{"id":2455,"date":"2010-03-17T00:25:06","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T05:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2455"},"modified":"2010-03-17T00:25:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T05:25:06","slug":"teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-galileo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/03\/17\/teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-galileo\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Galileo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The book Galileo<\/a> by Leonard Everett Fisher chronicles the life of the famous Renaissance scientist.\u00a0 Background information is presented at the beginning about the theories of Aristotle and Copernicus about the center of the universe.\u00a0 The author does a great job not only summarizing the events of Galileo’s life but also some of his most famous experiments.\u00a0 Galileo challenged Aristotle’s theory that two objects of different weights fall at different speeds.\u00a0 “He dropped two balls of different weights at the same time from the same height at the top of a building, possibly the Leaning Tower of Pisa.\u00a0 A crowd of students and professors watched the balls land together.\u00a0 Those who were loyal followers of Aristotle refused to believe what they saw.”\u00a0 The author describes Galileo’s use of a “spyglass” to view the stars and planets in detail as well as the reactions of the Church.\u00a0 The illustrations throughout the book – all black and white – are amazing!<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

This book can be used in instruction to teach students about planning and conducting investigations (2.1, 3.1, 4.1) and other general science process skills.<\/p>\n

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