Educational Materials - Science Teaching Packets

The following Teaching Packets include facsimile documents of a variety of Latin and Greek primary sources. Excellent for use in language and culture courses.

NEWTON AND GRAVITATION.

The publication of “The Principia” (in 1687) by Sir Isaac Newton demonstrated the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. Includes Topic Themes on:
(1) How Do Bodies Move and Fall?
(2) Newton’s Synthesis
(3) The Principia
(4) Newton’s Influence
(5) Newton the Man.

Also includes Historical Documents (facsimiles) on:
(1) Map of the Universe, 1708
(2) Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton
(3) Pages from Newton’s account book
(4) Letter from Newton to Edward Halley
(5) Drawing of Newton’s first reflecting telescope
(6) Newton’s sketch of his prism experiment
(7) Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
(8) Newton’s synthesis of the laws of motion
(9) Chart from Fortin’s Atlas.

Includes also a Study Guide with fully reproducible masters.

Item # S990
$47.00

THE DISCOVERIES OF THE GALAXIES.

Since antiquity, theories have abounded about the place of the earth in the universe. From Ptolemy to Copernicus and Galileo, this Teaching packet reveals the astronomers’ fascination with the heavens and the universe.

Includes Topic Themes on:
(1) The Universe
(2) The Problem of Nebulae
(3) The Telescope Maker
(4) Splitting Starlight
(5) The Galaxies.

Also includes History Documents (facsimiles) on:
(1) Two maps of the heavens, 1790
(2) A nebula and a galaxy as seen by William Herschel, Lord Rosse, William Huggins and Edwin Hubble
(3) Letter from William Herschel to Johann Bode
(4) Letter from Rosse to John Herschel
(5) Photograph of the Milky Way
(6) Charts showing some bright nebulae and galaxies
(7) Photographs showing a supernova in Ursa Major
(8) Photographs of a cluster of galaxies in the depths of space
(9) The great nebula in Orion
(10) Star chart in the form of a planisphere.

Includes also a Study Guide with fully reproducible masters.

Item # S991
$47.00

HARVEY AND THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD.

In 1653, Harvey discovered that “blood moved around the body because the heart squeezed it out of itself.” Until Harvey’s time, theories from the ancient world dominated; Harvey’s achievement laid the foundation upon which modern medical heart procedures are based.

Includes Topic Themes on:
(1) Early Ideas on the Circulation
(2) Harvey on Circulation
(3) Scientific Ideas in the 17th Century
(4) Harvey’s Life
(5) The Heart and Circulation as we know them today.

Also includes Historical Documents (facsimiles) on:
(1) Portrait of William Harvey
(2) Pages from Aubrey’s Brief Lives
(3) Pages from Coriolanus
(4) Page from Vesalius: De Humani Corporis Fabrica
(5) Part of Harvey’s medical diploma
(6) Pages from first Latin edition of Harvey’s De Motu Cordis
(7) Pages from first English edition of De Motu Cordis
(8) Chart of the circulation and magnified smear of blood
(9) E-ray of a healthy heart
(10) Electrocardiograms.

Includes also a Study Guide with fully reproducible masters.

Item # S992
$47.00

JAMES WATT AND STEAM POWER.

This Teaching Packet follows the development of steam power from its earliest known application by Hero of Alexandria in A.D. 100 to its use as an economically satisfactory power source by James Watt.

Includes Topic Themes on:
(1) Watt’s Steam Engine
(2) Hero’s Magic Machines
(3) Slavery and Newcomen
(4) James Watt
(5) Steam and Machines
(6) Steam and People.

Also includes Historical Documents (facsimiles) on:
(1) A page from the manuscript copy of Hero’s “Pneumatics.” in the original Greek
(2) Portrait of James Watt, engraved from the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, with a facsimile of Watt’s signature
(3) Engraving of Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine erected in 1712 at Dudly
(4) The entry of James Watt’s specification for his steam engine in the Close Rolls at the Public Record Office
(5) Watt’s single action pumping engine and rotative engine — photographs and diagrams
(6) Letter from Robert Fulton ordering an engine for his steamboat
(7) Contemporary illustrations of the first steamship, first railway locomotive and an early steam coach
(8) Population map of Great Britain in 1841
(9) The uses of steam power: a pictorial chart.

Includes also a Study Guide with fully reproducible masters.

Item # S993
$47.00

Each of the STUDY GUIDES in these Teaching Packets includes the following:

(1) A vocabulary list of key words taken from the Topic Themes essays
(2) Quotes from the documents for students to consider in depth
(3) A guided writing activity related to the historical topic student in the portfolio
(4) Hand-on projects invite students to use their problem-solving and critical thinking skills
(5) Questions to simulate further student’s interest in historical issues
(6) Ideas for research
(7) Interdisciplinary activities
(8) Reading ideas for the historical period
(9) Activities for groups