Renaissance and the Scientific Explorations

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Renaissance and the Scientific Explorations

Watch the video to learn about the scientific explorations during Renaissance. Then, answer the questions provided below.

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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjThG-7xTic&t=2s

All About the Renaissance Part Two Science Invention Arc

  1. How does the period of Renaissance differ from the Classical Greece and Rome?
  2. What are the characteristics of Renaissance architecture?
  3. Describe the architectural changes of churches and monasteries during Renaissance.
  4. What scientific contribution(s) brings Nicholas Copernicus?
  5. What is the contribution of Galileo Galilei to science?
  6. What was the “movable-type” and what was it used for?
  7. What was the Reformation?
  8. What did “selling indulgences” refer to?
  9. How did Prince Henry of Portugal contribute to the exploration of the world?
  10. What are the exploratory contributions of Vasgo da Gama and Christopher Columbus? Renaissance and the Scientific Explorations.

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Scientists of Renaissance

Choose one personality from the list provided below.

1-Provide a short biography of the scientist.

2-What did he invent/discover?

3-What conditions led the scientist to make those discoveries?

4-How did the discovery contribute to the development of the world as we know it today?

5-If the scientist did not make that discovery, how would have modern life been now without the contribution(s) of that scientist?

 

1.      William Gilbert (1544–1603) 10. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)
2.      William Harvey (1578–1657) 11. Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
3.      John Napier (1550–1617) 12. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)
4.      Paracelsus (1493–1541) 13. William Gilbert (1544-1603)
5.      Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) 14. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
6.      Francis Bacon (1561–1626) 15. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
7.      Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) 16. Michelangelo (1475-1564)
8.      Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) 17.  Christopher Columbus (1451–1506)
9.      Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566) 18. Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)

 

Homework Discussion: Contribution of Renaissance

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Write at least two paragraphs (a minimum of 7 well-developed sentences per each paragraph) to describe how the period of Renaissance shape the world we know it today? Incorporate at least two scientists that you consider contributed the most.  Renaissance and the Scientific Explorations.