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Hystorical approach to Solar System models

Welcome to Activity 1!

As we have already talked about, we know that today we consider the sun as the center of our solar system. We also know that there are some other planets rotating around it. But as you may also known, it has not always beeing like that. A lot of ancient societies have thought that, for example, the Earth was the center of the universe, and that the sun moved round the Earth.

Men from very different cultures have tried to explain what is what they have seen in the sky: stars, planets, comets,... Therefore they have proposed explanations to every single detail they have observed, and have tried to set models that described all of them together, but as you may expect, the theories have been very different. Obviously, in Europe we have done the same. We have always looked up to the sky and we have asked ourselves how was the composition of the universe. Since the Greek era, a lots of models of the universe have been proposed in order to explain the movements of planets, the sun and stars watched from the the Earth. 

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Now we are going to study the most important ones!

They are:

a) Aristharcus of Samos' model

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b) Aristotle's model

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c) Ptolomeus' model

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d) Copernicus' model

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e) Newton's model

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Please make 5 groups of 4 people. Every group must choose a model. You can not repeat the model, so if you want to take one that it is aleady choosen, try with the next.

 

What you have to do:

Each group must prepare a Prezi/Powerpoint presentation of the model that have choosen. Each presentation should have at least the following items:

-Cover page with title, members of the group, course and group.

-1 slide with five new words that you consider absolutely necessary to know if you want to understand everything completely.

-1 slide with a little biography of the author of the model you are presenting

-1 slide with a photo and the main charateristics of the model

-1 slide with the benefits of this model in comparison with the model used before

 

Once you have finished, one member of the group will present the information to the whole class with the help of the Prezi/Powerpoint. Not longer than 7 minutes.

 

Good luck!

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