History of Science
Teach a more complete history of science and technology. These resources outline the big-picture innovations that reshaped the world as well as introduce students to lesser-known non-Western innovators that will make them rethink stereotypes about who can be a scientist.
Featured Materials
Unit 1 Overview: What Is Big History?
What is Big History? Rachel Hansen will be your guide as you travel through the Universe’s 13.8-billion-year history, or what we like to call Big History.
Dr. Wu and the Left-Handed Universe: Chien-Shiung Wu – Graphic Biography
Chien-Shiung Wu is today known as the “First Lady of Physics.” Yet, many people don’t know her name. She broke barriers and disproved one of the fundamental laws of physics.
Scale – Changing Views Timeline
Claudius Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Isaac Newton
Henrietta Leavitt
Edwin Hubble
Standing on the Shoulders of Invisible Giants
The history of science is a history of our collective learning. Historians piece together different conversations to tell a story that crosses centuries and continents.
Views of the Universe Debate
The Missing Link?: The Maragha Observatory
From Ptolemy to Copernicus and Galileo, thinkers have debated what the Universe looked like for centuries. Ultimately, scholars moved from an Earth-centered model to a Sun-centered model. How did we get there?