Thursday, 5 April 2018

Scientist of the month: Galileo Galilei

Good afternoon 6th Grade!

Let's meet the April's Scientist of the Month...

GALILEO GALILEI


Galileo Galilei was born on 15th February 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He is considered the Father of Modern Science, for all the discoveries, theories and experiments he made.



He studied Natural Forces and he was the first person to publish his astronomic observations through a telescope. He discovered:

- The Milky Way is made of many stars.
- The moon has got mountains and craters.
- He saw four moons of Jupiter (called the Galilean Moons)
- Sunspots (dark areas of the Sun)
- Planet Venus has light and dark phases.

So, he concluded that THE SUN IS AT THE CENTRE of the Solar System and NOT the Earth.

Unfortunately, the Church didn't like his opinions and arrested him.


Please, don't forget to watch this video about Galileo Galilei:



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