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| 286447108 | Ptolemaic System | Whose Idea?- Ptolemy When Made?- 2nd century Problem Addressed- How our galaxy works Solution Proposed- The Earth is the center of the universe Long-term Significance- Gave people education on the Universe | 0 | |
| 286447109 | Geocentric | Whose Idea?- Aristotle, Ptolemy When Made?- 2nd centruy Problem Addressed- Where the earth is located Solution Proposed- In the middle of everything, main focus of universe Long-term Significance- Helped the church's theory | 1 | |
| 286447110 | Tycho Brahe | Profession- Astronomer When held- 16th centruy Where held- Danish Accomplishments/Ruined- Recorded the movements of the planets for many years Long term impact- Improved education on how the planets move | 2 | |
| 286447111 | Heliocentric | Whose idea-Copernicus When made- 16th century Problem addressed- Studied the idea of Heliocentric Solution proposed- Heliocentric ideas are true Long-term significance- Proved that sun in the center | 3 | |
| 286447112 | Rationalism | Whose idea- Francis Bacon When made- 17th century Problem addressed- How to experiment and think Solution proposed- Using practical knowledge and reasoning Long-term significance- Used in the Scientific Method | 4 | |
| 287052897 | Scientific Method | Whose idea- Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo When made- 17th century Problem addressed- How to investigate, and conduct studies Solution proposed- Making a hyphothesis and testing it woth logic, reasoning, and data and come to a conclusion Long-term significance- Still used greatly today | 5 | |
| 287052898 | Scientific Revolution | Whose Idea- Scientists of the 15th, 16th and 17th century When made- 15th, 16th and 17th century Problem addressed- The need for answers Solution Proposed- The use of knowledge and studies to further understand the universe Long-term significance- Brought knowledge to our world | 6 | |
| 287052899 | Galileo | Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- Italy Accomplishments/ruined- Discovered jupiter had four moons and the sun had dark spots. Said earth was a rough, uneven surface. Laws of Motion Long-term impact- Set up foundation for system we use today | 7 | |
| 287052900 | Francis Bacon | Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- England Acomplishments/ruined- Developed rationalism Long-term impact- Contributed to the Scientific Method | 8 | |
| 287052901 | Isaac Newton | Profession- Scientist When held- Mid 17th Century Where held- England Acoomplishments/ruined- Discovered Gravity Long-term impact- Found out the building block of the Universe | 9 | |
| 287052902 | Hypothesis- | Whose idea- Developed by group of scientists When made- 17th centruy Problem addressed- How to address experiments Solution Proposed- to make a conclusion before an experiment and test it Long-term significance- Used today | 10 | |
| 287052903 | Nicholas Copernicus | Profession- Cleric and Scientist When held- Early 16th centruy Where held- Poland Accomplishments/ruined- Made heliocentric theories popular Long-term impact- Proved heliocentric ideas to be true | 11 | |
| 287052904 | Rene Descartes | Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- France Accomplishments/ruined- developed analytical geometry, and the data and statistics part to the scientific method Long-term impact- Ideas used in scientific research today, both analytical geometry and data and statistics in the scientific method | 12 | |
| 287052905 | Johannes Kepler | Profession- Brahe's assistant, Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- Danish Accomplishments/ruined- concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion Long-term impact- Continured Brahe's ideas and contrbuted to the system today | 13 | |
| 287100537 | Zacharias Janssen | Profession- Made glass objects When held- 16th century Where held- Dutch Accomplishments/ruined- Created the first microscope Long-term impact- Microscope is one of the top used tools today | 14 | |
| 287100538 | Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Profession- Drapery merchent and amatuer scientist When held- 16th century Where held- Dutch Accomplishments- Observed bacteria swimming in tooth scrapings, examined red blood cells Long-term impact- Contributed highly to human anatomy | 15 | |
| 287100539 | Evangelista Torricelli | Profession- Scientist When held- Mid 17th century Where held- Italy Accomplishments- Developed the first mercury barometer Long-term impact- Contributed to weather predictions and measuring atmospheric pressure | 16 | |
| 287100540 | Gabriel Fahrenheit | Profession- Physicist When held- 18th century Where held- Germany Accomplishments- Made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass. Long-term impact- Developed the fahrenheit system | 17 | |
| 287100541 | Anders Celsius | Profession- Astronomer When held- 18th century Where held- Sweden Accomplishments- Created another scale for the mercury thermometer Long-term impact- Developed the celcius system | 18 | |
| 287100542 | Andreas Vesalius | Profession- Physician When held- 17th and 18th century Where held- Fleming Accomplishments- Proved Galens assumptions wrong by disecting human corpses Long-term impact- Gave alot of education on the human body | 19 | |
| 287100543 | Edward Jenner | Profession- Physician When held- Late 18th century Where held- England Accomplishments- Introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox Long-term impact- Introduced idea of injecting person with weaker form of the disease to defend from the stronger disease later on | 20 | |
| 287100544 | Robert Boyle | Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- Ireland Accomplishments- Suggested matter was made up of smaller primary particles that joined together in different ways Long-term impact- Known as the father of chemistry, started the idea of atoms | 21 |
