Observation Challenge
OER PROJECT: WH ORIGINS / LESSON 6.10OPENEROBSERVATION CHALLENGEUnless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Opener: Observation Challenge,” OER Project, www.oerproject.com/1PurposeDuring the Scientific Revolution, people learned to use observations and experiments to come to conclusions. By using your own powers of observation, you’ll make some inferences about how and why people began to change their minds about long-held beliefs.Process1.Examinethe two illustrations below. The image on the left is an illustration from a medieval manuscript by Joachinus de Gigantibus from 1478. The image on the right is a 1609 sketch by GalileoGalilei.Left: Sun, Moon and Planets, 1478, Joachinus de Gigantibus. By The University of Manchester Library, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Right: Phases of the moon, 1616, Galileo Galilei. Public domain.
OER PROJECT: WH ORIGINS / LESSON 6.10OPENEROBSERVATION CHALLENGE22.What are three things that you notice about these illustrations? (Hint: Think about what these illustrations might represent and the patternsand detailsthat you see.)1.2.3.3.What tools do you think Joachinus used to create these illustrationsin 1478?4.What tools do you think Galileo used to make these observations in 1609? 5.Why do you think Galileo’sobservations may have challenged people’s understanding of how the Universe works?