My glorious canvas by colten https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2019-02-22 17:20:13 UTC 2025-12-18 20:48:51 UTC hello@padlet.com colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334237927 Isaac Newton is born.

Isaac Newton is born on Christmas Day in 1642 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, about 100 miles north of London. He is very weak at birth and isn't expected to live.]]> 2019-02-22 17:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334237927 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238064 Newton attends King's School in Grantham (About 1653).

At the age of 5, Newton goes to the village school. About six years later he is sent to Grantham, a town seven miles away, to attend King's School. At first he does poorly, but after beating up a bully, he pushes himself to the head of the class.]]> 2019-02-22 17:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238064 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238594 Newton's creativity begins to show (About 1653 to about 1657).

While in Grantham, Newton stays in the home of Mr. Clark, the town druggist. He builds wooden models, carves sundials, draws, and builds a water clock. After seeing a windmill, he builds a working model of his own.]]> 2019-02-22 17:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238594 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238738 Newton enrolls at Cambridge University.

When Newton is 16, his mother brings him home from King's School to learn to be a farmer. Newton wants to study instead, and he is eventually sent back to prepare for college. He enrolls at Trinity College at Cambridge in 1661.]]> 2019-02-22 17:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238738 Newton receives a bachelor's of arts degree. While at Cambridge, Newton divides a notebook into 45 sections so he can make notes of things he wants to know about. He is so involved in studying that he sometimes forgets to eat. In 1665 he receives his bachelor's of arts degree. colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238946 2019-02-22 17:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334238946 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334239529 Newton returns to Woolsthorpe (1665-1666).

Cambridge closes down because of the plague in London. Newton heads home. He experiments with the origin of colors and the nature of gravity, and creates what we know as calculus today.]]> 2019-02-22 17:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334239529 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334239723 Newton joins the Royal Society of London.

Newton builds an improved version of the reflecting telescope. His friend, Dr. Barrow, takes it to the Royal Society of London, the country's most famous scientific society. The members are so impressed they invite Newton to join.]]> 2019-02-22 17:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334239723 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240019 Newton publishes his major work, Principia.

In 1684 a scientist urges Newton to write about how a planet moves in a certain orbit. His work turns into a 3-volume book known as Principia. Published in 1687, this work details the 3 laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation.]]> 2019-02-22 17:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240019 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240206 Newton gets sick.

Around 1693 Newton's health begins to fail and his mind seems to wander. Some think he is having a breakdown. Some think now that he may have been experiencing mercury poisoning from some of his experiments. He is completely well by 1696.]]> 2019-02-22 17:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240206 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240393
Newton is knighted.

In 1705 Newton receives the highest honor in the land. He becomes the first British scientist to be knighted. He is now known as "Sir Isaac Newton."
March 20, 1727]]> 2019-02-22 17:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240393 colten_kahle https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240533 On March 20, 1727, Sir Isaac Newton dies at the age of 84. He is buried at the famous Westminster Abbey. Sir Isaac Newton will be remembered as a brilliant man whose work in math and science continues to influence the world today.]]> 2019-02-22 17:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/colten_kahle/y67nj6y4oppu/wish/334240533