Week |
Date Thursdays |
Unit |
History Topic |
Science Topic |
Lab |
1 | 9/5/2024 | 0 | Preparing for chat | Doing written assignments | Lab reports |
2 | 9/12/2024 | 1 | What is Science | The divisio scientiarum | Basic Observation |
3 | 9/19/2024 | 2 | Scientific Observation and the Experimental Method | Weather: The Movement of Air | Weather Observations |
4 | 9/26/2024 | 3 | Requirements for Science | Weather: Fronts and Storms | Humidity |
5 | 10/3/2024 | 4 | Creation Stories and Nature | Naked-Eye Astronomy 1: Days, Years, Seasons | The Motions of the Sun |
6 | 10/10/2024 | 5 | Ancient Observations | Naked-Eye Astronomy 2: Sun, Moon, Planets | Planetary Observations |
7 | 10/17/2024 | 6 | Basic Algebra, Numerals | Counting, Measuring, Accuracy | Measurement and Error |
8 | 10/24/2024 | 7 | Greek Mathematics: Pythagoras, Euclid, Apollonius | Proportion and Periodicity | Sound |
9 | 10/31/2024 | 8 | Ionian and Eleatic Monistic Materialists | Matter: Volume, Density, and other basic characteristics | Measuring Density |
10 | 11/7/2024 | 9 | Greek Theories of Motion | Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration | Measuring Velocity and Acceleration |
11 | 11/14/2024 | 10 | Eudoxus and Aristotle: Model of the Universe | Ptolemy: Model of the Universe | Naked Eye Observations of the Planets |
12 | 11/21/2024 | 11 | Aristotle and Classification | Classification Systems and Vertebrate Life Forms | Field Lab #2A |
13 | 11/28/2024 | | Thanksgiving | | |
14 | 12/5/2024 | 12 | Aristotle and Invertebrate Life | The Classification of Invertebrates | Field Lab #2B |
15 | 12/12/2024 | 13 | Theophrastus and Plant Life | The Classification of Plants | Field Lab #3 |
16 | 12/19/2024 | 14 | Archimedes and Hero | Machines | Building a Simple Machine |
17 | 12/26/2024 | | Christmas | | |
18 | 1/2/2025 | | New Years | | |
19 | 1/9/2025 | 15 | Roman Engineering | Static Equilibrium | Resisting Forces |
20 | 1/16/2025 | 16 | Thinking about History | Thinking about Science | Scientific Methods |
21 | 1/23/2025 | 17 | Review: The End of the Ancient World | Review | Review |
22 | 1/30/2025 | 18 | Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance History of Science | History: a timeline of events, 400AD - 1700 AD | TBD |
23 | 2/6/2025 | 19 | Early Christian Fathers and Science | Sound and Music | Vibrating Strings |
24 | 2/13/2025 | 20 | Arab Science | Optics | Lenses |
25 | 2/20/2025 | 21 | Medieval Cosmos | Mathematics of Motion | TBD |
26 | 2/27/2025 | 22 | Leonardo and Scientific Illustration | Human Anatomy 1: Bones and Muscles | Dissection of an Earthworm |
27 | 3/6/2025 | 23 | Andreas Vesalius | Human Anatomy 2: The Nervous System | Taste |
28 | 3/13/2025 | 24 | William Harvey | Human Anatomy 3: Circulation | Capillaries |
29 | 3/20/2025 | 25 | Robert Hook and the Microscope | Human Anatomy 4: Cells | Microscope Basics |
30 | 3/27/2025 | 35 | Francis Bacon | The Idea of Nature | Induction and Deduction in experiments |
31 | 4/3/2025 | 26 | The Copernican Revolution | The Solar System | Observing Planets |
32 | 4/10/2025 | 27 | Brahe, Kepler, and the Early Followers of Copernicus | Individual Planets | Galilean Observations of Venus and Jupiter |
33 | 4/17/2025 | | Holy Week | | |
34 | 4/24/2025 | 28 | Galileo Galilei and Heliocentric Theories | Parallax and Pendulum Evidence | Galilean Observations of the Sun and Moon |
35 | 5/1/2025 | 29 | Galileo Galilei and Mechanics | Falling Bodies: Under constant acceleration | Galilean Pendulum Experiment |
36 | 5/8/2025 | 30 | Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion | Newton's Laws of Motion | Falling Bodies II |
37 | 5/15/2025 | 31 | William Gilbert | Magnetism | Mapping Magnetic Fields |
38 | 5/22/2025 | 32 | Isaac Newton and Universal Laws | The Law of Gravity | TBD |
39 | 5/29/2025 | 33 | The Accomplishments of the Scientific Revolution | The Renaissance World Model | None |
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