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Mathematicians of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/
pub/HistMath/People/
RBallHist.html
Description: This page allows you to link
to accounts of famous mathematicians' lives and works from the 17th &
18th centuries.
Comments: This is a great way to connect math
to history.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
The Art of Renaissance Science
http://www.pd.astro.it/
ars/arshtml/arstitle.html
Description: This page allows you to discover
more about Galileo and his discoveries. Lots of good pictures.
Comments: Good way to integrate math, science
and history of this era.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
1001-1550 AD - Index of Mathematicians
http://www-groups.dcs
.st-and.ac.uk/~history/
Indexes/1001_1550.html
Description: This index allows students to
do biographical research on mathematicians from the Medieval and Renaissance
eras.
Comments: Students can find out more information
on the great scientists and mathematicians of this time.
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
Sir Issac Newton
http://sci.hkbu.edu.hk/
math/newton.html
Description: An encyclopedic description on
the life and times of Issac Newton.
Comments: A great bunch of information useful
in preparing reports. Also has an added feature... the spot where the apple
hit his head is easily identifiable!
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
Thomas Robert Malthus
http://www.stg.brown.edu/
projects/hypertext/landow/
victorian/economics/
malthus.html
Description: This is a brief essay by economist
Thomas Malthus, famous for his Theory On Population.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: Low
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Students will
do a poster based on a person of the times. Possible choices include
Hooke, Newton, Bacon, etc. Poster should
reflect the personís life and times. A
simple map will be included.
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Data
Price to Be Paid for the Next Scientific Revolution
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
activity/price/
The President has asked you to evaluate what
stance he needs to take regarding issues like cloning, cryogenics, assisted
suicide, etc... In order to stay in office, the President knows that he
must define his beliefs and find a way to mesh them with those of the public.
It was suggested that you research the Scientific Revolution of the 16th-17th
c., and examine the people, the issues they dealt with, and the eventual
outcomes of the scientists during that period. Once you have been able
to gather some background, you need to put together a plan for the President
to follow regarding the pressing scientific issues of today. Doing a good
job on this issue will not guarantee a great future for the President,
but doing a bad job will certainly doom it.
Author: David R. MacDonald
Science and Technology of Exploration
http://catalog.socialstudies.com
/c/@gV9QLG3X0SR4I/Pages/
article.html?article@science1
As you know, technology has an enormous impact
on our lives. We rely on scientific and technological discoveries and inventions
for communication, transportation, and entertainment. Have you thought
about how science and technology contributed to the European exploration
of the world? In this activity, you'll learn about some of the most important
discoveries and inventions that allowed Europeans to travel throughout
the world and to change the world forever.
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A simple rubric will be followed.
Poster should be complete, neat and creative.
Text should be legible with sources noted.
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