Lesson 5
Galileo
Learning Intention: Theorize how culture and society influence scientific progress.
Success Criteria
TBC - Still working on the success criteria.
Learning Tasks
Do Now - Pick the question you find the most interesting to answer in your books.
Do you think the punishment that Bruno got fit the crime? Do you think a crime was even committed?
How do you think other scientists would have felt after seeing what happened to Bruno? Do you think what happened to him affected the progress of science?
Should their be limitations to the freedom of speech?
Read as a class Starry Messenger.
Watch movie trailers of potential space stories and vote on the Google form which you'd like to unpack more.
The Martian - The film depicts an astronaut's struggle to survive on Mars after being left behind and NASA's efforts to return him to Earth.
Hidden Figures - The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Interstellar - When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Apollo 13 - NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Homework
Who is another example of someone that died for their idea and what idea was it?
To cut down on printing, at the end of each lesson, Ms Garlick is going to ask a question. Take a picture of this question, research it at home, and email your answer to her.
This lesson was used on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, Term 2 Week 7 and that is when it was last updated.
Teacher Notes
Note this was only a half lesson session because students decided to use their Preferred Activity Time.