Early Astronomers
Click HERE to access excellent information (with additional links) for several of the great early astronomers: Ptolemy, Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo
TRY! - Click the word "try" to access the Google Form to be used with the Jetsons video.
Which sentence in the article would you choose to connect with the idea that the astronomers began using math and science to make sense of the universe?
Astronomy Quotes
Click HERE to access our Early Astronomer wall.
Copernicus
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/nicolauscopernicus.html
http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/indexc.shtml#Copernicus
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cos.html
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar132860&st=kepler
Kepler
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/johanneskepler.html
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Kepler.html
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/indexk.shtml
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar298000&st=kepler
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=kepler
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/kepler.html
Galileo
http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-9274476/Galileo
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/galileogalilei.html
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html
http://www.imahero.com/timelines/galileo_timeline.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cos.html
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/inventors/page/g/galileo.shtml
Ptolemy
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/pt/Ptolemy
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/universes/html/ptole.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/ptolemy.html
http://arnett.us.com/psc/theman.html
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar449940&st=ptolemy
Newton
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/isaacnewton.html
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Newton.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/newton.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/newt.html
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar390180&st=newton
Tycho Brahe
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ty/Tycho_Brahe
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Tycho_Brahe
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/brahe.html
http://www.nada.kth.se/~fred/tycho/index.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/brahe.html
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar073660&st=kepler
Aristotle
http://greece.mrdonn.org/aristotle.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/aristotle.html
http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/aristotl.htm
http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aris.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/aristotle.html
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar029880&st=aristotle
Archimedes
http://www.famousscientists.org/archimedes/
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/inventors/greece.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/4116/History/archimedes.htm
http://www.crystalinks.com/archimedes.html
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar028620&st=archimedes
Aristarchus
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/aristarchus.htm
http://www.varchive.org/ce/orbit/arisam.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/aristarchus.htm
http://www.russellcottrell.com/greek/aristarchus.asp
http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar029800&st=aristarchus