Scientific Revolution Padlet by Leah Jones

Scientist

leahj3_2 — 2025-09-25 14:06:46 UTC

Copernicus was a scientist in the 1500's. He was the first to create and publish a theory, know as the heliocentric theory. This theory told that earth was a planet the revolved around the sun.

Kelpler

leahj3_2 — 2025-09-25 14:12:59 UTC

Kelpler was a scientist in the 1500's/1600's. He then created a theory that stated planets travel in stretched-out circles called ellipses. Kelpler's theory transformed the understanding of earth and challenged the way others think.

Galileo

leahj3_2 — 2025-09-25 14:18:14 UTC

Galileo was a scientist in the 1500's/1600's. He greatly used the telescope to prove many theories. For example, he found that Copernicus's theory was true. He continued doing this and wrote a book called the "Starry Messenger". However, after he published it the Catholic Church charged him with heresy. Although, he couldn't handle the pressure and asked for forgiveness; which led him to house arrest until he passed away.

Harvey

leahj3_2 — 2025-09-25 14:20:11 UTC

Harvey was a 1600's scientist. He was known as and English doctor. He then created a theory that shows how blood circulates.

Newton

leahj3_2 — 2025-09-25 14:23:05 UTC

Newton was a 1600's scientist. He was known as an English Physicist. He proposed that there was a force gravity that attracted all objects to one another. He created Laws of Motion and Laws of Mathematics-Calculus.

Francis

leahj3_2 — 2025-09-25 14:25:07 UTC

Francis Bacon was a 1600's scientist. He created the Scientific Method that was used by many other scientists. His theory was to prove hypothesis with scientific experiments.