SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, THEORIES, & INQUIRY
— Harrison Rusinyak
— Scientific Concepts or Phenomenon
— Solar System — The Solar System in past concepts. — Earth was thought to be the center of the Universe. — The stars and planets revolved around the Earth. — The Earth was thought of as flat. — No one experimented to see how far they can see. — The Solar System current concepts. — The planets revolve around the sun. — Earth is a 4-dimentional sphere that changes over the planets lifetime. — Astronomers only limitation is how big their telescopes are.
— Understanding — Our understanding of how this planetary body works was a long and slow result of time and patience. — From the ancient Stonehenge to the modern supercomputer. — Stonehenge was a meeting place for sacrifice to keep the heavens stable. — The modern supercomputers find key subtleties and proving or disproving the result in an instant. — We watched the heavens, noticing irregularities of how the sun, moon and planets danced through the year. — We have refined our understanding by experimenting. — We experiment through mathematics or field work.
— Examples
— Stonehenge - — Stonehenge was the monument for ancient priests to gather — The monument was comprised of 4 works. — Pre-Stonehenge (BCE– 4 empty pits which that once house wooden posts. — Stonehenge I (3100 BCE) - A circular ditch enclosure, with entrances on the north and south side. — Stonehenge II (2550 BCE) - No longer noticeable due to human traffic and deterioration. — Stonehenge III (2100 BCE) – sequence of pillar stones, trilithons, etc. — The Stonehenge monument was built to simplify the exact starts of key events throughout the year. — The Solar and Lunar calculations to gauge what month of the year it