Activities for this chapter
- videos on crop rotation (<2 minutes): https://youtu.be/O9YDlcKG4rA, crop rotation for the vegetable gardener (7 minutes - best for older kids and adults probably due to the detail): https://youtu.be/XeNA6XdMoF8
- mini-bio on John Locke: https://youtu.be/b2NnEfhQ15M, John Locke (9 minutes - probably better for at-home viewing): https://youtu.be/bZiWZJgJT7I, This is way corny, so maybe good for some of the kids. It's a song about Locke set to "what does the fox say": https://youtu.be/kItXvJLnTtk
- website on optics and art, includes section on Newton: http://www.webexhibits.org/colorart/index.html, website on light theories http://www.thestargarden.co.uk/Newtons-theory-of-light.html, Wikipedia page on Newton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton
- mini-bio on Newton: https://youtu.be/PCxP24qj2UQ, Newton's laws: https://youtu.be/kKKM8Y-u7ds, explanation of how a prism works to create a rainbow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGqsi_LDUn0, MIT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uucYGK_Ymp0, the science of rainbows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pYnC-ONdXQ
- explanation of Foucault's Pendulum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxLVDuf4VY, Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_pendulum, homemade Foucault's Pendulum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rrWUUlZ_U, animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk1y_qIAQ-w, another explanation: http://www.academypendulums.com/pendulum/index.html, http://www.sixtysymbols.com/videos/foucault.htm, Wikipedia page on Leon Foucault: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Foucault
- explanation of time, earth's rotation, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJhgZBn-LHg
- visit Foucault's pendulum at ASU: http://asu.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Sr42HyDhot8, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM18C_Bateman_Physical_Science_Center_ASU
- the Gregorian calendar and its adoption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
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