains images and simulations relating to the "Nicolaus Copernicus -- Proposing a Heliocentric Solar System." Additionally, licensing and source information about each image and simulation can be found in the "Description" section of each.
