Today's Classroom Activities :

Galileo

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 and passed away on January 8, 1642. Galileo was a physicist, astronomer and philosopher who discovered four of Jupiter's 16 moons and improved the telescope. Have your students create a timeline of his life.

Galileo's Battle for the Heavens
Explore an illustrated chronology of Galileo's life and work.

Galileo and the Inevitability of Ideas
Student will understand the historical significance of Galileo's scientific achievements; explore the element of "inevitability" in our perception of historical developments; and examine the values underlying our historic choices.

The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Students can use this site to research the life and works of Galileo.

Galileo: A Different Thinker
In this lesson, students examine four of the experiments that Galileo used to discover the effects of gravity and inertia on moving objects. Students will also use a combination of interactive activities, video segments, and readings to study Galileo's ideas.