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Welcome to Science II:

Scientific Principles
YEAR 2, GAC013
Unit 1 Learning Goals

By the end of Unit 1 you should be able to:

 Discuss the historical development of scientific principles, concepts, and ideas

 Apply that knowledge to differentiate between various areas of science.


History of Science
 Fertile Crescent, 2000 B.C.
History of Science

 Ancient Greece

 Deductive reasoning
History of Science

 Vesalius
(1514-1564)
 Galileo
(1564-1642)
 Newton
(1642-1726)
 Leibniz
(1646-1716)
Lab - Pendulum
 Count off into 3 groups
 Assign these roles
 Reader – make sure members
understand the directions
 Recorder – Collect data and share with
the group
 Timers (2) – time the pendulum using a
phone
 Workers – Build, hang, swing
pendulums
 Use the directions your handout for each
station.
 Record your data on the lab handout.

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